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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.

  1. 1
    ORE

    61D Bauxite, e.g.

    48
    581
  2. 2
    ERIE

    38D Lake ___, source of the Niagara River

    48
    510
  3. 3
    USE

    53A Exploit

    47
    356
  4. 4
    RIO

    12D ___ de Janeiro

    40
    315
  5. 5
    TSAR

    5A Old Russian ruler

    33
    341
  6. 6
    ONCE

    62A "___ upon a time ..."

    32
    326
  7. 7
    AERO

    17A Prefix with dynamics

    20
    269
  8. 8
    EVEN

    22D Tied, scorewise

    19
    202
  9. 9
    ALOHA

    59A Waikiki welcome

    19
    194
  10. 10
    TATA

    47A "Cheerio!"

    17
    175
  11. 11
    LOL

    60D Response to an online joke

    17
    132
  12. 12
    ROW

    54A Column's counterpart

    16
    95
  13. 13
    RASP

    8D Filing tool

    15
    137
  14. 14
    EDDY

    28D Small whirlpool

    12
    154
  15. 15
    RASH

    30D Too hasty

    12
    122
  16. 16
    EXES

    68A Former spouses

    11
    130
  17. 17
    DENS

    69A Lairs

    11
    125
  18. 18
    DRAT

    66A "Darn it all!"

    11
    109
  19. 19
    ATV

    11D Off-road goer, for short

    11
    73
  20. 20
    SNOG

    4D Kiss, to Brits

    11
    34
  21. 21
    ELIA

    15A Charles Lamb's pen name

    10
    213
  22. 22
    NAB

    39A Catch, as a criminal

    10
    136
  23. 23
    FREE

    36D Center square of a bingo card

    10
    107
  24. 24
    OPIE

    63A Taylor boy of Mayberry

    9
    150
  25. 25
    ALF

    59D TV ET

    9
    104
  26. 26
    MID

    33A Prefix with Atlantic

    9
    70
  27. 27
    RAMS

    18A Lambs' fathers

    9
    69
  28. 28
    LON

    23A Chaney who played the hunchback of Notre Dame

    8
    100
  29. 29
    ROPE

    56D 1948 Hitchcock thriller

    8
    100
  30. 30
    ONYX

    57D Cameo gem

    8
    74
  31. 31
    AIMS

    7D Prepares to shoot a gun

    8
    73
  32. 32
    FAIR

    37D Not foul

    8
    73
  33. 33
    PATIO

    16A Place to keep a hibachi

    8
    50
  34. 34
    STARR

    9A Drummer Ringo

    7
    87
  35. 35
    UNCLE

    53D "I give up!"

    7
    74
  36. 36
    OSHEA

    52D Milo of "The Verdict"

    6
    71
  37. 37
    TODD

    58D Mrs. Lincoln's maiden name

    5
    61
  38. 38
    LYES

    45D Cleaning solutions

    5
    48
  39. 39
    PIS

    24A Greek letters before rhos

    5
    41
  40. 40
    III

    46A The last King Richard

    4
    126
  41. 41
    OGEE

    31A S-shaped molding

    4
    100
  42. 42
    ROY

    13D Artist Lichtenstein

    4
    81
  43. 43
    INST

    35D The "I" of M.I.T.: Abbr.

    4
    67
  44. 44
    GOBI

    32D Mongolian desert

    4
    62
  45. 45
    ENTREE

    29A Serving between appetizer and dessert

    3
    71
  46. 46
    OPER

    21D Abbr. above 0 on a phone

    3
    59
  47. 47
    FEES

    37A Professional charges

    3
    43
  48. 48
    OBERON

    2D King of the fairies, in Shakespeare

    3
    39
  49. 49
    TANKS

    10D Goes suddenly from success to failure, in slang

    3
    23
  50. 50
    IONIAN

    49D ___ Sea, body of water south of Italy

    3
    12
  51. 51
    EBAN

    14A Israel's Abba

    2
    96
  52. 52
    RATA

    43D Pro ___ (proportionally)

    2
    84
  53. 53
    LOREN

    64A Actress Sophia

    2
    54
  54. 54
    FLEAS

    67A Doghouse infestation

    2
    22
  55. 55
    BEAGLE

    1D Long-eared dog

    2
    17
  56. 56
    TWEETS

    50D Messages limited to 140 characters

    2
    12
  57. 57
    RECOAT

    51A Put another layer on, as of paint

    2
    7
  58. 58
    SLAYS

    6D Leaves rolling in the aisles

    1
    32
  59. 59
    GIRD

    27D Encircle

    1
    30
  60. 60
    BOPS

    1A Conks on the head

    1
    20
  61. 61
    TERRIER

    5D Wirehaired dog

    1
    12
  62. 62
    SPECIES

    9D Homo sapiens, for humans

    1
    9
  63. 63
    UTAHANS

    42D Salt Lake City residents, e.g.

    1
    5
  64. 64
    PYLE

    65A Gomer of Mayberry

    0
    33
  65. 65
    RUDY

    40A New York's Giuliani

    0
    17
  66. 66
    ENVOY

    19A Diplomatic representative

    0
    16
  67. 67
    OSAMA

    31D ___ bin Laden

    0
    15
  68. 68
    VISAGE

    25A Facial expression

    0
    7
  69. 69
    LESSEES

    44D Tenants

    0
    5
  70. 70
    EYEPIT

    48A Facial socket

    0
    3
  71. 71
    AMOURPROPRE debut

    26D Self-esteem, as the French would have it

    0
    2
  72. 72
    HARRISONSFORD debut

    34A Car belonging to Rex?

    0
    2
  73. 73
    ARTHURSMILLER debut

    41A Lite beer belonging to Bea?

    0
    1
  74. 74
    GREGORYSPECK debut

    20A Part of a bushel belonging to Dick?

    0
    1
  75. 75
    PARENTHETIC debut

    3D Like the end of this clue (in terms of punctuation)

    0
    1
  76. 76
    SHARONSSTONE debut

    55A Rock belonging to Ariel?

    0
    1