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Monday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    ERIE

    2D Shallowest Great Lake

    48
    510
  2. 2
    AREA

    14A Zone

    46
    631
  3. 3
    RIO

    62D ___ de Janeiro

    40
    315
  4. 4
    USA

    31D "The Star-Spangled Banner" land

    40
    261
  5. 5
    NET

    20A Badminton court divider

    38
    377
  6. 6
    ESE

    34D WNW's opposite

    26
    386
  7. 7
    IDOL

    55D Fox hit "American ___"

    23
    293
  8. 8
    NESS

    37D Loch ___ monster

    23
    202
  9. 9
    ARAB

    47D United ___ Emirates

    22
    228
  10. 10
    OUI

    57A Parisian yes

    20
    131
  11. 11
    IKEA

    59D Scandinavian furniture giant

    19
    130
  12. 12
    RES

    8D Thing, in legal briefs

    17
    279
  13. 13
    UTAH

    16A Great Salt Lake's state

    17
    238
  14. 14
    REDS

    67A M&M's that were removed from 1976 to 1987 out of a health concern for a coloring dye

    16
    159
  15. 15
    DAB

    4D Amount of hair cream

    16
    124
  16. 16
    AROSE

    7D Got up

    14
    154
  17. 17
    ADOS

    44A Fusses

    13
    121
  18. 18
    EKED

    64A Barely earned, with "out"

    13
    86
  19. 19
    OCEAN

    39D Atlantic or Pacific

    12
    147
  20. 20
    SCOT

    36D Glaswegian, e.g.

    12
    113
  21. 21
    UNTO

    58D "Render therefore ___ Caesar ..."

    11
    143
  22. 22
    NOW

    40D At this moment

    11
    116
  23. 23
    VISA

    60A MasterCard rival

    11
    60
  24. 24
    OTT

    42A Baseballer Mel

    10
    193
  25. 25
    FREE

    9D Unoccupied, as a theater seat

    10
    107
  26. 26
    AMES

    21A Actor Ed of "Daniel Boone"

    9
    174
  27. 27
    WHOA

    69A Command to a steed

    9
    74
  28. 28
    MOOT

    29D No longer worth debating

    9
    68
  29. 29
    NEWT

    45A Politico Gingrich

    8
    94
  30. 30
    RARER

    15A More unusual

    8
    72
  31. 31
    MAUI

    19A Hawaiian island

    8
    52
  32. 32
    ETTE

    66A Suffix meaning "little"

    7
    225
  33. 33
    ARTE

    25D Comic Johnson

    7
    154
  34. 34
    ALLAH

    27A God, to Muslims

    7
    89
  35. 35
    OILER

    65A Ship from the Mideast

    7
    78
  36. 36
    CODA

    56A Opposite of an intro, musically

    7
    69
  37. 37
    ALIKE

    49D Similar

    7
    40
  38. 38
    SAMOA

    48A Pago Pago's locale

    6
    95
  39. 39
    JEST

    10A Say jokingly

    6
    45
  40. 40
    TORT

    32A Legal wrong

    5
    80
  41. 41
    LEWD

    1A Lascivious

    5
    55
  42. 42
    TUBE

    30A TV, slangily, with "the"

    5
    47
  43. 43
    LAWN

    1D Home turf?

    5
    42
  44. 44
    SAVER

    48D Lifeguard, at times

    5
    22
  45. 45
    OCALA

    52D City between Gainesville and Orlando

    4
    82
  46. 46
    ALUMNI

    54A Graduates

    4
    27
  47. 47
    RENTS

    33D Leases

    3
    63
  48. 48
    ETAIL

    11D Online commerce

    3
    57
  49. 49
    USN

    35A Org. with admirals

    3
    57
  50. 50
    REUSE

    33A Find a new purpose for

    3
    39
  51. 51
    STUBS

    26D Cigar ends

    3
    14
  52. 52
    CEDARS

    46D Trees whose wood is used for chests

    3
    13
  53. 53
    SAUNA

    12D Finnish bath

    2
    60
  54. 54
    BABEL

    23D Biblical tower site

    2
    28
  55. 55
    CONES

    43A Ice cream holders

    2
    26
  56. 56
    CARETS

    46A Marks that look like inverted v's

    2
    6
  57. 57
    AARE

    41D Swiss river

    1
    83
  58. 58
    LEW

    63D Actor Ayres

    1
    40
  59. 59
    WANED

    6D Declined in power

    1
    23
  60. 60
    DRAMAS

    5D All soap operas, basically

    1
    17
  61. 61
    LOADS

    68A A ton

    1
    17
  62. 62
    THIGH

    13D Chicken piece

    1
    13
  63. 63
    NOMADS

    45D Wanderers

    1
    9
  64. 64
    WINBYANOSE

    17A Triumph, but just barely

    1
    5
  65. 65
    STLO

    28D Capital of Manche, France

    0
    114
  66. 66
    DWARF

    5A Dopey or Doc

    0
    28
  67. 67
    MUSED

    50D Meditated (on)

    0
    17
  68. 68
    BOWED

    53D Took a curtain call

    0
    8
  69. 69
    SMIRKS

    28A Smug smiles

    0
    6
  70. 70
    FACADES

    24A False fronts

    0
    5
  71. 71
    UNDEROATH

    35D Sworn to tell the truth

    0
    4
  72. 72
    EBBING

    22A Declining in power

    0
    3
  73. 73
    YACK

    18D Talk idly

    0
    3
  74. 74
    DRAWABLANK debut

    61A Momentarily forget (or get lucky in Scrabble?)

    0
    2
  75. 75
    JUMBLE debut

    10D Popular newspaper puzzle subtitled "That Scrambled Word Game"

    0
    2
  76. 76
    LOSEONESBALANCE debut

    38A Fall off a beam, e.g.

    0
    2
  77. 77
    SOBERER debut

    51A Less drunk

    0
    2
  78. 78
    WENTFIRST debut

    3D Led off

    0
    1