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Monday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    AREA

    20A Carpet layer's calculation

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    631
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    IRA

    58D One of the Gershwins

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    448
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    ADS

    32D Commercials

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    325
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    ERE

    59D Before, poetically

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    602
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    ICE

    33D Skater's surface

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    391
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    ART

    42A Work of ___

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    384
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    ESC

    49D PC key for problem situations

    30
    209
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    AMEN

    67A "You sure got that right!"

    27
    296
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    ATLAS

    7D Book of maps

    25
    195
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    ASK

    1D Pose, as a question

    24
    204
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    APT

    30A Inclined (to)

    23
    217
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    EVER

    62A "... happily ___ after"

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    235
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    TAO

    34D Chinese principle

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    223
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    ACTS

    1A Plays a part onstage

    21
    214
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    TON

    44D Ship's unit of weight

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    208
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    REAL

    56A Genuine

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    160
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    ALP

    53A Swiss peak

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    187
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    ELATE

    48A Gladden

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    182
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    PGA

    24D Links org.

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    132
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    NADA

    64A Zippo

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    145
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    ULTRA

    15A The "U" in UHF

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    92
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    VET

    23A Dog doc

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    116
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    YER

    19D "Get ___ Ya-Yas Out!" (Rolling Stones album)

    12
    80
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    SLOT

    14A Opening for a coin

    11
    131
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    TELL

    45A Rat (on)

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    100
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    LLAMA

    6D Long-necked animal in a petting zoo

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    96
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    BUS

    5D Vehicle that may have a farebox

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    100
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    BERET

    52D Flat-crowned cap

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    76
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    DADA

    65A Mama's counterpart

    8
    98
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    EARNS

    35A Takes home, as an income

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    81
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    THAW

    60A Unfreeze

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    80
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    SEOUL

    41A South Korea's capital

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    40
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    WAN

    61D Looking sickly

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    85
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    ALAI

    16A Jai ___

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    181
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    AGORA

    51D Ancient Greek marketplace

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    105
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    RAISE

    26A Wage increase

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    93
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    TRAIT

    31A Characteristic

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    54
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    PARER

    63A Kitchen gadget for apples

    6
    32
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    KERR

    17A Theater critic Walter

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    56
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    STRESS

    4D Cause of gray hair and worry lines, some say

    4
    49
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    PYRO

    25D One who delights in starting fires, informally

    4
    26
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    ABRAHAM

    42D President Lincoln

    4
    20
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    ASHTON

    21D Kutcher of "Two and a Half Men"

    4
    19
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    RECAP

    50D Postgame wrap-up

    3
    72
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    SIEGE

    54A Prolonged attack

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    70
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    MEIR

    29A Golda of Israel

    3
    67
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    SHEEN

    38A Luster

    3
    38
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    GELT

    36D Moolah

    3
    34
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    ECLAIR

    35D Cream-filled pastry

    3
    32
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    CRAPS

    8D Betting game with dice

    3
    15
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    WAH

    10D Cry from a nursery

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    51
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    MAPLE

    22A ___ syrup

    2
    42
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    KARL

    9D Communism theorist Marx

    2
    41
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    WORD

    10A What a definition defines

    2
    28
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    BLACK

    5A Ebony

    2
    18
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    SPATE

    66A Flood

    1
    54
  57. 57
    ISPS

    55D AOL and MSN

    1
    21
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    ELAPSED

    40D Ran out, as time

    1
    12
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    TUBB

    37D Ernest of the Country Music Hall of Fame

    1
    9
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    HELLUVA

    39D Terrific, in slang

    1
    4
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    AMAH

    27D Far Eastern housemaid

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    55
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    MTETNA

    47D Sicilian volcano

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    25
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    STEAMED

    38D One way to serve clams or rice

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    10
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    BAMBOO

    46A Panda's favorite plant

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    7
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    RAKESIN

    12D Makes hand over fist

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    7
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    DIETERS

    13D Ones who've got something to lose?

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    6
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    TORRENT

    3D Flood

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    6
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    OLIVIER

    11D Best Actor for "Hamlet," 1948

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    5
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    ROULADE

    43D Dish of meat wrapped around a filling

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    5
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    CLEARUP

    2D Become less cloudy

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    4
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    GUNSHY

    28A Frightened by shots

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    4
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    RABBITRUN

    50A 1960 John Updike novel

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    4
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    GOODCATCH debut

    36A "Observant of you to notice the error!"

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    2
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    PRESSPASS debut

    24A Journalist's credential

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    2
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    SALARYHIKE debut

    18A Wage increase

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    2
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    MUSICSCORE debut

    57A It may be composed to accompany a movie

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