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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.

  1. 1
    ADO

    32D Hoopla

    44
    477
  2. 2
    NET

    58D Equipment in badminton and fishing

    37
    376
  3. 3
    SRI

    2D ___ Lanka

    28
    238
  4. 4
    ALTO

    65A Sax type

    25
    290
  5. 5
    ARK

    43A Noah's boat

    24
    160
  6. 6
    ILL

    57D Under the weather

    21
    260
  7. 7
    ALAMO

    10D 1836 battle site

    20
    181
  8. 8
    TWO

    59D Start of D.C.'s ZIP codes or area code

    19
    165
  9. 9
    CNN

    22A Channel with "Anderson Cooper 360°"

    19
    126
  10. 10
    SCAT

    33D "Shoo!"

    14
    141
  11. 11
    SOFA

    54D Divan

    14
    116
  12. 12
    ASOF

    5A Beginning on

    14
    107
  13. 13
    RETRO

    12D Fashionable again

    13
    109
  14. 14
    AXIS

    4D W.W. II foe, with "the"

    12
    109
  15. 15
    GOO

    29A Molten tar, e.g.

    11
    121
  16. 16
    HALO

    31A Saintly glow

    10
    151
  17. 17
    ARSON

    30A Not an accidental fire

    10
    107
  18. 18
    HAIKU

    31D Poem with exactly 17 syllables

    10
    37
  19. 19
    NAPE

    15A Scruff

    9
    115
  20. 20
    RAID

    37A Sudden military action

    9
    95
  21. 21
    AFOOT

    21D "The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes

    9
    52
  22. 22
    TASTE

    50D First small bite

    8
    117
  23. 23
    ARTE

    61A Commedia dell'___

    7
    154
  24. 24
    DIOR

    41A Fashionable Christian

    7
    93
  25. 25
    SGTS

    33A Some NCOs

    7
    69
  26. 26
    OPTED

    7D Made a choice

    7
    42
  27. 27
    IBSEN

    63A "A Doll's House" playwright

    6
    55
  28. 28
    NASTY

    19A Mean-spirited

    6
    47
  29. 29
    WAY

    56D Modus operandi

    6
    47
  30. 30
    UPC

    1D It's scanned at checkout: Abbr.

    6
    43
  31. 31
    ALTER

    16A Take in or let out

    5
    86
  32. 32
    SUEDE

    20A Elvis's "Blue ___ Shoes"

    5
    54
  33. 33
    ITSIN

    11D "___ the bag"

    5
    13
  34. 34
    OPE

    51A Unlock, in verse

    4
    92
  35. 35
    NOSIR

    24D Military denial

    4
    49
  36. 36
    SAUDI

    6D Riyadh resident

    4
    35
  37. 37
    FLEW

    62A Aviated

    4
    27
  38. 38
    FEY

    8D Tina of "30 Rock"

    3
    49
  39. 39
    SAUTE

    60A Pan-fry

    3
    45
  40. 40
    KAZOO

    42A Jug band instrument

    3
    24
  41. 41
    LANDHO

    9D Cry from a crow's-nest

    3
    16
  42. 42
    CDROM

    38D Electronic storage device

    2
    53
  43. 43
    CADET

    38A Enrollee at 56-Across

    2
    50
  44. 44
    TROOP

    35D Army unit

    2
    48
  45. 45
    BASSI

    45D Low-voiced singers

    2
    32
  46. 46
    SCOPE

    36D Rifle attachment

    2
    28
  47. 47
    STRUM

    55A Play lightly, as a guitar

    2
    28
  48. 48
    USMA

    1A Initials for 56-Across

    2
    28
  49. 49
    ASYLUM

    52A Sanctuary

    2
    11
  50. 50
    YSER

    64A River of Flanders

    1
    134
  51. 51
    DRYER

    13D Alternative to a clothesline

    1
    26
  52. 52
    ADMIRE

    21A Look up to

    1
    24
  53. 53
    CIRC

    39A Magazine fig.

    1
    19
  54. 54
    MODS

    28D Hip '60s types

    1
    18
  55. 55
    ACUMEN

    43D Keenness of mind

    1
    17
  56. 56
    GIZMO

    34D Thingamajig

    1
    17
  57. 57
    OGLER

    26D Leering sort

    1
    17
  58. 58
    PRIX

    14A Grand ___ (annual race)

    1
    17
  59. 59
    CUMIN

    18D Curry ingredient

    1
    10
  60. 60
    CZARS

    22D Ivan, Nicholas and Peter

    1
    10
  61. 61
    KEYUP

    42D Excite

    1
    10
  62. 62
    WETMOP

    44A Clean, as a floor

    1
    10
  63. 63
    CIVICDUTY

    17A Serving on a jury, e.g.

    1
    4
  64. 64
    SSRS

    40A Armenia and Azerbaijan, once: Abbr.

    0
    75
  65. 65
    NLERS

    49D Padres and Pirates, informally

    0
    23
  66. 66
    ANDEAN

    5D Like llamas and Incas

    0
    18
  67. 67
    LAIRD

    9A Scottish landowner

    0
    17
  68. 68
    CYRUS

    47D "Hannah Montana" star Miley

    0
    13
  69. 69
    ASTAB

    46D Take ___ at (try)

    0
    11
  70. 70
    MIV

    3D 1,004, in old Rome

    0
    10
  71. 71
    NORAS

    23D Author Ephron and others

    0
    9
  72. 72
    WRITER

    44D Blogger, for one

    0
    9
  73. 73
    KLUTE

    48D 1971 Jane Fonda/Donald Sutherland film

    0
    8
  74. 74
    ZOOMIN

    27A Get a closer look, as with a camera

    0
    8
  75. 75
    BACKCOUNTRY debut

    45A Rural area

    0
    2
  76. 76
    MAIDOFHONOR

    25A Bride's attendant

    0
    2
  77. 77
    LAIUS debut

    53A Father and victim of Oedipus

    0
    1
  78. 78
    WESTPOINT debut

    56A School whose motto consists of the last words of 17-, 25- and 45-Across

    0
    1