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Monday · 78 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    AHA

    5D Idea person's exclamation

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    379
  2. 2
    ETNA

    64D Sicily's Mt. ___

    36
    334
  3. 3
    EMIT

    49D Send out, as rays

    30
    262
  4. 4
    ELS

    25A Golf pro Ernie

    29
    333
  5. 5
    APE

    9D Animal that beats its chest

    28
    415
  6. 6
    ATLAS

    9A Rand McNally product

    25
    195
  7. 7
    TSK

    67D "Shame on you!"

    23
    189
  8. 8
    ALIT

    2D Touched down

    21
    220
  9. 9
    ONUS

    69A Burden

    21
    197
  10. 10
    AIM

    23A A sharpshooter needs a good one

    21
    177
  11. 11
    OTIS

    45A Elevator inventor Elisha

    20
    251
  12. 12
    ACES

    12D King beaters

    20
    211
  13. 13
    TWO

    53A A pair

    19
    165
  14. 14
    ATSEA

    20A Confused

    18
    194
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    INANE

    33D Nonsensical

    16
    192
  16. 16
    LAVA

    11D Volcano's output

    15
    144
  17. 17
    ALPS

    5A Swiss peaks

    15
    133
  18. 18
    DEM

    52A One in a blue state majority: Abbr.

    15
    93
  19. 19
    SENT

    13D Already in the mail

    14
    190
  20. 20
    IDES

    57A Time of danger for Caesar

    14
    170
  21. 21
    HAM

    36A Easter roast

    13
    144
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    DRY

    66D Drought-stricken

    13
    115
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    AONE

    55D Popular steak sauce

    12
    209
  24. 24
    URGE

    41D Encourage

    12
    208
  25. 25
    SATE

    21A Fill to excess

    12
    144
  26. 26
    PITA

    7D ___ bread

    12
    102
  27. 27
    BAMA

    1A The Crimson Tide, informally

    12
    63
  28. 28
    SLOT

    8D One-armed bandit

    11
    131
  29. 29
    NAB

    42A Catch red-handed

    10
    136
  30. 30
    GRIN

    54D Sheepish look, maybe

    10
    65
  31. 31
    ERATO

    31D Muse of love poetry

    9
    174
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    INNER

    68A Near the center

    9
    96
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    MENSA

    38A Organization for geniuses

    9
    93
  34. 34
    GATE

    54A Yard entrance

    9
    91
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    TUNE

    56D Something to sing along to

    9
    84
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    SEWS

    63D Stitches

    9
    77
  37. 37
    MOM

    24D Pop's partner

    8
    92
  38. 38
    MAST

    22A Sail holder

    8
    83
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    NEEDY

    71A Impoverished

    8
    79
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    UKES

    62D Hawaiian instruments, informally

    7
    61
  41. 41
    ALEX

    14A Author Haley of "Roots" fame

    6
    125
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    EINE

    59D "___ kleine Nachtmusik"

    6
    119
  43. 43
    HEED

    19D Obey

    6
    61
  44. 44
    SPUR

    60D Thing on a cowboy's boot

    6
    61
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    PEACE

    16A Result of an armistice

    6
    56
  46. 46
    PINOT

    30D ___ grigio (wine)

    6
    27
  47. 47
    SOT

    46D Drunkard

    5
    152
  48. 48
    DROP

    58D Go south, as a stock market

    5
    82
  49. 49
    PERK

    72A Reserved parking space for an exec, maybe

    5
    54
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    WAIT

    18D Word repeated before "Don't Tell Me!"

    5
    47
  51. 51
    MEGS

    3D Computer capacity, in brief

    5
    18
  52. 52
    OSSA

    73A Bones, anatomically

    4
    88
  53. 53
    MIRA

    37A Actress Sorvino

    4
    52
  54. 54
    LAYS

    6D Puts down

    4
    46
  55. 55
    HEWN

    70A Rough-___ (not smoothly finished)

    4
    32
  56. 56
    HAIL

    15A "___ Caesar!"

    3
    56
  57. 57
    METER

    44A Parking space adjunct

    3
    51
  58. 58
    AMATI

    29D Classic violin maker

    2
    81
  59. 59
    LIMB

    26D What a do-it-yourself swing may hang from

    2
    53
  60. 60
    TEAMSTER

    10D Professional truck driver

    2
    4
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    OSIER

    34D Willow whose twigs are used in basketry

    1
    44
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    NANCE

    35D F.D.R. veep John ___ Garner

    1
    29
  63. 63
    RABIN

    32D Israel's Yitzhak

    1
    23
  64. 64
    WWII

    50D Hitler started it: Abbr.

    1
    18
  65. 65
    BAHA

    1D ___ Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out" group)

    1
    15
  66. 66
    OATER

    28D Western, in slang

    0
    63
  67. 67
    INUSE

    61A Occupied, as a lavatory

    0
    61
  68. 68
    NEC

    47A Big Japanese computer maker: Abbr.

    0
    42
  69. 69
    BRAIN

    43A Cranium contents

    0
    23
  70. 70
    OTARU

    39A Japanese port

    0
    21
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    HONCHO

    51D Top dog

    0
    9
  72. 72
    RHOMB

    27D Oblique-angled, four-sided figure

    0
    8
  73. 73
    AXHEAD

    4D Cutting part of a lumberjack's tool

    0
    6
  74. 74
    ROUNDTRIPTICKET

    65A Traveler's option ... or what you won't get on a 17-, 27- or 48-Across?

    0
    4
  75. 75
    BRIDGETONOWHERE

    48A Onetime Alaska boondoggle

    0
    3
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    HIGHWAYTOHEAVEN debut

    17A 1980s TV series starring Michael Landon

    0
    2
  77. 77
    REDDENED debut

    40D Blushed

    0
    2
  78. 78
    ROADTOPERDITION debut

    27A 2002 Tom Hanks/Paul Newman film

    0
    1