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Monday · 76 answers · 3 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EAST

    68A Toward the rising sun

    33
    285
  2. 2
    ELS

    34D See 64-Across

    29
    333
  3. 3
    AMEN

    17A "So be it"

    27
    296
  4. 4
    SEC

    60D Dry, as wine

    23
    187
  5. 5
    OTTO

    66A "Beetle Bailey" dog

    22
    273
  6. 6
    OER

    48A "___ the ramparts we watched ..."

    22
    248
  7. 7
    TEEN

    69A First-year college student, usually

    20
    192
  8. 8
    SCAR

    27D Surgery souvenir

    20
    188
  9. 9
    PAT

    49A Butter serving

    18
    168
  10. 10
    LYE

    22D Soapmaker's supply

    17
    146
  11. 11
    STS

    28A 1st to 220th, in Manhattan: Abbr.

    16
    191
  12. 12
    TRUE

    62A "Honest to God!"

    16
    150
  13. 13
    ATRIA

    54D Courtyards

    15
    139
  14. 14
    WOE

    40D Anguish

    15
    119
  15. 15
    ELON

    32D North Carolina university

    15
    102
  16. 16
    AVON

    15A Bard of ___ (Shakespeare)

    12
    179
  17. 17
    HALO

    14A Circle of light around the sun or moon

    10
    151
  18. 18
    AREAS

    53A Zones

    10
    147
  19. 19
    ERNIE

    64A With 34-Down, golf's U.S. Open champion of 1994 and 1997

    9
    163
  20. 20
    LANA

    35A Actress Turner

    9
    105
  21. 21
    LIMA

    65A Peru's capital

    9
    87
  22. 22
    SOLE

    5A Shoe bottom

    8
    138
  23. 23
    GEODE

    55A Rock with a crystal inside

    8
    43
  24. 24
    URAL

    42A ___ Mountains (Asia/Europe separator)

    7
    180
  25. 25
    ATA

    52A One step ___ time

    7
    161
  26. 26
    MEAT

    59D Vegetarian's no-no

    7
    123
  27. 27
    DINO

    26D Flintstones' pet

    7
    61
  28. 28
    ELIOT

    56D Writer T. S.

    6
    131
  29. 29
    SAFE

    5D Official's call with outspread arms

    6
    107
  30. 30
    ZEE

    30D Zuider ___ (former inlet in the Netherlands)

    6
    93
  31. 31
    SNARL

    60A Tangle

    6
    53
  32. 32
    KENYA

    24A Home of Barack Obama's father

    6
    33
  33. 33
    CHAT

    1A What some people do in an online "room"

    5
    74
  34. 34
    FEED

    18A Nourish

    5
    46
  35. 35
    SPOON

    43A What the dish ran away with, in "Hey Diddle Diddle"

    5
    35
  36. 36
    NRA

    61D Gun lobbyists' org.

    4
    262
  37. 37
    UZI

    29A Israeli-made gun

    4
    88
  38. 38
    INST

    63A Place of research: Abbr.

    4
    67
  39. 39
    ADESTE

    50D "___ Fideles"

    4
    55
  40. 40
    CORGI

    41D Welsh dog

    4
    37
  41. 41
    ARR

    46D Departure's opposite: Abbr.

    3
    133
  42. 42
    SDS

    25A Radical 1960s org.

    3
    118
  43. 43
    ARIE

    58D Singer India.___

    3
    72
  44. 44
    METAL

    23A Zinc or zirconium

    3
    58
  45. 45
    DAT

    13D "Gimme ___!" (rude order)

    2
    51
  46. 46
    CADET

    67A West Pointer, e.g.

    2
    50
  47. 47
    TONGA

    4D South Pacific kingdom

    2
    44
  48. 48
    RAPID

    9A Swift

    2
    38
  49. 49
    PEELE

    33A English dramatist George

    2
    28
  50. 50
    GODOT

    19A Beckett's "Waiting for ___"

    2
    26
  51. 51
    LALALAND

    38D Dreamy place

    2
    12
  52. 52
    PEDESTAL

    11D Statue's support

    2
    10
  53. 53
    LOEWE

    7D Frederick ___, "My Fair Lady" composer

    1
    40
  54. 54
    PUPA

    36D Larva successor

    1
    20
  55. 55
    POINTE

    49D Ballerina's position

    1
    17
  56. 56
    RAGLAN

    9D Overcoat sleeve

    1
    16
  57. 57
    BEATLE

    47D Any of the Fab Four

    1
    15
  58. 58
    TABLET

    45D One of two for the Ten Commandments

    1
    12
  59. 59
    GENETIC

    31A Like hereditary factors

    1
    10
  60. 60
    GLUEY

    21D Viscous

    1
    7
  61. 61
    OPOSSUMS

    39D Arboreal animals with pouches

    1
    6
  62. 62
    AMOI

    10D Mine: Fr.

    0
    72
  63. 63
    AMEBA

    16A Microscopic creature

    0
    49
  64. 64
    ARUT

    37D In ___ (stuck in the same old same old)

    0
    31
  65. 65
    HAMLET

    2D Small village

    0
    25
  66. 66
    IBO

    12D Nigerian native

    0
    20
  67. 67
    ALEUTS

    3D Native Alaskans

    0
    17
  68. 68
    PELL

    33D ___-mell

    0
    16
  69. 69
    ENDING

    8D Part of a whodunit that reveals who done it

    0
    11
  70. 70
    CHASMS

    1D Gorges

    0
    9
  71. 71
    TEUTON

    51D German

    0
    8
  72. 72
    PULLTAB

    44A Soda can feature

    0
    7
  73. 73
    OVERKILL

    6D Excess

    0
    2
  74. 74
    LABRATSMILIEU debut

    57A MAZE

    0
    1
  75. 75
    PALEYELLOWCOLOR debut

    36A MAIZE

    0
    1
  76. 76
    SLUGGERWILLIE debut

    20A MAYS

    0
    1