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Monday · 72 answers · 4 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ERA

    60A Time in history

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    791
  2. 2
    USE

    66A "What's the ___?" (pessimist's cry)

    47
    356
  3. 3
    ERE

    5D Bard's "before"

    43
    602
  4. 4
    SEA

    1A Poseidon's domain

    40
    370
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    SIR

    32A What Marcie calls Peppermint Patty in "Peanuts"

    35
    271
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    EYE

    59D With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other

    28
    283
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    ETRE

    9D Raison d'___

    24
    241
  8. 8
    ARK

    51A Noah's craft

    24
    160
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    OPAL

    36D October's birthstone

    23
    253
  10. 10
    APT

    14A Well-suited

    23
    217
  11. 11
    ASP

    34D Egyptian cobra

    22
    265
  12. 12
    EEK

    23A "It's a mouse!"

    19
    163
  13. 13
    ANNA

    16A Tennis's Kournikova

    17
    239
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    IDAHO

    20A State whose license plates say "Famous Potatoes"

    15
    121
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    NAT

    63A Singer ___ King Cole

    13
    190
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    OMAR

    53D Minnesota representative Ilhan ___

    12
    252
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    TERI

    61A Actress Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives"

    10
    210
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    HIT

    21D Top 10 song

    10
    101
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    SAX

    6D "Wailing" instrument

    9
    76
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    STYX

    64A River of the underworld

    7
    111
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    DIN

    41A Loud noise

    7
    109
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    WAN

    10D Pallid

    7
    85
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    TUX

    48D Men's formal attire, informally

    7
    29
  24. 24
    TIT

    17A ___ for tat

    6
    81
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    LASH

    8D Place for mascara

    6
    80
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    ADHERE

    30D Cling (to)

    6
    47
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    RING

    28D Boxing venue

    5
    77
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    ARARAT

    15A Noah's landing place

    4
    87
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    HOBO

    52A Drifter

    4
    81
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    WISP

    10A Swirl of smoke

    3
    51
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    ADAPTS

    43D Makes a screenplay out of

    3
    35
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    MONEY

    50D "A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it," according to Ambrose Bierce

    3
    35
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    DEALS

    49A Hands out cards

    3
    33
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    SNEEZE

    12D "Gesundheit!" elicitor

    2
    36
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    CRAZE

    27A Fad

    2
    29
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    AYEAYE

    62A Sailor's affirmative

    2
    26
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    PESTLE

    4A Mortar accompanier

    2
    17
  38. 38
    TRISHA

    37D Country singer Yearwood

    2
    10
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    AXMEN

    55A Lumberjacks

    2
    6
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    PATOOT

    4D Tushie

    2
    6
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    AWCMON

    19D "You've got to be kidding me!"

    2
    5
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    GAM

    58D Pod of whales

    1
    41
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    WHEW

    22A "That was a close one!"

    1
    28
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    TRAWL

    7D Fish by dragging a net

    1
    20
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    TIX

    57D Box office purchases, for short

    1
    18
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    SATIRES

    1D Works like "Animal Farm" and "Gulliver's Travels"

    1
    17
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    NEONATE

    42D Someone who was literally born yesterday

    1
    16
  48. 48
    SCARES

    47D Frightens

    1
    15
  49. 49
    AFFAIRS

    43A Foreign ___ (international matters)

    1
    8
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    FERRET

    44D Search (out)

    0
    14
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    INGEAR

    11D Out of neutral, as a car

    0
    13
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    NETHER

    25D Lower in position

    0
    13
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    ADMIRER

    30A "Secret" person who writes a love note

    0
    9
  54. 54
    EMITTED

    29A Gave off, as radiation

    0
    9
  55. 55
    ATTAGIRL

    3D "Way to go, sister!"

    0
    8
  56. 56
    EDITMENU

    38D Where to find "Cut" and "Paste"

    0
    8
  57. 57
    RHYMES

    65A See 59-Down

    0
    8
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    BAYH

    54D 1990s Indiana governor Evan

    0
    7
  59. 59
    ADREPS

    26D Ones selling commercial time, informally

    0
    6
  60. 60
    DEADER

    31D ___ than a doornail

    0
    6
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    REGIONAL

    24A Not national, as an airline

    0
    6
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    RESTIVE

    46A Fidgety

    0
    6
  63. 63
    EPIDEMIC

    2D Rapid spread of a disease

    0
    5
  64. 64
    TRADEON

    33A Take unfair advantage of

    0
    5
  65. 65
    FAKERY

    45D Flimflam

    0
    4
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    MERCUTIO

    50A Young gallant in "Romeo and Juliet"

    0
    4
  67. 67
    PARKER

    13D "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica ___

    0
    3
  68. 68
    RIVIERAS

    39D Coastal resort areas

    0
    3
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    PREPPED debut

    40A Got ready to be operated on

    0
    2
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    CLOTHESHANGER debut

    35A What you might drape a dress or shirt on in a closet

    0
    1
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    PRETAMANGER debut

    56A Sandwich chain whose name is French for "ready to eat"

    0
    1
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    TEXASRANGER debut

    18A Lone Star State baseball player

    0
    1