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Monday · 76 answers · 3 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ONE

    35A Early afternoon hour

    64
    613
  2. 2
    ODE

    59D Poem of praise

    58
    523
  3. 3
    ALI

    47A Three-time foe for Frazier

    49
    518
  4. 4
    ELSE

    24A "When all ___ fails, read the instructions"

    43
    440
  5. 5
    SEA

    12D Ocean

    40
    370
  6. 6
    STAR

    6D Polaris, for one

    31
    316
  7. 7
    ATARI

    64A Company that made Pong

    28
    224
  8. 8
    TAR

    13D La Brea stuff

    26
    351
  9. 9
    OPEN

    63A Store sign between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

    26
    217
  10. 10
    ARLO

    18A Guthrie of Rising Son Records

    24
    245
  11. 11
    PSI

    50A Trident-shaped Greek letter

    24
    198
  12. 12
    NESS

    65A Loch ___ monster

    23
    202
  13. 13
    LIAR

    19A Word repeated before "pants on fire!"

    18
    177
  14. 14
    STOP

    6A Heed a red light

    17
    180
  15. 15
    RENT

    54D $2, for Mediterranean Avenue

    16
    190
  16. 16
    DIE

    40D Six-sided roller

    16
    168
  17. 17
    LACE

    60A Shoestring

    14
    105
  18. 18
    GNU

    25A Young-sounding wildebeest

    13
    127
  19. 19
    OLA

    32D Greeting in Rio

    12
    175
  20. 20
    HEM

    34D Skirt's edge

    12
    136
  21. 21
    THOR

    15A Norse deity with a hammer

    12
    99
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    SNAG

    55D Slight hitch in one's plans

    11
    112
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    FAN

    58D Pre-air-conditioning cooler

    11
    108
  24. 24
    NEST

    66A Where eggs hatch

    10
    242
  25. 25
    EZRA

    56D Poet Pound

    10
    139
  26. 26
    RILE

    36A Cheese off

    10
    130
  27. 27
    ROSE

    2D By any other name it would smell as sweet, per Juliet

    9
    138
  28. 28
    ZOO

    23A Proverbial madhouse

    9
    76
  29. 29
    URNS

    53D Vases

    8
    108
  30. 30
    SAIL

    57D Mast's attachment

    8
    93
  31. 31
    SOLAR

    51D Kind of energy with panels

    8
    78
  32. 32
    EWAN

    3D McGregor who played a young Obi-Wan

    8
    43
  33. 33
    UVEA

    16A Part of the eye

    7
    95
  34. 34
    COCA

    31A ___-Cola

    7
    54
  35. 35
    REGAL

    67A Befitting a monarch

    6
    64
  36. 36
    CHIP

    1D Part of a casino stack

    6
    45
  37. 37
    ADEN

    62A Yemeni port city

    5
    163
  38. 38
    ZEST

    10A Tanginess

    5
    82
  39. 39
    ANIMAL

    29D Alternative to vegetable and mineral

    5
    67
  40. 40
    ONTAPE

    45D Prerecorded, in a way

    5
    35
  41. 41
    NARNIA

    26D Land chronicled by C. S. Lewis

    5
    25
  42. 42
    FOUR

    58A Late afternoon hour

    4
    35
  43. 43
    PSAS

    46A MADD ads, e.g.

    4
    32
  44. 44
    RONI

    48A Quaker Oats's Rice-A-___

    4
    26
  45. 45
    ORLON

    49D DuPont acrylic fiber

    2
    50
  46. 46
    CREST

    1A Top of a wave

    2
    37
  47. 47
    OOLALA

    8D "C'est merveilleux!"

    2
    35
  48. 48
    TOKYO

    5D City destroyed by Godzilla

    2
    27
  49. 49
    PIRATE

    46D Jack Sparrow or Captain Hook

    2
    25
  50. 50
    ISAAK

    17A Chris who sang "Wicked Game," 1991

    2
    21
  51. 51
    UIE

    43A 180° turn, informally

    2
    20
  52. 52
    MONICA

    28D Santa ___ (city next to Los Angeles)

    2
    19
  53. 53
    HOWTO

    14A Do-it-yourselfer's book genre

    2
    16
  54. 54
    RHEAS

    33A Cousins of ostriches

    2
    15
  55. 55
    IMHOME

    41A Cry after "Hi, honey!"

    2
    12
  56. 56
    PRODS

    9D Nudges

    2
    12
  57. 57
    OPEL

    45A European G.M. division

    1
    76
  58. 58
    MATA

    28A Spydom's ___ Hari

    1
    41
  59. 59
    ZULU

    10D Letter after X-ray and Yankee in the NATO alphabet

    1
    27
  60. 60
    TIOS

    42A Mexican uncles

    1
    22
  61. 61
    KOD

    39D Floored, as a boxer

    1
    21
  62. 62
    ADOLPH

    37D Ochs of New York Times history

    1
    15
  63. 63
    EVILGENIUS

    11D Lex Luthor, for example

    1
    7
  64. 64
    AMENRA

    37A Supreme Egyptian god

    0
    27
  65. 65
    CANDO

    44A "I'll handle it!"

    0
    21
  66. 66
    USAGES

    27D Grammar Nazis' concerns

    0
    20
  67. 67
    STANZA

    4D Section of a poem

    0
    16
  68. 68
    DOCILE

    21D Tame, as a pet

    0
    14
  69. 69
    LANZA

    61A Mario with the 1951 #1 hit "Be My Love"

    0
    6
  70. 70
    REMORA

    36D Fish that can attach itself to a boat

    0
    6
  71. 71
    FERMIS

    22D Units named for physicist Enrico

    0
    4
  72. 72
    NICKELANDDIMING

    38A Charging for every little extra

    0
    2
  73. 73
    PENNYDREADFUL

    20A Showtime series named after an old fiction genre

    0
    2
  74. 74
    QUARTERHORSES debut

    52A Mounts for cowboys

    0
    1
  75. 75
    TECHNIQUES debut

    30D Ways to do things

    0
    1
  76. 76
    THREECENTPIECES debut

    7D Lightest coins ever minted by the U.S., used in the late 19th century

    0
    1