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Monday · 74 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    ASS

    22A Donkey

    58
    409
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    EAR

    24A Something a barber has to work around

    57
    485
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    AREA

    6D Bay ___ (San Francisco, Oakland, etc.)

    46
    631
  4. 4
    ANTE

    53D Upfront bet

    45
    461
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    ETC

    36A And so on: Abbr.

    37
    268
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    BRA

    26A Maidenform product

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    229
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    ATAD

    61A Barely

    24
    155
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    ATL

    37A Home for the Hawks and Braves: Abbr.

    23
    171
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    ILL

    14A Chicago's home: Abbr.

    21
    260
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    ROO

    39A Pal of Pooh

    20
    189
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    EDS

    65A Newspaper staffers, for short

    17
    230
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    ENG

    13D Main lang. of the Commonwealth countries

    17
    160
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    RATE

    54D Give stars to

    16
    182
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    NON

    35D The "N" of NCO

    13
    143
  15. 15
    OTHER

    23A Final bubble on a questionnaire, maybe

    13
    114
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    AMIE

    11D Female friend for François

    12
    170
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    YENS

    64A Hankerings

    11
    123
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    SNAG

    27A Catch, as on a thorn

    11
    112
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    LEAF

    31D Flip (through)

    10
    62
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    RAID

    56D Antipest spray

    9
    95
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    HARE

    15A Racer with the tortoise

    8
    129
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    TORAH

    8D Holy Jewish scroll

    8
    73
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    GTOS

    30D Classic Pontiacs

    8
    65
  24. 24
    ISO

    38A Equal: Prefix

    7
    117
  25. 25
    VAT

    45A Winery container

    7
    101
  26. 26
    OSU

    34D The Beavers of the Pac-12, for short

    7
    100
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    WEB

    1A Civil rights pioneer Du Bois

    7
    87
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    OFF

    50A Bug spray brand

    7
    72
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    ORGAN

    50D Church instrument

    7
    62
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    COAT

    52D Jacket

    6
    89
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    OWIE

    55D Little injury, in baby talk

    6
    53
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    KNEES

    49D Crawling on hands and ___

    6
    40
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    EATME

    24D Message on a cake in "Alice in Wonderland"

    5
    47
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    III

    62A Three on a grandfather clock

    4
    126
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    FETA

    44A Greek cheese

    4
    84
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    WIRE

    1D Electronic money transfer

    4
    64
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    TIRADE

    8A Rant

    4
    35
  38. 38
    UMS

    46A Verbal stumbles

    4
    34
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    ASCOT

    25D Fancy tie

    3
    84
  40. 40
    INAWE

    9D Wowed

    3
    55
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    DANK

    12D Cold and damp, as a dungeon

    3
    33
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    CYAN

    4A Shade of blue

    3
    29
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    ETH

    33D Biblical verb suffix

    2
    111
  44. 44
    NEURO

    48D Prefix with science

    2
    42
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    YARDS

    5D Gridiron gains

    2
    28
  46. 46
    MRIS

    57D Some hospital pics

    2
    26
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    CHART

    18D Nautical map

    2
    24
  48. 48
    CHATS

    4D Informal talks

    2
    24
  49. 49
    ONEMAN

    16A Like a show with a single performer

    2
    22
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    ELOI

    2D "The Time Machine" people

    1
    111
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    STENOS

    63A Dictation experts

    1
    55
  52. 52
    INKER

    47A Tattoo artist

    1
    24
  53. 53
    TONGUE

    58A A snake has a forked one

    1
    17
  54. 54
    NEWYORK

    7D When repeated, Frank Sinatra title city

    1
    15
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    MATURE

    60A Acting grown-up

    1
    14
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    AHOYS

    29D Ship-to-ship communications?

    1
    8
  57. 57
    REVERSI

    10D Classic game with black-and-white discs

    1
    8
  58. 58
    BLDG

    3D Edifice: Abbr.

    1
    5
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    BELOVED

    26D Pulitzer-winning Toni Morrison novel

    1
    3
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    TMS

    58D Things with ® symbols: Abbr.

    0
    20
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    WAT

    32D Angkor ___ (Cambodian site)

    0
    13
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    FEEDS

    51D Supplies with meals

    0
    10
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    STATIST

    21D Believer in a strong federal government

    0
    5
  64. 64
    FARAWAY

    42D Very distant

    0
    4
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    RAVING

    19A Ranting

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    4
  66. 66
    AMONTHOFSUNDAYS

    40A 1974 John Updike novel

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    3
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    DUFFS

    43D Homer Simpson's favorite beers

    0
    3
  68. 68
    EIGHTDAYSAWEEK

    20A 1965 Beatles hit that starts "Ooh, I need your love, babe"

    0
    3
  69. 69
    NAILGUN

    41D Carpenter's tool that's faster than a hammer

    0
    3
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    RODCAREW

    17A Only major-league player to enter the 3,000-hit club in the 1980s

    0
    3
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    NGRAM debut

    28D Google ___ Viewer (tool for charting word frequency over time)

    0
    2
  72. 72
    WAGESWAR

    59A Engages in military conflict

    0
    2
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    CALENDARREFORM debut

    52A The change from Julian to Gregorian ... or what would be needed to make 20-, 31- and 40-Across possible?

    0
    1
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    LASTWEEKTONIGHT debut

    31A HBO show hosted by John Oliver

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    1