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Monday · 78 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    ERA

    5D Period in history

    97
    791
  2. 2
    ALOE

    16A ___ vera

    46
    497
  3. 3
    SEA

    37D See 55-Down

    40
    370
  4. 4
    ASAP

    24D "Now!"

    36
    300
  5. 5
    EAT

    23A Dine

    33
    399
  6. 6
    TREE

    63A 39-Across, e.g.

    25
    309
  7. 7
    STEP

    54D Stairs unit

    25
    229
  8. 8
    ORES

    43A Bauxite and magnetite

    24
    244
  9. 9
    TON

    65D 2,000 pounds

    21
    209
  10. 10
    CIA

    48D Hush-hush org.

    19
    206
  11. 11
    IKEA

    3D Furniture giant with a blue and yellow logo

    19
    130
  12. 12
    RCA

    42A 40-Across's record label

    17
    227
  13. 13
    ARAL

    55D With 37-Down, shrunken body of water in Asia

    17
    184
  14. 14
    ACID

    61D Low-pH substance

    17
    159
  15. 15
    WAS

    53D "Now where ___ I?"

    17
    128
  16. 16
    OAK

    39A Acorn producer

    16
    152
  17. 17
    RIOT

    19A Read the ___ act

    15
    191
  18. 18
    SIP

    29A Nurse, as a drink

    15
    128
  19. 19
    IDES

    57D ___ of March

    14
    170
  20. 20
    EKES

    67A ___ out a living (gets by)

    14
    119
  21. 21
    EAVE

    66A Icicle's place

    13
    164
  22. 22
    KEY

    49A C minor, for Beethoven's Fifth

    13
    123
  23. 23
    EXIT

    51A Lit sign in a theater

    12
    151
  24. 24
    AFT

    18D Toward a ship's rear

    12
    144
  25. 25
    TOGA

    6A Caesar dressing?

    12
    115
  26. 26
    DESK

    70A Library carrel, basically

    12
    105
  27. 27
    ISSUE

    30D Immigration or the economy, in a presidential election

    12
    89
  28. 28
    YALE

    41D Harvard rival

    11
    137
  29. 29
    DRAT

    59A "Fiddlesticks!"

    11
    109
  30. 30
    NIKE

    56D Company with a swoosh logo

    11
    67
  31. 31
    TERI

    6D Actress Hatcher

    10
    210
  32. 32
    ELMS

    15A Stately hardwoods

    9
    115
  33. 33
    NEEDY

    71A Impoverished

    8
    79
  34. 34
    TASK

    58D Something on a to-do list

    8
    66
  35. 35
    PLAN

    69A Strategize

    7
    102
  36. 36
    OHARA

    27D Scarlett of Tara

    7
    88
  37. 37
    WEB

    53A Writer ___ Du Bois

    7
    87
  38. 38
    WEAN

    20A Withdraw gradually from a mother's milk

    7
    42
  39. 39
    PETE

    13D Tennis's Sampras

    6
    136
  40. 40
    RUDE

    60D Like cutting in line

    6
    67
  41. 41
    DRAB

    25A Dull-colored

    6
    65
  42. 42
    KANE

    38A Orson Welles's "Citizen ___"

    6
    55
  43. 43
    OLDIE

    68A Song from way back

    5
    88
  44. 44
    LOSES

    50A Gets the booby prize

    5
    37
  45. 45
    TAMED

    52D Domesticated

    5
    23
  46. 46
    CCCP

    10A Letters on a Soviet rocket

    5
    22
  47. 47
    OLIO

    7D Mishmash

    4
    157
  48. 48
    ARP

    36D Dadaist Jean

    4
    129
  49. 49
    COOL

    12D Air-condition

    4
    60
  50. 50
    SHOW

    1D "24" or "48 Hours"

    4
    50
  51. 51
    SPIKE

    1A Add alcohol to, as punch

    4
    24
  52. 52
    PIPE

    2D Accessory for a snowman

    3
    56
  53. 53
    ARG

    22D Buenos Aires's land: Abbr.

    3
    51
  54. 54
    THEY

    62D Rock's ___ Might Be Giants

    3
    48
  55. 55
    GMAN

    8D Gangster catcher, informally

    3
    45
  56. 56
    MAGIC

    47A Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g.

    3
    37
  57. 57
    BLOOM

    26D Begin to flower

    3
    22
  58. 58
    GROOM

    32A Union man?

    3
    19
  59. 59
    HIKER

    14A One traveling with a backpack

    2
    17
  60. 60
    ASSAD

    9D Longtime Syrian strongman

    1
    48
  61. 61
    ONCUE

    33D With perfect timing

    1
    43
  62. 62
    SPEAK

    29D Order to a dog to bark

    1
    25
  63. 63
    MEALS

    34D Breakfast and lunch

    1
    24
  64. 64
    KERNELS

    4D Corn seeds

    1
    4
  65. 65
    PRESLEY

    40A Elvis who was "all shook up"

    0
    7
  66. 66
    BOBDOLE

    46D War-hero candidate of 1996

    0
    5
  67. 67
    LAKEGENEVA

    28D Body of water between France and Switzerland

    0
    5
  68. 68
    POLLY

    31D Stereotypical parrot's name

    0
    5
  69. 69
    SANTAANITA

    54A Noted California horse-racing venue

    0
    4
  70. 70
    FIONAAPPLE

    21A 1997 Grammy-winning artist whose last name is a fruit

    0
    3
  71. 71
    SIXTEEN

    44D "Sweet" age

    0
    3
  72. 72
    BOLLS debut

    26A Pods of cotton

    0
    2
  73. 73
    CARPARK debut

    10D Place to leave an auto, in Britain

    0
    2
  74. 74
    CLIPBOARDS debut

    11D Ones providing backing for writers?

    0
    1
  75. 75
    LHASAAPSOS debut

    35A Tibetan watchdogs

    0
    1
  76. 76
    MIDASTOUCH debut

    64A Moneymaking skill ... or, when read as three words, what happens in 17-, 21-, 35-, 45- and 54-Across

    0
    1
  77. 77
    OPERAARIAS debut

    17A Songs for divas

    0
    1
  78. 78
    PAULAABDUL debut

    45A Former "American Idol" judge

    0
    1