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Monday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ALE

    36A Word after ginger or brown

    59
    570
  2. 2
    ALA

    9D Chicken ___ king

    58
    513
  3. 3
    ERR

    21D Mess up

    54
    522
  4. 4
    AHA

    30D "Eureka!"

    40
    379
  5. 5
    ODOR

    3D Stench

    39
    344
  6. 6
    IDEA

    42A "You have no ___!"

    33
    396
  7. 7
    EAST

    8D Direction after Near, Middle or Far

    33
    285
  8. 8
    ANTS

    35D Tidbits for aardvarks

    33
    247
  9. 9
    OSLO

    28D Norway's capital

    32
    324
  10. 10
    STAN

    57D Kyle and Kenny's friend on "South Park"

    31
    228
  11. 11
    PTA

    32D School open house organizer: Abbr.

    25
    240
  12. 12
    ION

    40A Charged particle

    23
    258
  13. 13
    ASEA

    64A Where sailors go

    22
    326
  14. 14
    REST

    43A Leftover part

    22
    256
  15. 15
    USER

    31A Manual's intended reader

    19
    246
  16. 16
    NASA

    55D Cape Canaveral org.

    18
    174
  17. 17
    TIER

    56D Level

    17
    179
  18. 18
    ASST

    60A Aide: Abbr.

    15
    193
  19. 19
    ULNA

    15A Forearm bone

    15
    178
  20. 20
    MOP

    41A Implement you might wring

    15
    104
  21. 21
    AESOP

    51D "The Fox and the Grapes" storyteller

    14
    127
  22. 22
    ISLAM

    49D Ayatollah's faith

    12
    94
  23. 23
    ROTE

    26D Memorization

    11
    114
  24. 24
    SPAR

    23A Practice boxing

    10
    188
  25. 25
    SPAN

    66A Bridge

    10
    132
  26. 26
    AROAR

    30A Loud, as a crowd

    10
    88
  27. 27
    IDOLS

    38D Winners of some televised singing competitions

    10
    55
  28. 28
    ICON

    17A Che Guevara or Lady Gaga

    9
    189
  29. 29
    ROSE

    34D Kennedy matriarch

    9
    138
  30. 30
    AUDI

    14A Car whose logo has four rings

    9
    111
  31. 31
    OOP

    48D Alley-___

    9
    96
  32. 32
    BAIT

    1D Worms and such, to a fisherman

    7
    71
  33. 33
    XES

    39D Deletes, with "out"

    7
    65
  34. 34
    MICE

    37D Runners in lab mazes

    7
    58
  35. 35
    LASER

    58A Cutting-edge technology?

    6
    71
  36. 36
    SCRAP

    22D Leftover part

    6
    70
  37. 37
    TACOS

    44A Sandwiches that may have sour cream and salsa

    6
    48
  38. 38
    ECLAT

    12D Brilliance

    5
    113
  39. 39
    ALIENS

    6D Martians and Venusians

    5
    61
  40. 40
    SOBS

    52A Bawls

    5
    49
  41. 41
    WAIT

    61A "Hold your horses!"

    5
    47
  42. 42
    YOKE

    63A Harness for oxen

    5
    44
  43. 43
    PHAT

    32A Excellent, in dated slang

    5
    34
  44. 44
    LEECH

    16A Parasite

    5
    33
  45. 45
    WAYS

    54D House ___ and Means Committee

    5
    27
  46. 46
    PIES

    18A Desserts akin to cobblers

    4
    58
  47. 47
    ALASKA

    46D "Sarah Palin's ___" of 2010-11 TV

    4
    54
  48. 48
    MAKE

    5A Manufacture

    4
    37
  49. 49
    TRA

    33A ___-la-la

    3
    187
  50. 50
    YARN

    67A Ball material for a cat

    3
    65
  51. 51
    KNEAD

    7D Work, as dough

    3
    43
  52. 52
    GUAM

    27D U.S. territory in W.W. II fighting

    3
    37
  53. 53
    SOAMI

    50D "Me too!"

    3
    32
  54. 54
    TREND

    24A General tendency

    2
    60
  55. 55
    AMONG

    62A Honor ___ thieves

    2
    53
  56. 56
    REDSEA

    10D One end of the Suez Canal

    2
    32
  57. 57
    ABSENT

    45D Not present

    2
    31
  58. 58
    BOOP

    1A Betty of comics

    2
    25
  59. 59
    MIXTAPE

    37A Homemade music compilation ... or a hint to the circled letters

    2
    6
  60. 60
    OUCH

    2D "That hurt!"

    1
    41
  61. 61
    CREATE

    25A Manufacture

    1
    29
  62. 62
    ISABEL

    49A Queen who financed Columbus, to the Spanish

    1
    24
  63. 63
    ROTTEN

    47D No-good

    1
    19
  64. 64
    ARTES

    9A ___ liberales (studies at universidades)

    1
    15
  65. 65
    GOKARTS

    27A Kids' vehicles on tracks

    1
    8
  66. 66
    MUPPET

    5D Bert or Ernie

    1
    3
  67. 67
    THREEPEATS debut

    20A 1990s runnings of the Bulls?

    1
    2
  68. 68
    MINTS

    65A After-dinner candies

    0
    23
  69. 69
    AROUSES

    46A Wakens

    0
    19
  70. 70
    PINETAR

    4D Application to improve a batter's grip

    0
    19
  71. 71
    RGS

    59D Some N.F.L. linemen

    0
    19
  72. 72
    SHERE

    13D ___ Khan ("The Jungle Book" tiger)

    0
    16
  73. 73
    ADALE

    19A Allan-___ (Robin Hood compadre)

    0
    11
  74. 74
    ALOON

    51A Crazy as ___

    0
    8
  75. 75
    RUNAWAY

    43D Escape

    0
    7
  76. 76
    SWEATPANTS debut

    53A Some gymwear

    0
    3
  77. 77
    KEEPTABSON debut

    29D Watch

    0
    1
  78. 78
    TEAPARTIES debut

    11D Groups battling big government

    0
    1