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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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    ODE

    27D Praiseful poem

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    523
  2. 2
    ALA

    38A Pie ___ mode

    58
    513
  3. 3
    ERIE

    57D Buffalo's lake

    48
    510
  4. 4
    EPEE

    40D Fencing sword

    41
    343
  5. 5
    USA

    54A Land between Can. and Mex.

    40
    261
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    ETC

    23A And others, for short

    37
    268
  7. 7
    IRS

    46A Apr. 15 mail addressee

    36
    246
  8. 8
    TIE

    43D Coat and ___

    34
    284
  9. 9
    LED

    31A Guided

    34
    222
  10. 10
    ANTS

    1D Picnic pests

    33
    247
  11. 11
    STAN

    5A Ending on several central Asian country names

    31
    228
  12. 12
    OPS

    44A Black ___ (covert doings)

    31
    179
  13. 13
    TEA

    6D Lipton offering

    30
    374
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    NEE

    63D Word before a maiden name

    29
    407
  15. 15
    ALT

    53A ___-rock (music genre)

    29
    225
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    PTA

    41A School grp.

    25
    240
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    KNEE

    65A Place for the banjo in "Oh! Susanna"

    24
    264
  18. 18
    ETRE

    36D French "to be"

    24
    241
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    ARK

    7D Genesis vessel

    24
    160
  20. 20
    AGES

    56D Gets 16-Across

    19
    202
  21. 21
    TATA

    37D "So long!"

    17
    175
  22. 22
    TALC

    48D Soft mineral

    17
    145
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    EPI

    60D Prefix with dermis

    16
    141
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    IOWA

    2D State that produces the most corn

    16
    130
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    INC

    62D "Monsters, ___" (2001 movie)

    16
    126
  26. 26
    ICES

    68A Freezes, with "over"

    14
    120
  27. 27
    ADIEU

    11D French farewell

    13
    148
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    HERA

    15A Zeus' wife

    12
    116
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    SHED

    5D Tool building

    12
    115
  30. 30
    ILK

    10D Variety

    11
    107
  31. 31
    AILS

    32A Is sick

    11
    104
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    AIRS

    1A Puts on TV or radio

    9
    110
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    SAAB

    28D Onetime Volvo competitor

    8
    94
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    FAIR

    66A Exposition

    8
    73
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    OLDER

    16A ___ and wiser

    8
    51
  36. 36
    KILO

    29D K, in the NATO alphabet

    8
    50
  37. 37
    TART

    58D Sour

    7
    99
  38. 38
    NASAL

    8D Word before congestion or spray

    7
    73
  39. 39
    DAP

    24A Bump fists

    7
    31
  40. 40
    FRET

    69A Worry

    6
    77
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    TRACE

    13D Use a stencil on

    6
    62
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    CREPE

    64A Thin pancake

    6
    51
  43. 43
    GIANT

    9A Meanie in "Jack and the Beanstalk"

    6
    41
  44. 44
    HRS

    33A Four-baggers: Abbr.

    5
    90
  45. 45
    NERTS

    12D "Rats!"

    5
    48
  46. 46
    FORT

    45A ___ Ticonderoga

    5
    42
  47. 47
    FYI

    55A Inits. at the start of a memo

    4
    37
  48. 48
    AKIRA

    19A Film director Kurosawa

    4
    36
  49. 49
    EAGER

    51D Rarin' to go

    3
    78
  50. 50
    PEPE

    18D Amorous cartoon skunk

    3
    52
  51. 51
    ALLSET

    56A "You ready?"

    3
    25
  52. 52
    FORD

    25D President after Nixon

    2
    25
  53. 53
    USURY

    50D Unscrupulous moneylending

    2
    24
  54. 54
    AUGER

    59A Drilling tool

    2
    19
  55. 55
    ILLPASS

    22D "No thanks"

    2
    10
  56. 56
    NIKKI debut

    52D Republican pol Haley from South Carolina

    2
    4
  57. 57
    AIT

    21A Part of the conjugation of the French "avoir"

    1
    38
  58. 58
    RESTAREA

    47A Place to pull over on an interstate

    1
    21
  59. 59
    PRESET

    34A Like favorite stations on a car radio

    1
    15
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    SANDED

    20A Made smooth, as wood

    1
    7
  61. 61
    THEYSAY

    30D "According to conventional wisdom ..."

    1
    7
  62. 62
    RAINDELAY

    3D Weather-related stoppage in baseball

    1
    6
  63. 63
    BOYTOY

    42A Young male viewed as a sex object

    1
    5
  64. 64
    BEDHEAD debut

    39A Result of failure to comb the hair after sleep, maybe ... or a feature of 17-, 25-, 49- or 61-Across?

    1
    4
  65. 65
    KINGCOBRA

    61A Hooded snake

    1
    4
  66. 66
    SKELETON

    28A Exhibit in an anatomy class

    0
    10
  67. 67
    SANDALS

    4D Beach footwear

    0
    8
  68. 68
    FULLHOUSE

    25A K-K-K-5-5, e.g., in poker

    0
    6
  69. 69
    UNSHORN

    26D Like a sheep with all its wool

    0
    5
  70. 70
    GOATHERD

    9D Job that might involve watching the kids?

    0
    4
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    QUACK

    49D Phony doc

    0
    4
  72. 72
    KYRIE

    67A N.B.A. star ___ Irving

    0
    3
  73. 73
    QUEENANNE

    49A English monarch with a "lace" named after her

    0
    3
  74. 74
    SPORTSBAR debut

    35D Place to drink lined with TVs

    0
    3
  75. 75
    BORNFREE

    39D Joy Adamson book about Elsa the lioness

    0
    2
  76. 76
    NOAA debut

    14A U.S. weather agcy.

    0
    2
  77. 77
    TWINPEAKS

    17A 1990s TV series about a murder in a town in Washington

    0
    2
  78. 78
    FALLOFF debut

    45D Decrease

    0
    1