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Monday · 81 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ERIE

    43D New York's ___ Canal

    48
    510
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    ASIA

    63D Home of about 60% of the world's population

    38
    350
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    ISEE

    59A "Understood"

    36
    360
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    OBOE

    34A Instrument whose name means "high wood"

    32
    315
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    OPS

    72A Special ___ (military unit)

    31
    179
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    SKA

    66A Jamaican music genre

    31
    163
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    EMIT

    57A Give off

    30
    262
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    AGRA

    40D Taj Mahal locale

    24
    197
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    RBI

    48A You get one for a sac fly

    23
    190
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    PAL

    20A Buddy

    18
    198
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    UMA

    17A Actress Thurman

    18
    175
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    LAS

    51A ___ Vegas

    17
    173
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    ODIN

    2D Norse god of war

    17
    159
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    SENT

    23A On its way

    14
    190
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    PEP

    28A Get-up-and-go

    14
    126
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    ADIEU

    15A "Farewell, mon ami"

    13
    148
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    RITA

    3D Hayworth who danced with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly

    13
    138
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    ONAIR

    45A Studio sign

    12
    128
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    SAW

    12A Tool with teeth

    12
    114
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    JAM

    33A Traffic ___ (rush-hour nightmare)

    11
    90
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    AJAR

    27D Cracked just slightly

    10
    192
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    SEAS

    49A Sail the seven ___

    10
    105
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    AROAR

    39A Cheering loudly

    10
    88
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    NERF

    47A Spongy toy brand

    10
    68
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    GRIN

    61D Smile

    10
    65
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    REFS

    41D Gridiron officials

    9
    79
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    PTAS

    37D Grps. known for holding bake sales

    8
    87
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    TEPEE

    38D Home with an entrance flap

    8
    76
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    ALEXA

    8D Actress Vega of "Spy Kids"

    8
    44
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    ICET

    64D Rapper/actor whose name sounds like a drink

    7
    110
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    INEPT

    36A All thumbs

    7
    76
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    SOT

    6D Boozehound

    5
    152
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    OXEN

    22A The yoke's on them

    5
    149
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    WACO

    1D Texas home to Baylor University

    5
    76
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    NOSY

    65D Curious to a fault

    5
    71
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    YAY

    11D "Woo-hoo!"

    5
    53
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    AMANA

    13D Big name in kitchen appliances

    4
    112
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    CUR

    69A Junkyard dog

    4
    73
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    COATI

    54D Cousin of a raccoon

    4
    45
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    ANS

    68D The "A" of Q&A: Abbr.

    3
    91
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    EBON

    29D Black, in poetry

    3
    81
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    RIFLE

    56D Winchester, e.g.

    3
    55
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    TRIBE

    58D Nickname for baseball's Indians, with "the"

    3
    46
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    HOHO

    7D Santa's favorite snack cake?

    3
    40
  45. 45
    EDIBLE

    35D Fit for consumption

    3
    28
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    PLUG

    24A Drain stopper

    3
    22
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    SITCOM

    50D TV show often with a laugh track

    3
    14
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    SSW

    67D NNE's opposite

    2
    67
  49. 49
    EWOK

    31A Furry creature from Endor

    2
    56
  50. 50
    OBIES

    71A Theater awards

    2
    38
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    OOLALA

    16A "Va-va voom!"

    2
    35
  52. 52
    POGO

    28D "We have met the enemy and he is us" comic strip

    2
    34
  53. 53
    ATRAIN

    62A What to "take" in a Duke Ellington song

    2
    29
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    BABEL

    9D Tower of ___ (site in Genesis)

    2
    28
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    CISCO

    52D "The ___ Kid" (long-running 1950s western)

    2
    28
  56. 56
    SNAPE

    46A Professor of potions at Hogwarts

    2
    27
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    MEATY

    74A Substantial, as an acting role

    2
    19
  58. 58
    ONAUTO

    21A Running by itself, as a machine

    2
    17
  59. 59
    WALTZ

    14D "The Blue Danube," e.g.

    2
    11
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    ORIG

    60A Not a copy: Abbr.

    1
    44
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    GONGS

    25D Instruments hit with mallets

    1
    14
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    ASKUP

    53D Invite from a balcony, say

    1
    13
  63. 63
    ALCATRAZ

    26A Island near 67-Across

    1
    12
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    KEYUP

    4D Excite

    1
    10
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    CABLECAR

    52A Conveyance in 67-Across

    1
    7
  66. 66
    WIZENS

    73A Dries up and shrinks with age

    1
    3
  67. 67
    ARNAZ

    55D Desi who said "Lucy, you got some splainin' to do!"

    0
    40
  68. 68
    BLANC

    10D Mel ___, voice on Looney Tunes

    0
    26
  69. 69
    STALIN

    70A Lenin's successor

    0
    14
  70. 70
    KEAN

    32D University in Union, N.J.

    0
    13
  71. 71
    SUBTLE

    5D Far from obvious

    0
    9
  72. 72
    POLARBEARS

    30D White hunters on a white landscape

    0
    4
  73. 73
    SHABBY

    6A "Not too ___!"

    0
    4
  74. 74
    SANFRANCISCO

    67A So-called "Paris of the West"

    0
    3
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    WORKS

    1A "Everything" order on a hot dog, with "the"

    0
    3
  76. 76
    YOUWIN debut

    19D "I concede"

    0
    3
  77. 77
    BEAMAN debut

    44D "Toughen up!"

    0
    2
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    STARIN

    23D Lead the cast of

    0
    2
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    SUPERMODEL

    12D One charging high runway fees?

    0
    2
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    CITYBYTHEBAY debut

    18A Nickname of 67-Across

    0
    1
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    GOLDENGATEBRIDGE debut

    42A 67-Across landmark

    0
    1