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Monday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ELSE

    48A "If all ___ fails ..."

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  2. 2
    ORCA

    14A Killer whale

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    234
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    ONCE

    18A A single time

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    OSLO

    3D Norway's capital

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    324
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    LEI

    62D Luau neckwear

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    310
  6. 6
    EMU

    44A Bird on the Australian coat of arms

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    295
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    INCA

    11D Early Peruvian

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    212
  8. 8
    YETI

    67A Himalayan legend

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    127
  9. 9
    MENU

    15A Restaurant handout

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    183
  10. 10
    OMAN

    2D Neighbor of Yemen

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    201
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    INA

    36A ___ nutshell (basically)

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    178
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    TARO

    23D Plant used in making poi

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    122
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    POD

    6D Pea's home

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    101
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    SERA

    34A Word sung twice after "Que"

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    172
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    ILLS

    63A Misfortunes

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    117
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    DEAL

    21A Donald Trump's "The Art of the ___"

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    104
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    EASY

    26A ___ as pie

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    153
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    ENSUE

    32D Occur next

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    101
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    UMP

    54A Official behind home plate, for short

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    96
  20. 20
    TERM

    59D Four years, for a president

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    93
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    HOLE

    53D One of 18 on a golf course

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    89
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    APNEA

    27D Sleep disorder

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    88
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    DEBT

    22A Amount in an i.o.u.

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    98
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    PLOT

    55D Parcel of land

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    78
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    KOS

    40A Stats for 35-Across

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    102
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    BUS

    20A Schoolkids' transport

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    100
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    TASER

    65A Stun gun

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    55
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    AMES

    58D Iowa college town

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    174
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    SOSA

    57D Sammy who was the 1998 N.L. M.V.P.

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    PDAS

    6A Palmtop organizers, for short

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    47
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    RPM

    33A Tachometer abbr.

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    IMSET

    13A "That's plenty, thanks"

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    HORA

    60A Jewish wedding dance

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    101
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    AFTER

    25D "... lived happily ever ___"

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    BARN

    50A Square dance venue

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    67
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    SPASM

    68A Involuntary twitch

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    64
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    STOOL

    34D Tavern seat

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    54
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    LLAMAS

    42D Pack animals for 11-Downs

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    32
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    GIF

    10A Internet image file, familiarly

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    23
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    ZED

    66A End of the alphabet, in Canada

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    68
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    ANAIS

    24A Diarist Nin

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    TYSON

    35A Boxing's Iron Mike

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    ROOMS

    31D Hotel units

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    23
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    WHOM

    52A To ___ it may concern

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    23
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    LAURA

    30D Dern of "Jurassic Park"

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    RAFTS

    51D Travels through the Grand Canyon, say

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    NUMB

    38D Under the effects of Novocain

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    34
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    FUEL

    12D Uranium or plutonium, for a nuclear reactor

    3
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    STOKE

    5D Stir up and feed, as a fire

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    28
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    CELLO

    41A Instrument for Yo-Yo Ma

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    50
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    BICS

    1D Popular ballpoints

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  52. 52
    DRUB

    7D Beat decisively

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    20
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    ACTUAL

    8D Real

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    WALLE

    49A 2008 Pixar robot

    2
    14
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    FEMALE

    47D One with XX chromosomes

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    13
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    FLOE

    64A Ice chunk at sea

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    ERICH

    26D Psychoanalyst Fromm

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    33
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    MELODY

    4D Tune

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    9
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    BOOMS

    1A Sounds made by supersonic planes

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    8
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    PAWSAT

    56A Clumsily touches

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    8
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    SMALLWORLD debut

    28D "I can't believe we both know him"

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    8
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    FLUFFY debut

    46D Common cat name

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    2
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    RUHR

    43A German industrial locale

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    49
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    SAYSNO

    9D Refuses to give permission

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    WHIZ

    52D Cheez ___

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    CHEAPO

    39D Tightwad

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    FIBBER

    17D One telling little lies

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    HALLOFFAME

    45A Cooperstown or Canton destination

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    SNOOKI

    19A "Jersey Shore" pal of JWoww

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    TROUNCE

    37A Beat decisively

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    MODIFY

    15D Alter partially

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    BALLOFFIRE

    29A Very lively sort

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    ENWRAP

    48D Bundle up

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    CALLOFDUTY debut

    16A Shooter video game franchise

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    FALLOFROME debut

    61A Empire collapse in A.D. 476

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    GENESISKEL debut

    10D Onetime colleague of Roger Ebert

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