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Monday · 78 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    ODE

    68A "___ to Joy"

    58
    523
  2. 2
    OLE

    36D Grand ___ Opry

    54
    525
  3. 3
    ALI

    39A Athlete who said "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"

    49
    518
  4. 4
    ORE

    9D Gold waiting to be discovered

    48
    581
  5. 5
    IRA

    42A Investment for the golden yrs.

    46
    448
  6. 6
    ART

    19D The "A" of MoMA

    40
    384
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    RIO

    14A South America's Carnaval city, informally

    40
    315
  8. 8
    ESP

    17A Psychic ability, in brief

    35
    344
  9. 9
    IDLE

    15A Not doing anything

    30
    259
  10. 10
    ELM

    6D "Slippery" tree

    30
    240
  11. 11
    APE

    63D "Great" hominid

    28
    415
  12. 12
    EDU

    5D Part of a campus URL

    28
    194
  13. 13
    SPY

    62D Someone not likely to show off intelligence?

    27
    177
  14. 14
    ALTO

    34D Voice above tenor

    25
    290
  15. 15
    ELLA

    12D Fitzgerald of jazz

    23
    262
  16. 16
    TEEN

    27D Juliet Capulet or Holden Caulfield, agewise

    20
    192
  17. 17
    URN

    22A Big coffee holder

    19
    244
  18. 18
    MEN

    64D Word on a restroom door

    19
    145
  19. 19
    DARE

    58D Show gumption

    19
    116
  20. 20
    AISLE

    2D Supermarket section

    16
    140
  21. 21
    SAO

    59A ___ Paulo, Brazil

    15
    171
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    RASP

    33D Hoarse voice

    15
    137
  23. 23
    SENT

    70A Shipped

    14
    190
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    OPED

    41D Coup for a newspaper freelancer

    14
    107
  25. 25
    DEER

    4A ___ Xing (road sign)

    13
    154
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    RATS

    33A "Phooey!"

    13
    142
  27. 27
    CAP

    1A Mushroom part

    13
    137
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    ADOS

    35A Commotions

    13
    121
  29. 29
    POEM

    46A Work by Wordsworth or Whitman

    13
    81
  30. 30
    OUT

    65A Fast asleep

    12
    149
  31. 31
    AWES

    56D Bowls over

    12
    80
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    OPEC

    67A Oil producers' grp.

    11
    143
  33. 33
    SERTA

    60A Big name in mattresses

    11
    82
  34. 34
    FED

    71A Gave a meal to

    10
    105
  35. 35
    ORIOLE

    16A Baltimore bird

    10
    93
  36. 36
    LORE

    31D Set of traditional beliefs

    9
    130
  37. 37
    AUDI

    56A German carmaker

    9
    111
  38. 38
    AETNA

    28A Giant in health insurance

    9
    93
  39. 39
    DEEP

    13D Profound

    9
    91
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    ETUDE

    54D Musical practice piece

    9
    87
  41. 41
    REUP

    45A Enroll for another year of duty

    8
    48
  42. 42
    NAY

    52D Vote that cancels out a yea

    7
    119
  43. 43
    ELUDE

    20A Manage to avoid

    7
    87
  44. 44
    SEEK

    40D Search for

    7
    54
  45. 45
    CLAP

    23A Applaud

    6
    84
  46. 46
    UHUH

    57D Thumbs-down response

    6
    57
  47. 47
    SWAM

    32D Got one's kicks at the pool?

    6
    56
  48. 48
    RATED

    55D Given a PG-13, say

    5
    52
  49. 49
    ENDOW

    38A Provide with continuing funds

    4
    64
  50. 50
    NADIR

    26D Low point

    4
    49
  51. 51
    DIES

    21D Conks out

    4
    48
  52. 52
    GOAL

    11D Objective for a soccer player

    4
    48
  53. 53
    NONOS

    53D Unacceptable actions

    4
    43
  54. 54
    PIPE

    46D Something that might spring a leak

    3
    56
  55. 55
    DEBIT

    49A Ledger entry on the minus side

    3
    28
  56. 56
    EUROPA

    66A Mythical beauty who lent her name to a continent

    3
    15
  57. 57
    CREEP

    1D Slimeball

    2
    35
  58. 58
    DISMAL

    48D Dreary

    2
    13
  59. 59
    PERILS

    29A Mortal dangers

    2
    8
  60. 60
    BISECT

    50D Cut in half

    1
    16
  61. 61
    DIRECT

    4D Without stopping en route

    1
    12
  62. 62
    DOGNAP

    8D Run off with a boxer, maybe?

    1
    7
  63. 63
    VISITOR

    44D Someone dropping by

    1
    7
  64. 64
    STILTON

    40A Strong-smelling cheese made in England

    1
    6
  65. 65
    DISCERN

    10D Recognize, as differences

    1
    5
  66. 66
    ANAT

    25D Med school subj.

    0
    126
  67. 67
    STOVE

    43A Cook's workspace

    0
    30
  68. 68
    REMUS

    7D Co-founder of Rome with Romulus

    0
    23
  69. 69
    STUDY

    37D Prepare for a hard test

    0
    13
  70. 70
    PONIED

    47A Coughed (up)

    0
    7
  71. 71
    SHERYL

    69A Singer/songwriter Crow

    0
    7
  72. 72
    IDIOTPROOF

    30D Impossible to mess up

    0
    5
  73. 73
    DODGED

    8A Managed to avoid

    0
    4
  74. 74
    POPULATION

    3D China's is around 1.4 billion

    0
    2
  75. 75
    RUMMAGESALE

    18A Yard event to clear out the attic

    0
    2
  76. 76
    PELICANSTATE debut

    24A Louisiana's avian nickname

    0
    1
  77. 77
    SKINNYDIPPER debut

    51A One barely in the water?

    0
    1
  78. 78
    WHATSMYNAME debut

    61A Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across

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    1