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Monday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ARE

    50A "___ you ready?"

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    ISEE

    64A What "video" means literally

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    ACT

    26A Play a part

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    NEAR

    61D Close

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    SEGA

    24A Game company behind Sonic the Hedgehog

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    EMIR

    60D Mideast bigwig

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    ALES

    3D Pub draughts

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    INA

    37A Put ___ good word for

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    LAOS

    13D Vientiane's land

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    OLAF

    63A Minnesota's St. ___ College

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    EXIT

    70A Lighted sign over a door

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    AGENT

    17A Worker for 15%, say

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    SMEAR

    33D Mascara mess

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    AQUA

    16A Light greenish blue

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    RAVI

    66A Sitarist Shankar

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    ERUPT

    29A Go off like Mount St. Helens

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    ALAN

    56D Astronaut Shepard or Bean

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    TERI

    59D Garr or Hatcher

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    TIES

    42A Knots

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    SUMO

    19A Japanese wrestling

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    ESTATE

    5D Billionaire's home

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    MENSA

    4D High-I.Q. group

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    BRAT

    1D Kid with frequent temper tantrums

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    ETAT

    46A Coup d'___

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    GNAT

    69A Pesky flier

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    TASTE

    34D Important sense for a gourmet

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    ECOL

    7D Environmental sci.

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    TIPS

    22A Large part of a waiter's income

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    EVIAN

    68A Perrier competitor

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    CAMEO

    65A Bit part

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    PERT

    6A Impudent

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    COPA

    18A "Meet Me at the ___"

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    TETON

    28D Wyoming's ___ Range

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    PETCO debut

    40A Retail giant selling dog food, birdcages and such

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    SAPS

    53A Boneheads

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    TRADE

    9D Swap

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    LOGO

    2D Golden arches, for McDonald's

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    AVAST

    31A Sailor's "Stop!"

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    TORN

    67A In tatters

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    CELL

    10A Jail unit

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    BATH

    39A Activity with bubbles

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    WASH

    51A Take a 39-Across

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    BLAME

    1A Point the finger at

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    CRO

    45A ___-Magnon man

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    ICER

    15A One putting finishing touches on a cake

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    AKITA

    32D Japanese dog

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    TONY

    62D Broadway honor

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    BAJA

    55A ___ California

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    JAVA

    57D Coffee, slangily

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    BRET

    35A Writer Harte

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    SYNOD

    47A Church council

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    BORG

    55D Tennis's Bjorn

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    STAVE

    54D Prevent, with "off"

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    LUMP

    12D It's in your throat when you choke up

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    KERRY

    71A Bush's 2004 opponent

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    EDA

    44D Psychologist/writer LeShan

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    ROLES

    14A Parts to play

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    REPAST

    8D Meal

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    SPITE

    52D Ill will

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    PATCH

    30D Where watermelons grow

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    ABBAS

    26D The P.L.O.'s Mahmoud ___

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    STRIPS

    21D Bacon units

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    CRAZY

    27D Touched in the head

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    SPACEK

    49D Sissy of "Carrie"

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    ATTY

    23A A.B.A. member: Abbr.

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    EQUI

    11D Prefix with lateral

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    AZORES

    43A Islands west of Portugal

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    GAO

    25D Fed. auditing agcy.

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    CHEFS

    48A Food Network stars

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    CRESCENT

    41D Moon shape

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    LOOFAH

    38D Sponge used in a 39-Across

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    LOOKMA

    38A Words cried before "No hands!"

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    PICAYUNE

    6D Petty

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    CASTAVOTE

    10D Participate on Election Day

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    PITCHATENT

    58A Prepare to camp

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    THROWAFIT debut

    36D Show childish anger

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    TOSSASALAD debut

    20A Fix part of dinner with lettuce, carrots, peppers, etc.

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    CHISOX debut

    48D Longtime Comiskey Park team, informally

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