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Monday · 74 answers · 2 debuts

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

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    ODE

    26D Appreciative poem

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    523
  2. 2
    ANTE

    16A Throw a chip in the pot

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    461
  3. 3
    ART

    33A State-of-the-___

    40
    384
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    SAT

    39D Used a bench

    35
    284
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    STAN

    5D ___ Lee of Marvel Comics

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    228
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    APE

    59D Jungle swinger

    28
    415
  7. 7
    HER

    13D His counterpart

    27
    237
  8. 8
    ION

    27A Charged particle

    23
    258
  9. 9
    EDGE

    61A Favorable margin

    21
    293
  10. 10
    SAGA

    18D Multigenerational tale

    20
    144
  11. 11
    ESPN

    56D Channel that describes itself as "The worldwide leader in sports"

    19
    154
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    ACED

    63A Scored 100 on

    18
    152
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    SUE

    60D Begin litigation

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    183
  14. 14
    INA

    38D Any port ___ storm

    17
    178
  15. 15
    NEMO

    49D "Finding ___" (2003 Pixar film)

    16
    156
  16. 16
    SATE

    43A Completely gratify

    12
    144
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    GIN

    42A Sloe ___ fizz

    12
    108
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    EVENT

    53A 100-meter dash or shot put

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    102
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    CASH

    1A Bills and coins

    9
    101
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    LIMA

    37D Capital of Peru

    9
    87
  21. 21
    LUTE

    14A Pear-shaped stringed instrument

    9
    72
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    POSH

    10A Sumptuously furnished

    9
    64
  23. 23
    HARE

    24D Aesop character who lost a race

    8
    129
  24. 24
    LOP

    6D Cut (off)

    8
    99
  25. 25
    TORAH

    15A Hebrew school reading

    8
    73
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    LADS

    66A Young fellows

    8
    60
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    IBAR

    19A Letter-shaped girder

    7
    91
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    EMERGE

    56A Come out

    6
    64
  29. 29
    CRAB

    31A Constant complainer

    5
    85
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    ARMED

    47A Having a gun

    5
    50
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    ARP

    7D Painter/poet Jean ___

    4
    129
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    PAP

    29D Easy-to-chew food

    4
    58
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    ROMAN

    48A Like the numerals I, V, X and L

    4
    53
  34. 34
    IOWAN

    22D Early caucusgoer

    4
    44
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    PEDAL

    36D One of two on a bike

    4
    36
  36. 36
    NIGHT

    52D When one sees stars

    4
    30
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    SLAPS

    5A Light punishment on wrists

    4
    24
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    WIRED

    30A Connected to the Internet

    4
    21
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    FINN

    57A Huckleberry ___

    3
    35
  40. 40
    MAX

    50A Highest setting, informally

    3
    35
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    STAMINA

    3D Something a long-distance runner needs

    3
    18
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    TOPBANANA

    51A Grand pooh-bah

    3
    11
  43. 43
    ANDRE

    34A Tennis champ Agassi

    2
    71
  44. 44
    STING

    23A What angry bees do

    2
    45
  45. 45
    SPIRE

    39A Steeple

    2
    42
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    TWEEN

    65A Many a middle schooler

    2
    29
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    PALATE

    8D Gourmet's heightened sense

    2
    22
  48. 48
    VENAL

    54D Open to bribery

    2
    16
  49. 49
    SIMIAN

    20A Like monkeys and 59-Downs

    2
    14
  50. 50
    STARTER

    12D Opposite of a bench player

    2
    12
  51. 51
    RANLOW

    48D Was almost out of supplies

    2
    10
  52. 52
    ZEES

    64A Sleep indicators in the comics

    1
    32
  53. 53
    AMINOR

    21A Key with no sharps or flats

    1
    21
  54. 54
    ADAMSAPPLE

    17A Bump on the neck

    1
    9
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    BAREBONES

    32D Nitty-gritty

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    6
  56. 56
    IMPINGE

    41D Encroach (on)

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    6
  57. 57
    GLASSONION

    58A Hand-blown wine bottle that's also the title of a 1968 Beatles song

    1
    4
  58. 58
    APACE

    28A Quickly

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    55
  59. 59
    FEZ

    57D Hat with a tassel

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    41
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    AMERICA

    44D "Sweet land of liberty," in song

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    30
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    HEMIN

    4D Encircle

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    17
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    CLASSIC

    1D Like rock music from the 1950s-'70s, now

    0
    11
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    EXTENDS

    46D Widens

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    9
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    HOTPOTATO

    24A Issue that's too dangerous to touch

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    9
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    OCTAGON

    25D Shape of a stop sign

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    8
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    SHEMP

    9D Curly's replacement in the Three Stooges

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    7
  67. 67
    TANGOED

    45D Did a stylized ballroom dance

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    7
  68. 68
    VIOLIN

    55A Itzhak Perlman's instrument

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    7
  69. 69
    ONBOARD

    11D In a plane or train

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    6
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    HOPUP

    62A Increase the energy of

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    5
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    AUDITOR

    2D Tax fraud investigator

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    4
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    PROVIDE

    40D Bring home the bacon, so to speak

    0
    2
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    APPEALING debut

    35A Winsome ... or like the ends of 17-, 24-, 51- and 58-Across, to a punster?

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    1
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    PAINTINGS debut

    10D "Sunflowers" and "Water Lilies"

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    1