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Monday · 76 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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    ERIE

    23A Smallest Great Lake, by volume

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    510
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    TEN

    35D Perfect diving score

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    369
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    ETS

    66A Aliens, for short

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    319
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    ANN

    47D ___ Taylor (clothing retailer)

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    300
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    UNIT

    18A The "U" in C.P.U.

    28
    230
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    ASA

    25A ___ rule (normally)

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    230
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    ABS

    1A They get crunched in gyms

    25
    214
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    ANEW

    25D Once again

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    237
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    ESS

    13D Suffix with shepherd

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    413
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    TED

    12D Baseball great Williams

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    245
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    ADELE

    54D Singer with the 7x platinum single "Rolling in the Deep"

    22
    158
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    TEST

    56D Lab procedure

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    181
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    MAC

    14A Apple computer, informally

    19
    133
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    ABE

    60D Lincoln, familiarly

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    274
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    CAN

    59D Bottle alternative

    18
    141
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    PIE

    63A Dessert often served à la mode

    17
    183
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    INA

    32D Once ___ while

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    178
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    MESS

    38D Meal in the military

    17
    145
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    ARID

    37D Dry as a bone

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    222
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    DEMO

    62A Sample recording

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    105
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    NERO

    55A Emperor said to have fiddled while Rome burned

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    243
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    SCAN

    26D Read, as a bar code

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    149
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    TDS

    51A 6-point football scores

    10
    179
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    TEAR

    10D Sign of sadness

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    149
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    OLEO

    65A Bar next to butter, maybe

    9
    264
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    RUT

    61D Groove in a road

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    101
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    DST

    69A Summer clock schedule: Abbr.

    8
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    HEEL

    57D Dog trainer's "Follow!"

    8
    78
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    WEST

    68A Pioneer's direction

    7
    94
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    HALE

    15A ___ and hearty

    6
    98
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    UKE

    17A Hawaiian music maker, informally

    6
    93
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    SWAG

    4A Pirate's loot

    6
    58
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    REESES

    16A ___ Pieces

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    51
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    MGS

    39D Classic British roadsters

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    46
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    SOOT

    58D Chimney black

    4
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    ENDOW

    53D Give funds for

    4
    64
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    ALIGN

    6D Put in a row

    4
    59
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    ASTUTE

    8A Insightful

    4
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    TOASTS

    46A Browns, as bread

    4
    16
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    USN

    11D Ensign's org.

    3
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    GETAT

    7D Suggest

    3
    41
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    CLEAT

    52A Gripper on an athlete's shoe

    3
    35
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    NETTLE

    67A Stinging plant

    3
    33
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    STANDS

    19A Bleachers

    3
    24
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    MAMMA

    36A "___ mia!"

    3
    18
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    AIRY

    27D Light and graceful

    2
    59
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    ANTON

    24A Composer Bruckner

    2
    57
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    DEO

    21D "In excelsis ___"

    2
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    ARSENAL

    8D Munitions depot

    2
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    NODICE

    22D "Not gonna happen"

    2
    25
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    CAREEN

    59A What speeding cars do around turns

    2
    16
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    SCENIC

    3D Picturesque

    2
    13
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    ABUSES

    64A Mistreats

    2
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    SOREST

    50D Aching the most

    2
    9
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    SETA

    9D ___ good example

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    AEC

    40A Nuclear agency established by H.S.T.

    1
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    AMULET

    1D Necklace charm

    1
    41
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    ATTIMES

    44D Occasionally

    1
    20
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    TAWNY

    41A Yellowish brown, as a lion's coat

    1
    18
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    MGMT

    36D Bosses, collectively: Abbr.

    1
    15
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    SEEPED

    48D Oozed

    1
    15
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    BRAKE

    29D Slow a car down

    1
    13
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    SHUI

    4D Feng ___ (New Age concern)

    1
    9
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    WANNABE

    5D Aspirant

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    7
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    INCENSE

    43D Infuriate

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    CANDLE

    34D Wick holder

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    BAKERY

    2D Establishment that makes a lot of dough?

    0
    9
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    TRAITS

    49D Characteristics

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    9
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    TYCOBB

    28A First player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

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    7
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    VITRO

    31D In ___ fertilization

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    7
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    DAVINCI debut

    30A "Mona Lisa" painter

    0
    3
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    MISSEND debut

    45A Mail to the wrong address

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    2
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    GREGKINNEAR debut

    42A Oscar nominee for "As Good as It Gets"

    0
    1
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    LENDINGANEAR debut

    20A Listening

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    1
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    RECTILINEAR debut

    33A Like the street grid of Midtown Manhattan

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    1
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    THEENDISNEAR debut

    56A Apocalyptic warning ... or a hint to 20-, 33- and 42-Across

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