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Monday · 76 answers · 10 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    ALA

    20A In the manner of

    58
    513
  2. 2
    ORE

    60D Rock with gold or silver, say

    48
    581
  3. 3
    ADS

    66A Coupon bearers, often

    46
    325
  4. 4
    SNL

    62D Sketch comedy TV series since '75

    40
    263
  5. 5
    ACRE

    55D Unit of farmland

    38
    328
  6. 6
    OAR

    16A Galley propeller

    36
    331
  7. 7
    ESP

    5D Psychic's "gift," briefly

    35
    344
  8. 8
    EKE

    61D Squeeze (out)

    31
    236
  9. 9
    OMEN

    22A Portent

    28
    257
  10. 10
    ARM

    13D One of eight on an octopus

    27
    264
  11. 11
    NBA

    58D Org. for LeBron James

    26
    198
  12. 12
    SARI

    54A Indian dress

    23
    191
  13. 13
    TAO

    4D "___ Te Ching" (classic Chinese text)

    21
    223
  14. 14
    USES

    36A Functions

    19
    193
  15. 15
    ASTI

    26D ___ Spumante

    17
    224
  16. 16
    SUE

    43A ___ the pants off

    17
    183
  17. 17
    EAU

    42A ___ de cologne

    16
    203
  18. 18
    LAOS

    56D Thailand/Vietnam separator

    16
    121
  19. 19
    ALMA

    55A ___ mater

    15
    130
  20. 20
    ICU

    57A Critical hosp. department

    15
    128
  21. 21
    SAL

    53D Mule on a canal, in song

    14
    221
  22. 22
    EWES

    8D Rams' mates

    14
    134
  23. 23
    BED

    63A Mattress's place

    13
    113
  24. 24
    SOL

    35A Note between fa and la

    12
    174
  25. 25
    EIN

    9D German article

    12
    159
  26. 26
    REESE

    67A Baseball's Pee Wee

    12
    153
  27. 27
    JAB

    41D Short boxing punch

    12
    89
  28. 28
    LGA

    11A N.Y.C. alternative to JFK

    10
    70
  29. 29
    YOU

    32D Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed

    9
    83
  30. 30
    EWW

    18D "Gross!"

    9
    33
  31. 31
    SUM

    19A 666, for the numbers on a roulette wheel

    8
    80
  32. 32
    IDEAS

    14A Notions

    7
    95
  33. 33
    YDS

    28D N.F.L. lengths: Abbr.

    5
    125
  34. 34
    GAG

    39D Joke

    5
    63
  35. 35
    KNELT

    65A Prepared to be knighted

    5
    48
  36. 36
    ERROL

    64A Weasley family owl

    4
    89
  37. 37
    ATO

    33A From ___ Z

    3
    102
  38. 38
    ONEND

    34D Upright, as a box

    3
    75
  39. 39
    WASTE

    1A Squander

    3
    41
  40. 40
    SERAPE

    3D Mexican wrap

    3
    37
  41. 41
    TREED

    6A Like a cat in need of a firefighter, stereotypically

    2
    33
  42. 42
    ARISES

    48D Comes up

    2
    31
  43. 43
    OLIVER

    45D Dickens's "___ Twist"

    2
    24
  44. 44
    BEHELD debut

    51A Observed

    2
    3
  45. 45
    GALAS

    27D Black-tie parties

    1
    43
  46. 46
    ESQUE

    31D Suffix with Kafka

    1
    19
  47. 47
    ADELIE

    2D Penguin variety

    1
    18
  48. 48
    NICOLE

    49D Kidman who is neither a kid nor a man

    1
    17
  49. 49
    WUSS

    21A Fraidy-cat

    1
    17
  50. 50
    DEEPS

    29A Watery abysses

    1
    15
  51. 51
    BLAND

    47A Insipid

    1
    14
  52. 52
    ASSYRIA

    52A Nineveh's land

    1
    13
  53. 53
    DAUNTS

    50D Intimidates

    1
    5
  54. 54
    LOSELOSE debut

    11D Like a catch-22 situation

    1
    3
  55. 55
    NCR

    58A A.T.M. co.

    0
    46
  56. 56
    ROCS

    7D Birds in the "Arabian Nights"

    0
    30
  57. 57
    HOWIE

    15A Mandel of "America's Got Talent"

    0
    25
  58. 58
    JERK

    41A Yank

    0
    23
  59. 59
    ELSES

    68A Somebody ___ problem

    0
    20
  60. 60
    RUBS

    40D Chafes

    0
    17
  61. 61
    DETOUR

    10D Roundabout route

    0
    13
  62. 62
    RAMBLE

    46D Talk on and on and on

    0
    10
  63. 63
    GUILTY

    27A Innocent's opposite

    0
    8
  64. 64
    GAUNTLET

    12D Knight's glove

    0
    6
  65. 65
    RIPSAWS

    24A Cutters that cut with the grain

    0
    4
  66. 66
    WIZARD

    1D ___ of Menlo Park (Thomas Edison)

    0
    4
  67. 67
    ANYLONGER

    44A For even a second more

    0
    3
  68. 68
    SPARKLER

    25D Hand-held Fourth of July firework

    0
    3
  69. 69
    HEYARNOLD debut

    30A Nickelodeon show whose protagonist has a football-shaped head

    0
    1
  70. 70
    MINUTELY debut

    23D With great attention to detail

    0
    1
  71. 71
    SENESCED debut

    37D Grew old

    0
    1
  72. 72
    STRINGQUARTET debut

    37A Classical music group ... or what the four sets of circled letters make up?

    0
    1
  73. 73
    THRUSH debut

    6D Plump songbird

    0
    1
  74. 74
    TRYHARDS debut

    38D Those who put a lot of effort into social climbing, in modern lingo

    0
    1
  75. 75
    VOCABLESSON debut

    59A Component of a language class, informally

    0
    1
  76. 76
    ZEROPERCENT debut

    17A Chance of an impossibility

    0
    1