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Monday · 78 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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    EAR

    32D Distinctive feature of Mr. Spock

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    TRI

    10D The first "T" of TNT

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    237
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    ACT

    26D Make a scene?

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    RNA

    40D Genetic stuff

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    322
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    ATARI

    70A Pioneering name in video games

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    224
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    STIR

    64D Keep the sauce from congealing, say

    27
    292
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    OPEN

    55A Daytime store window sign

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    ELK

    22A Antlered animal

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    EPIC

    52D "Beowulf," e.g.

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    235
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    OWE

    28D "You ___ me one"

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    OVEN

    8D Place to cook a turkey

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    ADELE

    46A "Water Under the Bridge" singer, 2016

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    158
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    SEW

    43D Make clothing

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    169
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    ERIN

    23A Land for O'Connor or O'Casey

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    RYE

    45D Ingredient in a manhattan

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    MERE

    9D Only

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    TOO

    31D Excessively

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    IDS

    66D Passports et al.

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    WEE

    5D Tiny

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    165
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    INC

    39D Abbr. ending a company name

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    LARA

    59D Actress ___ Flynn Boyle

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    138
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    RATS

    7D "Confound it!"

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    142
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    RITA

    16A "Lovely" Beatles girl

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    138
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    REIN

    18D Bridle strap

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    GEM

    37A Jewel

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    119
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    LEAH

    2D Jacob's first wife, in the Bible

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    110
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    IBIS

    60D Long-legged wader

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    100
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    MRT

    19D Action star originally known as Laurence Tureaud

    11
    98
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    PETS

    71A Garfield and Odie, for two

    11
    86
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    LGBT

    58D Pride parade inits.

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    37
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    BETA

    3D Software version for testing

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    104
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    MEAL

    62D Offering now discontinued by most discount carriers

    9
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    TACIT

    25A Unspoken but understood

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    75
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    KAT

    67D Kit ___ bar

    8
    101
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    ASPEN

    30D "Quaking" tree

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    COCO

    33A Chanel of perfume fame

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    52
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    DIN

    54D Loud noise

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    AMPS

    61A Rock music boosters

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    LPS

    41A Vinyl records, for short

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    101
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    OVID

    68A Roman poet who wrote "Ars Amatoria"

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    EBBS

    1D ___ and flows

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    90
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    TASE

    72A Subdue through electric shock

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    47
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    PARE

    63D Cut (down)

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    PLO

    42D West Bank-based grp.

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    SHAH

    20A Onetime leader of Iran

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    BRIM

    69A Hat's edge

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    42
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    RELAY

    24D Team race

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    41
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    STARE

    36D Look that might "shoot daggers"

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    GIG

    27D Band's booking

    4
    54
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    ITALIC

    12D Like tilted type

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    43
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    ILIED

    53A Admission of perjury

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    33
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    TCBY

    48A Frozen dessert franchise

    4
    30
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    RAVE

    15A Four-star review

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    ELBOW

    1A Something up one's sleeve?

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    IWILL

    34A Response to "Who wants to go?"

    3
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    CLEAVE

    49D Synonym for both "adhere" and "split"

    3
    14
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    TWIT

    10A Fool

    2
    60
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    PEZ

    56A Candy from a dispenser

    2
    48
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    TYLER

    73A 1800s president nicknamed "His Accidency"

    2
    34
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    NONAME

    51D Undistinguished

    2
    27
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    ILLINI

    57A Urbana-Champaign students

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    26
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    ONTHEDL

    4D Discreetly, informally

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    FROM

    6A To's opposite

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    BEENE

    14A Fashion designer Geoffrey

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    TIPTOP

    48D Pinnacle

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    DYNASTY

    47D China's Ming or Manchu

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    12
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    PRYNNE

    44A Hester of "The Scarlet Letter"

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    8
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    TALKTO

    13D Address, as a listener

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    8
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    EISNER

    21A Former Disney C.E.O. Michael

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    30
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    AIRPORT

    38A Where to find the ends of 17-, 27-, 50- and 65-Across

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    WINECOOLER

    11D Relative of alcopop

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    SOASTO

    35A In order that one might

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    CANNERYROW

    50A Steinbeck novel set in Monterey

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    GOLDENGATE

    27A Iconic San Francisco bridge

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    FRYING

    6D Cooking in a pan with oil

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    2
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    BATTERYTERMINAL debut

    17A Anode or cathode

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    1
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    LIMPBIZKIT debut

    29D Rap rock band with the 7x platinum album "Significant Other"

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    1
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    TAKINGABACKSEAT debut

    65A Letting others occupy the spotlight

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