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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.

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    ODE

    55D "To Autumn," e.g.

    58
    523
  2. 2
    TEE

    29D Football kicker's aid

    49
    395
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    ALOE

    58A Natural balm

    46
    497
  4. 4
    ELSE

    36A "Anything ___?"

    43
    440
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    EVE

    2D Holiday preceder

    34
    373
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    OPERA

    63A "Tosca" or "Thaïs"

    26
    247
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    EDGE

    12D Periphery

    21
    293
  8. 8
    AIM

    22A Look through the cross hairs

    21
    177
  9. 9
    EEK

    9D Hair-raising cry

    19
    163
  10. 10
    OWN

    38D Have title to

    17
    148
  11. 11
    MESS

    27D Cafeteria, to a soldier

    17
    145
  12. 12
    IBET

    10A "Yeah, sure!"

    16
    132
  13. 13
    NANO

    51D One billionth: Prefix

    11
    95
  14. 14
    NIH

    39A Fed. biomedical research agency

    11
    54
  15. 15
    TAOS

    13D New Mexico city or county

    10
    103
  16. 16
    LIN

    3D China's ___ Yutang

    10
    90
  17. 17
    CAPE

    6A Massachusetts vacation spot, with "the"

    10
    66
  18. 18
    SGT

    54D "___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

    8
    117
  19. 19
    TOR

    56D Rocky peak

    8
    115
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    OMEGA

    26A Alpha's opposite

    7
    129
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    OVID

    38A Roman poet who wrote the "Metamorphoses"

    7
    99
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    CODA

    16A Musical finale

    7
    69
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    ALEE

    15A Downwind, to a sailor

    6
    275
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    ALAI

    7D Jai ___

    6
    181
  25. 25
    GENA

    59A Actress Rowlands

    6
    39
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    LOSE

    53A Score the 3 in a 4-3 game

    5
    102
  27. 27
    EGGO

    19A Frozen waffle brand

    5
    92
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    HRS

    47A College credit units: Abbr.

    5
    90
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    SLAW

    48D Picnic side dish

    5
    89
  30. 30
    HOLA

    49D Spanish greeting

    5
    41
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    DELHI

    1A New ___, India

    5
    40
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    CAPRI

    6D Blue Grotto's island

    5
    39
  33. 33
    JETS

    21D "Cool your ___!"

    5
    37
  34. 34
    ADUE

    40D Together, in music

    4
    70
  35. 35
    ITALIC

    23D Like right-slanting type

    4
    43
  36. 36
    STATEN

    28A New York City's ___ Island

    4
    28
  37. 37
    ASPENS

    22D Forest quakers

    4
    27
  38. 38
    HEWS

    4D Cuts with an ax

    4
    23
  39. 39
    TRA

    57D ___ la la

    3
    187
  40. 40
    TROD

    62A Stepped (on)

    3
    90
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    YARN

    18D A knitter might have a ball with it

    3
    65
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    TUDOR

    60A House of Henry VII and Henry VIII

    3
    37
  43. 43
    WAND

    61A Fairy's stick

    3
    30
  44. 44
    DIF

    1D "What's the ___?" ("So what?")

    3
    24
  45. 45
    ORI

    25A "... ___ quit!"

    2
    63
  46. 46
    ICEAGE

    10D Period ending about 9000 B.C.

    2
    44
  47. 47
    AUK

    46A Diving seabird

    2
    38
  48. 48
    BRASS

    34A Copper/zinc alloy

    2
    35
  49. 49
    PARES

    33A Peels, as an apple

    2
    29
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    TWINE

    41A Packing string

    2
    26
  51. 51
    SEDERS

    32D Passover meals

    2
    25
  52. 52
    MOUNT

    45A Everest or Kilimanjaro

    2
    24
  53. 53
    ONSPEC

    50A Lacking any guarantee of being paid

    2
    23
  54. 54
    SHANE

    48A Classic Alan Ladd western

    1
    44
  55. 55
    KEATS

    37A "To Autumn" poet

    1
    29
  56. 56
    IVIED

    14A Like the outfield walls at Wrigley Field

    1
    17
  57. 57
    OME

    35A Cockney's residence

    0
    27
  58. 58
    CCUP

    52D Medium bra size

    0
    14
  59. 59
    KLAN

    37D Group investigated in "Mississippi Burning"

    0
    14
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    PRAYS

    30D Says grace, e.g.

    0
    14
  61. 61
    SHARIF

    20A Actor Omar

    0
    14
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    TAKESTO

    41D Likes immediately

    0
    12
  63. 63
    NONEED

    43D "Thanks, but I'm O.K."

    0
    11
  64. 64
    RUPP

    44D Coach Adolph in the Basketball Hall of Fame

    0
    11
  65. 65
    RANCOR

    44A Bitterness

    0
    10
  66. 66
    DMINOR

    31D Key of Beethoven's Ninth

    0
    8
  67. 67
    JADES

    21A Precious Chinese carvings

    0
    6
  68. 68
    ALLYE

    40A "O Come, ___ Faithful"

    0
    5
  69. 69
    ASMAD

    46D Comparable to a wet hen?

    0
    5
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    PRETENDS

    30A Makes believe

    0
    5
  71. 71
    FENWAYPARK

    17A Red Sox stadium

    0
    3
  72. 72
    IDAHOES

    5D Potatoes from the Northwest

    0
    3
  73. 73
    PERFORATE debut

    8D Make holes in, as for ease of tearing

    0
    2
  74. 74
    SCANDALS

    42A Watergate and Irangate

    0
    2
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    BELLTOWER debut

    34D Carillon site

    0
    1
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    BOGDANOVICH debut

    11D Peter who directed "The Last Picture Show"

    0
    1
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    MARSHAMASON debut

    24D "The Goodbye Girl" actress

    0
    1
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    SWAMPSCOTT debut

    54A Seaside community NE of Boston

    0
    1