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Monday · 78 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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    ARE

    21A "... and yet, here we ___"

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    533
  2. 2
    ASH

    20A Something an e-cig lacks

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    458
  3. 3
    ERAS

    2D Noteworthy periods

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    ANTS

    31D Insects in colonies

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    SKA

    7D Jamaican music genre

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  6. 6
    ONES

    43A Change for a five

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    295
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    OAT

    43D Cereal grain

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    290
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    ALSO

    5A Too

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    245
  9. 9
    EARS

    18D Headphones cover them

    27
    163
  10. 10
    IRIS

    13A A pupil is in the middle of it

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    225
  11. 11
    ASK

    41A Act as a quizmaster

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    204
  12. 12
    TSK

    4D "'Tis a pity"

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    189
  13. 13
    TED

    25D Kennedy who said "Frankly, I don't mind not being president"

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    245
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    EVER

    62A "For the first time ___ ..."

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    235
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    OVEN

    36D Where a cake is baked

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    177
  16. 16
    ONUS

    64A Burden

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    PESO

    65A Money in Mexico

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    131
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    EMAIL

    63A AOL service

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    NEW

    54A Hot off the presses

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    181
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    ABCS

    9A Basics of education

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    133
  21. 21
    DEMO

    53D Floor model

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    105
  22. 22
    ROW

    61D Column's counterpart

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    95
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    HERE

    34D "___ comes trouble!"

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    MAMA

    28D Call from a crib

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    115
  25. 25
    EAVE

    58A Icicle site

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    164
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    EASY

    37D "Piece of cake"

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    153
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    TONE

    19A Build one's muscles, with "up"

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    148
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    AVID

    32A Like devoted fans

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    114
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    FOE

    35A Enemy

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    112
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    LAW

    60D Bill, after being signed by the president

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    102
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    OILS

    8D Lubricates

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    92
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    SLEDS

    12D Winter coasters

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    86
  33. 33
    OPUS

    56D ___ Dei (Catholic group)

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    LIMA

    1D World capital whose name is a kind of bean

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    87
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    MIC

    38A Plug-in in an amp

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    NEWT

    45D Politico Gingrich

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    TOOL

    16A Screwdriver or hammer

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    94
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    WEST

    67A Toward sunset

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    BEST

    57D A+++

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    SLEEP

    46D Snooze

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    60
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    LEFT

    1A Liberals, with "the"

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    56
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    ATTILA

    9D Notable Hun

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    58
  43. 43
    OWLS

    66A Birds whose heads can move 270°

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    KARMA

    30A Cosmic destiny

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    29
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    UVA

    40A Sch. founded by Thomas Jefferson

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    67
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    STRESS

    24A Emphasis

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    HEAVE

    47D Throw, as an anchor

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    43
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    ANVIL

    50D Blacksmith's block

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    NOKIA

    14A Finnish-based telecom

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    ROVES

    48D Wanders around

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    18
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    ALLEYS

    27A Bowling lanes

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    AVIS

    29D Hertz rival

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  53. 53
    BOB

    55A Move like a buoy

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    DINERO

    44D Money, in Mexico

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    26
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    ANDRE

    5D Actor Braugher of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

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    BOONE

    10D Frontiersman Daniel

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    CHINA

    39D Shanghai's land

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    40
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    DINER

    44A Casual eatery

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    32
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    NANNY

    45A Job for Mrs. Doubtfire or Mary Poppins

    2
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    MATES

    28A Endings of chess games

    2
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    HERESY

    42A Crime that Joan of Arc was charged with

    2
    24
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    CONEY

    11D New York's ___ Island

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    SAFETY

    49A It's worth two points in football

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    SHRINE

    46A Pilgrimage site

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    FEELS

    51D Senses

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    STAINED

    22A Like the glass in some church windows

    1
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    THENERVE

    33D "Where does that guy get off?!"

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    CHEWTOY debut

    39A Puppy amuser ... or the end of the answer to each starred clue

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    4
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    LOBES

    6D Lower parts of 18-Down

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    ALMAY

    23D Cosmetics brand owned by Revlon

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    LEONARD

    52A Conductor Bernstein

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    ALTARBOY

    15D Mass assistant

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    THENBA debut

    33A What Grizzlies and Timberwolves play in

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    5
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    SKEWERS

    26D Shish kebab holders

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    2
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    VELVETROPE

    59A *Barrier outside a popular nightclub

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    2
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    FISHSTICK debut

    3D *Food item often dipped in ketchup or tartar sauce

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    1
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    FUNNYBONE debut

    35D *Inaptly named part of the elbow

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    1
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    MASKEDBALL debut

    17A *Party with disguises

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