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Monday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ARE

    26A "___ you for real?"

    56
    533
  2. 2
    ERR

    43A Make a goof

    54
    522
  3. 3
    ASIA

    68A Where Vietnam is

    38
    350
  4. 4
    EWE

    47D Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun

    31
    302
  5. 5
    ATLAS

    54D Mythical strong man

    25
    195
  6. 6
    IAN

    53A McKellen who played Magneto in the "X-Men" films

    23
    260
  7. 7
    LES

    64D "___ Misérables"

    22
    270
  8. 8
    SKI

    29D Slalom, say

    21
    180
  9. 9
    AKA

    35A Letters before an alias

    19
    211
  10. 10
    EMMA

    10D Jane Austen heroine

    19
    173
  11. 11
    EGAD

    10A "Yikes!"

    18
    203
  12. 12
    THE

    25A First word in many newspaper names

    18
    175
  13. 13
    ACED

    14A Achieved a perfect score on

    18
    152
  14. 14
    ERG

    39D Part of a joule

    17
    175
  15. 15
    ABU

    27A ___ Dhabi

    16
    86
  16. 16
    SAO

    65D ___ Paulo

    15
    171
  17. 17
    DECO

    71A 1930s art style, informally

    15
    97
  18. 18
    MEMO

    33A Workplace communication

    15
    95
  19. 19
    GAP

    1D Clothing chain with a "Baby" division

    13
    131
  20. 20
    AGUA

    59D Spanish water

    13
    103
  21. 21
    SAM

    23D Uncle ___

    12
    155
  22. 22
    AWES

    6D Leaves dumbstruck

    12
    80
  23. 23
    BASE

    44A Sea of Tranquillity, for the Apollo 11 astronauts

    10
    104
  24. 24
    ELMS

    58D State trees of North Dakota and Massachusetts

    9
    115
  25. 25
    SUIT

    50D Zoot ___

    9
    70
  26. 26
    POSH

    7D Deluxe

    9
    64
  27. 27
    COAL

    20A Fossil fuel

    8
    74
  28. 28
    PEW

    51A Site of a church kneeler

    8
    74
  29. 29
    PARTY

    36D The "P" of G.O.P.

    8
    34
  30. 30
    ELLIS

    38D Perry of fashion

    6
    65
  31. 31
    ODAY

    34D Old jazz icon Anita

    6
    50
  32. 32
    MERIT

    22D Boy Scout ___ badge

    5
    66
  33. 33
    MART

    60D Many a service station adjunct

    5
    57
  34. 34
    SEATS

    70A Theater reservations

    5
    27
  35. 35
    JIM

    5D "Garfield" cartoonist Davis

    4
    40
  36. 36
    SHIM

    66A Carpentry spacer

    4
    31
  37. 37
    TRA

    52A ___-la-la

    3
    187
  38. 38
    MALI

    16A African country bordering 12-Down

    3
    91
  39. 39
    AZURE

    67A Sky-blue

    3
    59
  40. 40
    IWONT

    15A Obstinate reply

    3
    27
  41. 41
    TAMES

    30D Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle

    3
    27
  42. 42
    GIZA

    1A Pyramid city close to Cairo

    3
    20
  43. 43
    ILES

    61A Martinique et Guadeloupe

    2
    71
  44. 44
    ELEM

    18D Kind of school after nursery school: Abbr.

    2
    70
  45. 45
    SNEEZE

    49D It goes "Ah-h-h-choo!"

    2
    36
  46. 46
    ENTITY

    8D It's really something

    2
    22
  47. 47
    DISSECT

    13D Cut up, as a frog

    2
    8
  48. 48
    OPEL

    62A Many a car on the autobahn

    1
    76
  49. 49
    ADLAI

    4D Old politico Stevenson

    1
    64
  50. 50
    SYNS

    69A Roget's listings: Abbr.

    1
    27
  51. 51
    PLEAD

    56D Beg

    1
    26
  52. 52
    APPEASE

    45D Mollify

    1
    25
  53. 53
    SSGTS

    49A Army NCOs

    1
    20
  54. 54
    ALGERIA

    12D African country bordering 16-Across

    1
    17
  55. 55
    NAPALM

    40A Vietnam War weapon

    1
    15
  56. 56
    NETLOSS

    40D Business setback recorded on Schedule C

    1
    14
  57. 57
    ICECUBE

    2D Drink cooler

    1
    8
  58. 58
    YUPPIE

    55A One of a 1980s demographic

    1
    8
  59. 59
    QUALM

    24D Hesitation about something

    1
    6
  60. 60
    LOSESTEAM debut

    57A Run out of energy

    1
    3
  61. 61
    ETHYL

    48A Car fuel additive

    0
    31
  62. 62
    MSGS

    19A Texts, e.g.: Abbr.

    0
    13
  63. 63
    STAPH

    9D ___ infection

    0
    12
  64. 64
    JAPES

    5A Mocking remarks

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    11
  65. 65
    RUNIC

    31A Like Old Norse writing

    0
    9
  66. 66
    SEISMIC

    46D Earth-shaking

    0
    9
  67. 67
    ATROPHY

    41D Wither away

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    7
  68. 68
    SUSIEQ

    23A 1957 hit covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968

    0
    6
  69. 69
    GASTANK

    11D What's filled up in a fill-up

    0
    5
  70. 70
    MUSTY

    28A Stale-smelling

    0
    5
  71. 71
    ZEROSUM

    3D Like a game with equal winners and losers

    0
    5
  72. 72
    PHASEIN

    42D Add by degrees

    0
    4
  73. 73
    UCSB

    32D Golden State school up the coast from L.A.

    0
    4
  74. 74
    PICKAT

    36A Not eat eagerly

    0
    3
  75. 75
    DELIMEATS debut

    37A Pastrami and salami

    0
    2
  76. 76
    SHIPMATES debut

    21A Sulu and Uhura, e.g., on the Enterprise

    0
    2
  77. 77
    LEGALTEAMS debut

    63A Groups hired for high-profile cases

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    1
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    PERLEMESTA debut

    17A Socialite who inspired 1950's "Call Me Madam"

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    1