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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
    ATE

    22A Scarfed down

    75
    597
  2. 2
    ALA

    21D Pie ___ mode

    58
    513
  3. 3
    ASS

    29A Doofus

    58
    409
  4. 4
    ERIE

    49D Lake between Ohio and Ontario

    48
    510
  5. 5
    ANTE

    13A Poker pot starter

    45
    461
  6. 6
    LEE

    62D General at Appomattox

    40
    360
  7. 7
    DNA

    45A "CSI" evidence, often

    37
    260
  8. 8
    IDO

    64D Words that have a certain ring to them?

    33
    336
  9. 9
    ESSO

    59A Petrol brand

    30
    276
  10. 10
    OMEN

    67A Sign of things to come

    29
    257
  11. 11
    ACHE

    5D Pine (for)

    28
    282
  12. 12
    ABS

    29D Belly muscles

    25
    214
  13. 13
    KNEE

    38D Leg joint

    24
    264
  14. 14
    NEON

    69A Gas in a DINER sign

    24
    219
  15. 15
    MESS

    1A What a slob makes

    17
    145
  16. 16
    ACTI

    5A Start of a play

    16
    129
  17. 17
    CAL

    9D Baseball's record-setting Ripken

    15
    158
  18. 18
    CON

    35D Pro's opposite

    15
    123
  19. 19
    SITE

    17D Web locale

    15
    115
  20. 20
    SCAN

    60D Read carefully

    14
    149
  21. 21
    ICES

    43A Desserts good for a hot day

    14
    120
  22. 22
    LSU

    27D Baton Rouge sch.

    13
    107
  23. 23
    SAW

    30D Tool a magician uses in a woman-in-a-crate act

    12
    114
  24. 24
    INTEL

    8D Big maker of microchips

    11
    83
  25. 25
    ENS

    58A Low-ranking U.S.N. officer

    10
    270
  26. 26
    NERD

    70A Uncool sort

    10
    159
  27. 27
    COO

    6D Murmur lovingly

    10
    144
  28. 28
    ONSET

    23A Commencement

    9
    141
  29. 29
    ELLEN

    18A Daytime host DeGeneres

    9
    105
  30. 30
    ENACT

    34A Pass, as a law

    9
    96
  31. 31
    SEETO

    11D Take care of

    9
    86
  32. 32
    CASA

    9A House, in Havana

    9
    75
  33. 33
    ATOLL

    61A Lagoon encircler

    8
    104
  34. 34
    HATE

    68A Loathe

    8
    98
  35. 35
    AIDA

    66A Verdi's opera slave girl

    7
    161
  36. 36
    ROAST

    54A Criticize in good fun

    7
    76
  37. 37
    ANSEL

    48A Adams who photographed Yosemite

    7
    71
  38. 38
    SITS

    32A Poses (for)

    7
    68
  39. 39
    SCENE

    33D Movie snippet

    6
    122
  40. 40
    SYS

    47D Part of CBS: Abbr.

    6
    79
  41. 41
    ENRON

    2D Energy giant that went bankrupt in 2001

    6
    73
  42. 42
    ANIME

    55D Genre of the "Pokémon" TV series

    6
    62
  43. 43
    OSS

    41D W.W. II spy org.

    5
    114
  44. 44
    STATS

    3D Rebounds per game and others

    5
    59
  45. 45
    CSPAN

    53D Network for political junkies

    4
    44
  46. 46
    FEAT

    20A Impressive accomplishment

    3
    47
  47. 47
    ANNEX

    12D Building wing

    3
    42
  48. 48
    BLINI

    24D Russian pancakes

    3
    34
  49. 49
    FEDS

    46A D.C.-based agents

    3
    32
  50. 50
    SWINE

    42A Hogs

    3
    31
  51. 51
    CALORIE

    44D ___ counter (dieter)

    3
    21
  52. 52
    LEACH

    51D Dissolve and wash away, as minerals

    3
    18
  53. 53
    ALLABOARD

    10D Train conductor's shout

    3
    10
  54. 54
    TWA

    36D Old "We're up to something good" carrier

    2
    115
  55. 55
    TREND

    57D General way things are going

    2
    60
  56. 56
    SEVER

    56D Break off

    1
    35
  57. 57
    MACHO

    1D Like he-men

    1
    25
  58. 58
    CRUEL

    65A Like Cinderella's stepsisters

    1
    23
  59. 59
    SEPTET

    4D Two trios plus one

    1
    22
  60. 60
    LONDON

    50D 2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues

    1
    15
  61. 61
    HOTTIE

    19A Good-looker

    1
    8
  62. 62
    SNIFFSOUT debut

    31D Detects like a bloodhound

    1
    2
  63. 63
    TENN

    25D It's south of Ky.

    0
    46
  64. 64
    INTRA

    52D The "I" of IM, sportswise

    0
    34
  65. 65
    TELLS

    26A Blabs

    0
    20
  66. 66
    COON

    14A Animal used for Davy Crockett's cap

    0
    19
  67. 67
    GALEN

    15A Ancient doctor known for his work on anatomy

    0
    18
  68. 68
    AVEO

    28A Former Chevy subcompact

    0
    16
  69. 69
    SINNER

    60A Visitor to a confessional

    0
    10
  70. 70
    BALLOTBOX

    24A *Election Day receptacle

    0
    5
  71. 71
    CRAPSHOOT

    16A *Big gamble

    0
    5
  72. 72
    REDCELL

    39D Blood component that contains hemoglobin

    0
    3
  73. 73
    TOOFAST

    7D Over the speed limit

    0
    3
  74. 74
    GETOVER

    15D Recover from

    0
    2
  75. 75
    LIFECYCLE

    51A *Series of changes from birth to death

    0
    2
  76. 76
    BANKRUN debut

    37A *Result of a financial panic

    0
    1
  77. 77
    CORNROW debut

    40A *Tight braid

    0
    1
  78. 78
    PRICEDIVE debut

    63A *Precipitous drop in cost

    0
    1