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Monday · 78 answers · 2 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ONE

    63A Word before "blastoff"

    63
    612
  2. 2
    ELSE

    11D Otherwise

    43
    440
  3. 3
    ERAS

    57A Noteworthy periods

    38
    295
  4. 4
    IDO

    40A Vow sworn at the altar

    33
    336
  5. 5
    NEE

    66A Originally named

    29
    407
  6. 6
    AVE

    35A Park or Madison, on an N.Y.C. map

    28
    246
  7. 7
    ALTO

    4A Cher or Adele, musically

    25
    290
  8. 8
    ELLE

    55D Her: Fr.

    25
    221
  9. 9
    ABS

    4D Midsection muscles, briefly

    25
    214
  10. 10
    EVER

    28D ___ and anon

    22
    235
  11. 11
    TAO

    46A Virtuous conduct, in Confucianism

    21
    223
  12. 12
    ROO

    36A Bouncy youngster in Pooh's crowd

    20
    189
  13. 13
    ESTEE

    53D Beauty mogul Lauder

    18
    185
  14. 14
    KEN

    39A Kesey who wrote "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

    18
    144
  15. 15
    ARID

    30D Extremely dry

    16
    222
  16. 16
    SIC

    60D Error indicator in a quotation

    15
    116
  17. 17
    EMCEE

    43D Roast host

    15
    106
  18. 18
    MCAT

    54D Exam for a wannabe doc

    14
    33
  19. 19
    SHED

    27A Outbuilding for storage

    12
    115
  20. 20
    TENSE

    64A Uptight

    12
    114
  21. 21
    DESK

    44A Spot for a teacher's apple or Apple

    12
    105
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    PHDS

    56D Degrees after M.A.s

    11
    55
  23. 23
    ENACT

    48A Pass, as a law

    9
    96
  24. 24
    SYNC

    65A Harmonious, after "in"

    9
    72
  25. 25
    ANISE

    49D Plant seed with a licoricelike flavor

    8
    110
  26. 26
    LOP

    26A Cut (off)

    8
    99
  27. 27
    POL

    56A One running for office, informally

    8
    99
  28. 28
    DENY

    29D Reject as false

    8
    90
  29. 29
    MAINE

    52D State that's the largest U.S. producer of lobsters

    8
    81
  30. 30
    ONYX

    7D Black, banded gemstone

    8
    74
  31. 31
    ARGUE

    30A Quarrel

    8
    61
  32. 32
    IRK

    13A Annoy

    7
    112
  33. 33
    LPS

    1A 33 1/3 r.p.m. records

    7
    101
  34. 34
    BARN

    14A Building for bovines

    7
    67
  35. 35
    COM

    47A Dot follower in a website address

    7
    58
  36. 36
    RIMS

    12D Edges, as of craters

    7
    58
  37. 37
    ROGER

    8D Radioer's "Got it"

    7
    38
  38. 38
    PRADA

    2D Devil's fashion choice, in a Meryl Streep film

    6
    33
  39. 39
    RODE

    31D Went as a passenger

    5
    78
  40. 40
    LIMIT

    1D Outer boundary

    5
    48
  41. 41
    SOMALI

    15A Mogadishu native

    5
    22
  42. 42
    DEMI

    62A Prefix with tasse meaning "half"

    4
    72
  43. 43
    ORSON

    51D "Citizen Kane" star Welles

    4
    59
  44. 44
    REFER

    8A Allude (to)

    4
    56
  45. 45
    LEERY

    42A Wary

    4
    52
  46. 46
    SKIER

    3D Person on a slippery slope

    4
    26
  47. 47
    FIRES

    24A Pyromaniacs' pleasures

    4
    17
  48. 48
    NEHRU

    17D India's first P.M.

    3
    71
  49. 49
    BERRA

    33A Yankee great Yogi

    3
    43
  50. 50
    IDEE

    19A ___ fixe (preoccupation)

    2
    81
  51. 51
    ELEGY

    23D Plaintive poem

    2
    47
  52. 52
    AGLOW

    34D Radiant

    2
    32
  53. 53
    KIX

    20A General Mills puffed corn cereal

    2
    32
  54. 54
    BORAT

    33D Title character in a Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary

    2
    20
  55. 55
    EGOISM

    18A Self-centeredness

    2
    12
  56. 56
    FORDS

    24D Fiestas and Fusions

    2
    7
  57. 57
    TRAIL

    6D Backpacker's path

    1
    38
  58. 58
    EMOTES

    9D Is melodramatic

    1
    34
  59. 59
    LEDTO

    26D Resulted in

    1
    29
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    HOOEY

    50D Poppycock

    1
    14
  61. 61
    LATKES

    5D Potato treats for Hanukkah

    1
    12
  62. 62
    SEMIPRO

    15D Athlete getting part-time pay

    1
    12
  63. 63
    TARHEEL

    22A *Chapel Hill athlete

    1
    12
  64. 64
    YURTS

    41A Round Mongolian tents

    1
    10
  65. 65
    KNIVES

    45D Butchers' tools

    1
    9
  66. 66
    MEDINA

    54A Saudi city where Muhammad is buried

    1
    6
  67. 67
    ALWEST

    61A M.L.B. division that includes the Astros

    1
    3
  68. 68
    RLS

    25A Monogram for Long John Silver's creator

    0
    74
  69. 69
    METRES

    21A Distances in Britain

    0
    9
  70. 70
    MAINSTAY

    16A *Chief source of support

    0
    8
  71. 71
    FAIRSHAKE

    10D *Equitable treatment

    0
    6
  72. 72
    COLUMN

    47D Op-ed offering

    0
    5
  73. 73
    HOUSESIT

    59A *Tend an absent resident's property

    0
    5
  74. 74
    CLOVIS

    58A First king of the Franks (A.D. 481)

    0
    4
  75. 75
    OUTCAST

    38D One rejected by a group

    0
    3
  76. 76
    HOWCOME

    50A *"Why?"

    0
    2
  77. 77
    GOODDOG debut

    37A Praise after a proper response to the end of the answer to each starred clue

    0
    1
  78. 78
    GOOSEDOWN debut

    32D *Soft bedding material

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    1