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Monday · 78 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    ELSE

    68A "If all ___ fails ..."

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    ETS

    67D Visitors from Venus, say

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    ETC

    27D And so on: Abbr.

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    SAT

    58A Succeeded at musical chairs

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    TSAR

    39A Shah : Iran :: ___ : Russia

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    AIR

    35A Word before Jordan or Canada

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    TAR

    5D Contents of a La Brea pit

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    ABLE

    57D Up to the task

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    OSHA

    55A Construction site watchdog, for short

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    IDOL

    3D Fox's "American ___"

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    ASHE

    63D Former Davis Cup captain Arthur

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    DEN

    66D Cozy room

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    EGG

    6D Silly Putty holder

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    REDO

    14A Make over

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    UAE

    48A Dubai and Abu Dhabi are part of it: Abbr.

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    EIRE

    19A Land of the so-called "Troubles"

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    ATSEA

    60A Bewildered

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    EGRET

    69A White-feathered wader

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    AISLE

    29D Airplane seating request

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    AGREE

    15A Shake hands (on)

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    OBIT

    64A News item that often has a person's age in the headline

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    NEATO

    37D "Keen!"

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    SEX

    45D Reason for an R rating

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    AMIS

    1A French friends

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    AGEE

    73A "A Death in the Family" author James

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    TARA

    59D "Gone With the Wind" plantation

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    TIES

    42D Scores like 1-1 and 2-2

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    INCH

    70A 2.54 centimeters

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    ARTE

    1D Commedia dell'___

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    GTO

    21A Classic muscle car

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    EDGAR

    33D ___ Allan Poe

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    ISLES

    18D The British ___

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    SARAN

    36A Kitchen wrap brand

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    SORES

    34D Sensitive spots

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    ERAT

    24D The "E" of Q.E.D.

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    LEAR

    71A Norman who created "All in the Family"

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    ECCE

    62D Behold, to Brutus

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    ITLL

    10A "___ be a cold day in hell ..."

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    ELLIS

    20A Fashion designer Perry

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    SING

    61D Do lullabies, e.g.

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    SARGE

    54D "Beetle Bailey" boss

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    TETRA

    5A Four: Prefix

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    LARD

    12D Cooking grease

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    LYES

    13D Caustic compounds

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    TRIG

    7D Calc prerequisite

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    CADS

    22A Men whom women can't trust

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    CREDO

    38A Words to live by

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    SPELL

    26A What a wizard casts

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    ELEC

    23A It's measured in amperes: Abbr.

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    RENTS

    8D Landlords' due

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    ETAIL

    46A Cybercommerce

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    JAVA

    56A Coffee, slangily

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    DEANS

    72A University officials

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    ELVES

    44A Santa's helpers

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    TVSET

    41A Boob tube (and a hint to 17- and 65-Across and 11- and 30-Down)

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    PASTS

    31D They might be checkered

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    SOVIET

    4D Communist council

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    ENGR

    43A Bridge or tunnel designer: Abbr.

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    MEWL

    2D Whimper

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    DRAY

    16A Heavy cart

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    JOEL

    56D "Piano Man" performer Billy

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    LEHAR

    47D "The Merry Widow" composer

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    BATES

    28D ___ Motel ("Psycho" setting)

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    SEEPED

    49A Oozed

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    IDECLARE

    10D "Goodness gracious!"

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    STEELERS

    51A 2009 Super Bowl champs

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    LEXUS

    53A Luxury Toyota make

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    CURVE

    25D Sneaky pitch

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    TRAVELVISA

    30D Document checked at the border

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    AESOPS

    9D "___ Fables"

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    LATVIA

    52D Riga's land

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    STAVES

    32A Averts, with "off"

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    BATTERUP

    28A Umpire's call at the start of an inning

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    DUSTED

    50D Checked for fingerprints

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    REPEATER

    40D Fast-firing firearm

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    TRADERVICS debut

    65A Polynesian-themed restaurant chain

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    TRIALVENUE debut

    11D Courtroom

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    TWOVIRGINS debut

    17A 1968 album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

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