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Monday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ERA

    27D Paleozoic, e.g.

    97
    791
  2. 2
    ASH

    28D Cigarette residue

    50
    458
  3. 3
    AREA

    3D Region

    46
    631
  4. 4
    NOR

    37D Neither here ___ there

    33
    332
  5. 5
    SKA

    20A Reggae relative

    31
    163
  6. 6
    DOT

    26D Speck

    25
    178
  7. 7
    ASTO

    16A Regarding

    22
    192
  8. 8
    OED

    19D Brit. word reference

    22
    141
  9. 9
    IFS

    49A Uncertainties

    21
    112
  10. 10
    AER

    25A ___ Lingus

    19
    148
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    REPO

    21A Seized property, informally

    18
    146
  12. 12
    IPAD debut

    52D Apple debut of 2010

    18
    83
  13. 13
    ORSO

    30A Approximately

    17
    145
  14. 14
    SSE

    39D NNW's reverse

    15
    262
  15. 15
    NERO

    7D Emperor who "fiddled"

    15
    243
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    OHO

    58D "Well, what have we here?!"

    15
    148
  17. 17
    EONS

    64A Ages and ages

    14
    162
  18. 18
    DAD

    24A Mom's partner

    14
    144
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    OLA

    8D Suffix with pay

    12
    175
  20. 20
    OCEAN

    32A Atlantic or Pacific

    12
    147
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    RAW

    4D Uncooked

    12
    139
  22. 22
    UPON

    53D Atop

    11
    129
  23. 23
    YESNO

    18D Like some questions

    11
    55
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    TARA

    60A "Gone With the Wind" plantation

    10
    154
  25. 25
    TAHOE

    34A Lake on the California/Nevada border

    9
    90
  26. 26
    ZOO

    54A Place for giraffes and hippos

    9
    76
  27. 27
    GIST

    10A Basic idea

    9
    68
  28. 28
    SARAH

    14A Funnywoman Silverman

    7
    76
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    IMON

    50A "And while ___ the subject ..."

    7
    39
  30. 30
    OLDS

    56D Discontinued G.M. car

    6
    103
  31. 31
    SELA

    15A Actress Ward

    6
    101
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    NENES

    36A Argentine tots

    6
    25
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    PSIS

    43A Letters after chis

    5
    60
  34. 34
    RUG

    48A Carpet

    5
    49
  35. 35
    SNAGS

    65A Catches

    5
    37
  36. 36
    IND

    49D Not Dem. or Rep.

    4
    99
  37. 37
    IPSO

    23A ___ facto

    4
    69
  38. 38
    TSOS

    1D General ___ chicken

    4
    40
  39. 39
    DOCS

    24D Hospital V.I.P.'s

    3
    39
  40. 40
    TORERO

    13D Bullfighter

    3
    31
  41. 41
    BANK

    2D Certificate of deposit offerer

    3
    26
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    ELNINO

    51A Pacific weather phenomenon

    2
    71
  43. 43
    ONED

    63A Like a line, in brief

    2
    49
  44. 44
    AILED

    62A Was sick

    2
    38
  45. 45
    IGNORE

    45D Pay no mind to

    2
    38
  46. 46
    ADMAN

    42D Madison Avenue pro

    2
    33
  47. 47
    IDIOMS

    23D Everyday expressions

    2
    18
  48. 48
    ISOPOD

    6D Crustacean with seven pairs of legs

    2
    16
  49. 49
    OLEG

    55D Cassini who designed for Jackie

    1
    93
  50. 50
    RRS

    35A Four Monopoly assets: Abbr.

    1
    93
  51. 51
    ZOLA

    54D Author Émile

    1
    39
  52. 52
    PRESTO

    43D Part of a magician's mumbo-jumbo

    1
    38
  53. 53
    ORSINO

    31A "Twelfth Night" duke

    1
    16
  54. 54
    LILACS

    47D Purple flowers

    1
    14
  55. 55
    ONERUN

    30D Narrow margin in a baseball game

    1
    14
  56. 56
    WANNABE

    9D Starstruck sort, maybe

    1
    7
  57. 57
    STOPDROPANDROLL debut

    57A Instruction to someone who's on fire

    1
    4
  58. 58
    ULAN

    53A ___ Bator

    0
    66
  59. 59
    RIN

    59D ___ Tin Tin

    0
    61
  60. 60
    NESTLE

    22A Company that introduced Quik in 1948

    0
    48
  61. 61
    RIIS

    35D Muckraker Jacob

    0
    45
  62. 62
    ENV

    38D Letter holder: Abbr.

    0
    39
  63. 63
    GATS

    10D Gangsters' guns

    0
    21
  64. 64
    TBARS

    1A Some ski lifts

    0
    18
  65. 65
    ISHTAR

    11D 1987 flop starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman

    0
    14
  66. 66
    MRBIG

    40A Hotshot

    0
    11
  67. 67
    CHOC

    61A 22-Across flavor, for short

    0
    10
  68. 68
    SULTAN

    44D Islamic sovereign

    0
    10
  69. 69
    AARONS

    42A Burr and Copland

    0
    9
  70. 70
    ONEWAYORANOTHER

    17A By any means necessary

    0
    9
  71. 71
    STELES

    12D Inscribed pillars

    0
    6
  72. 72
    JORGE

    29D Author ___ Luis Borges

    0
    5
  73. 73
    ANACONDAS debut

    33D Snakes that can put you in a tight spot?

    0
    3
  74. 74
    INOW

    6A "___ pronounce you man and wife"

    0
    3
  75. 75
    YIELDCURVE

    46A Line showing the relationship between an interest rate and maturity date

    0
    2
  76. 76
    BYFORCE debut

    41D Coercively

    0
    1
  77. 77
    DEADENDJOB debut

    26A Work that offers no chance for advancement

    0
    1
  78. 78
    SHARPENER debut

    5D It puts a point on a pencil

    0
    1