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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
    ALI

    60A Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Century

    49
    518
  2. 2
    IRA

    16A Lyricist Gershwin

    46
    448
  3. 3
    DNA

    63D Code of life

    37
    260
  4. 4
    ISLE

    57A Skye, e.g.

    31
    316
  5. 5
    ETAS

    42A Greek H's

    26
    214
  6. 6
    ALTO

    33D Midrange voice type

    25
    290
  7. 7
    KNEE

    20A It's just below the thigh

    24
    264
  8. 8
    ELLA

    38A Jazzy Fitzgerald

    23
    262
  9. 9
    OPAL

    21A Fall birthstone

    23
    253
  10. 10
    LES

    64A "___ Miz"

    22
    270
  11. 11
    AAA

    43A Battery for a camera or phone

    20
    230
  12. 12
    AFRO

    59A Hairstyle that may have a comb stuck in it

    18
    170
  13. 13
    TALON

    51D Eagle's grasper

    17
    71
  14. 14
    TRUE

    12D T on a test

    16
    150
  15. 15
    TLC

    44D Special attention for a patient, in brief

    16
    146
  16. 16
    ESPY

    31D Glimpse

    16
    130
  17. 17
    ORATE

    53D Give a grand speech

    14
    196
  18. 18
    SRA

    5D Mrs., in Madrid

    14
    186
  19. 19
    NOAH

    18D Ark builder

    14
    138
  20. 20
    RAD

    40D "Gnarly!"

    14
    134
  21. 21
    ASONE

    2D Together

    13
    118
  22. 22
    ASL

    9D "Talking" done with the hands: Abbr.

    13
    90
  23. 23
    YALE

    55D Where the Clintons got law degrees

    11
    137
  24. 24
    REBA

    7D Singer McEntire

    10
    132
  25. 25
    FUR

    19A Mink or ermine

    10
    66
  26. 26
    LIEN

    48D Property claim

    9
    131
  27. 27
    DEEP

    41A Profound

    9
    91
  28. 28
    LEASE

    15A Rent

    8
    84
  29. 29
    JEER

    32D Give a Bronx cheer

    8
    49
  30. 30
    ORGAN

    6A Heart or kidney

    7
    62
  31. 31
    ALEX

    56D Trebek who says "And the answer is ..."

    6
    125
  32. 32
    ANDES

    69A Much of Chile

    6
    76
  33. 33
    CLEAR

    28D Cloudless

    6
    68
  34. 34
    IVES

    37A Currier's partner in lithography

    5
    96
  35. 35
    ORBIT

    65A Spacecraft's path

    5
    64
  36. 36
    LIB

    36A Ad-___

    5
    50
  37. 37
    SKIM

    58D 0% fat, say

    5
    44
  38. 38
    LTD

    11A Inc., in England

    4
    99
  39. 39
    NOLTE

    66A Golden Globe winner Nick

    4
    75
  40. 40
    PANT

    39D Huff and puff

    4
    50
  41. 41
    SLEEK

    22A Streamlined

    4
    38
  42. 42
    JABBA

    32A ___ the Hutt ("Star Wars" villain)

    4
    21
  43. 43
    ESA

    25D Spanish "that"

    3
    93
  44. 44
    EXT

    67A Abbr. after a phone no.

    3
    67
  45. 45
    BOAS

    26A Fancy items worn around the neck

    3
    57
  46. 46
    WEED

    30D Marijuana, slangily

    3
    55
  47. 47
    NODES

    54D Junctures

    3
    34
  48. 48
    BABY

    26D Newborn

    3
    30
  49. 49
    ANALOG

    46D Like a clock with hands

    3
    28
  50. 50
    KENT

    49A Classic cigarette brand

    2
    63
  51. 51
    ORI

    62D "... ___ quit!"

    2
    63
  52. 52
    ICBM

    57D Long-range weapon, for short

    2
    51
  53. 53
    USAIR

    14A Delta alternative, once

    2
    47
  54. 54
    YALTA

    55A 1945 conference site

    2
    39
  55. 55
    KIX

    29D Spherical cereal

    2
    32
  56. 56
    GIMME

    68A One-footer, say, in golf

    2
    26
  57. 57
    LAMBS

    1A ___ wool (soft material)

    2
    22
  58. 58
    OFLATE

    47D Recently

    2
    21
  59. 59
    OLDPRO

    6D Veteran

    2
    13
  60. 60
    DARK

    13D Gloomy

    1
    33
  61. 61
    GAUL

    8D France before it was France

    1
    26
  62. 62
    IFOLD

    52D "Too rich for my blood"

    1
    19
  63. 63
    TARDY

    44A Late

    1
    16
  64. 64
    LADIDA

    23D "Well, look at you!"

    1
    13
  65. 65
    BASKET

    35D Score after dribbling, say

    1
    9
  66. 66
    BIKED

    4D Rode a Schwinn, e.g.

    1
    9
  67. 67
    COCKANDBULL debut

    17A Like a story that can't be believed

    1
    3
  68. 68
    LOCKANDLOAD debut

    61A Prepare to use a rifle

    1
    2
  69. 69
    NELSON

    10D Mandela of South Africa

    0
    27
  70. 70
    MACES

    3D Spiked clubs

    0
    21
  71. 71
    YESDEAR

    24A Spouse's servile words

    0
    20
  72. 72
    PREXY

    39A Veep's superior

    0
    8
  73. 73
    ROCKANDROLL

    45A Subject of a 1950s "revolution"

    0
    8
  74. 74
    LUCKY

    1D Like a rabbit's foot or four-leaf clover

    0
    7
  75. 75
    LIFESAVER

    11D Candy with a hole in the middle

    0
    6
  76. 76
    BLACKLIST debut

    34D Secretly ban from employment

    0
    3
  77. 77
    FICTION debut

    50A Novels, e.g.

    0
    2
  78. 78
    SHOCKANDAWE debut

    27A Military strategy during the 2003 invasion of Iraq

    0
    2