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Monday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ALE

    66D Ginger ___

    59
    570
  2. 2
    EASE

    45A Simplicity

    40
    334
  3. 3
    EVE

    5D She loses paradise in "Paradise Lost"

    34
    373
  4. 4
    EDIT

    5A Tweak, as text

    32
    302
  5. 5
    SAD

    1D Melancholy

    31
    236
  6. 6
    ARIA

    59A Song for a diva

    30
    446
  7. 7
    AMI

    21A "___ the only one?"

    29
    302
  8. 8
    ALSO

    13A As well

    28
    245
  9. 9
    UTE

    23A Four Corners-area tribesman

    27
    263
  10. 10
    OPEN

    36D Available for business

    26
    217
  11. 11
    TREE

    20A Larch or birch

    25
    309
  12. 12
    ELK

    48D Large deer

    25
    207
  13. 13
    ASK

    58A Query

    24
    204
  14. 14
    ASIS

    19A Cautionary words for a buyer

    21
    183
  15. 15
    EDNA

    16A Ferber who wrote "Giant"

    19
    245
  16. 16
    SAN

    31A ___ Andreas Fault

    19
    182
  17. 17
    UMA

    49A "Gattaca" actress Thurman

    18
    175
  18. 18
    DYE

    67D Easter egg embellisher

    18
    162
  19. 19
    GPA

    33A Academic record, in brief

    18
    128
  20. 20
    ORSO

    32A Approximately

    17
    145
  21. 21
    UFO

    23D Otherworldly craft, for short

    17
    131
  22. 22
    ALP

    44A High point of a European ski trip?

    16
    187
  23. 23
    LIT

    65D Soused

    13
    166
  24. 24
    DIP

    6D Quick swim

    13
    111
  25. 25
    URGE

    25D Prod

    12
    208
  26. 26
    USB

    60A PC connecting device

    12
    59
  27. 27
    OOPS

    62D Klutz's cry

    10
    104
  28. 28
    BLUR

    39D Hazy image

    9
    58
  29. 29
    TAFT

    22A President William Howard ___

    8
    64
  30. 30
    ETTE

    72A Suffix with luncheon or kitchen

    7
    225
  31. 31
    ATA

    34D ___ snail's pace

    7
    161
  32. 32
    ROBE

    4D Justice's garment

    7
    92
  33. 33
    HAIR

    38D Rapunzel's bounty

    7
    90
  34. 34
    UBOAT

    57D W.W. II German vessel

    6
    93
  35. 35
    SPUR

    1A Spike on a cowboy boot

    6
    61
  36. 36
    PALM

    27D Coconut's place

    6
    55
  37. 37
    LOOTS

    35A Plunders

    6
    28
  38. 38
    ISR

    50A Kibbutz locale: Abbr.

    5
    142
  39. 39
    ASSN

    71A The "A" in N.B.A.: Abbr.

    5
    137
  40. 40
    ISAAC

    7D "I, Robot" writer Asimov

    5
    134
  41. 41
    OAKEN

    56D Like an old wooden bucket of song

    5
    49
  42. 42
    PLOY

    70A Devious maneuver

    5
    32
  43. 43
    GORE

    61A Loser in a momentous 2000 Supreme Court case

    4
    81
  44. 44
    UPTO

    40D Until

    4
    76
  45. 45
    RUNE

    68A Letter in an Anglo-Saxon script

    4
    72
  46. 46
    LEDA

    18D "___ and the Swan" (Yeats poem)

    4
    67
  47. 47
    DISH

    9A What ran away with the spoon, in "Hey Diddle Diddle"

    4
    60
  48. 48
    ASARULE

    46D Generally

    4
    46
  49. 49
    ROCK

    29D Scissors topper, in a game

    4
    38
  50. 50
    TOOK

    63A Grabbed

    4
    30
  51. 51
    SERE

    73A Withered

    3
    123
  52. 52
    CSA

    30A Jefferson Davis's govt.

    3
    98
  53. 53
    SANKA

    41A Instant decaf brand

    3
    27
  54. 54
    NIPS

    26D Playful bites

    2
    53
  55. 55
    DEATH

    9D Sudden ___ (overtime format)

    2
    28
  56. 56
    FLAIL

    69A Swing wildly, as one's arms

    2
    17
  57. 57
    ENGR

    54D One practicing the "E" of STEM subjects: Abbr.

    1
    55
  58. 58
    TARMAC

    8D Airport landing area

    1
    20
  59. 59
    SKINS

    15D Animal pelts

    1
    18
  60. 60
    SISENOR

    47D "Yes sir!," south of the border

    1
    16
  61. 61
    VISAS

    14A Some passport stamps

    1
    14
  62. 62
    FERRARI

    28A Italian luxury carmaker

    1
    13
  63. 63
    SUMATRA

    41D Large Indonesian island

    1
    13
  64. 64
    CHESTBUMP

    37A Physical expression of victory

    1
    3
  65. 65
    RESOLE

    52D Repair, as a shoe bottom

    0
    22
  66. 66
    UTENSIL

    53A Spoon or spatula

    0
    16
  67. 67
    AMOROUS

    42D Romantically inclined

    0
    10
  68. 68
    IDSAYSO

    10D "Sounds about right"

    0
    8
  69. 69
    SNUFF

    51D Tobacco that's inhaled

    0
    6
  70. 70
    USURERS

    3D Loan sharks

    0
    6
  71. 71
    HASTENS

    12D Hurries up

    0
    4
  72. 72
    NATIONS

    43D Slovakia and Slovenia

    0
    4
  73. 73
    PLOTTER

    2D Conspiracy member

    0
    3
  74. 74
    DOUBLEPARK

    17A Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, say

    0
    2
  75. 75
    DUNCANPHYFE debut

    24A Iconic U.S. cabinetmaker of the early 1800s

    0
    1
  76. 76
    FOOLAROUND debut

    64A Engage in some horseplay ... or a hint to the words spelled out in the circles

    0
    1
  77. 77
    MOTORNEURON debut

    55A Spinal cord cell needed for muscle contraction

    0
    1
  78. 78
    SNIFFAT debut

    11D Regard dismissively

    0
    1