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Monday · 78 answers · 2 debuts

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

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    ETA

    60D When to expect someone, for short

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    ALA

    53A State east of Miss.

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    EMO

    33D Comedian Philips

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    ODOR

    36D Ammonia has a strong one

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    344
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    OSLO

    27D Norway's capital

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    324
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    ESAU

    55D Biblical son of Isaac

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    245
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    STAN

    28D Ollie's partner in old comedy

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    228
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    ACHE

    20A Pain

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    ITEM

    63A One of 10 or fewer, maybe, in a checkout lane

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    274
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    EARS

    10A Distinctive bunny features

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    163
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    SSNS

    37D Identifiers on tax returns: Abbr.

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    130
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    ELK

    9D Antlered animal

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    207
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    ICEE

    57D Drink brand with a polar bear in its logo

    25
    91
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    KNEE

    6A Joint between the ankle and hip

    24
    264
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    ALOT

    42A Loads and loads

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    262
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    SARI

    23D Dress in Delhi

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    191
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    ATOP

    16A On

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    208
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    TEES

    32A Golf pegs

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    145
  19. 19
    ABEL

    15A Brother of Cain

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    194
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    DYE

    5D Easter egg coloring

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    162
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    ERIC

    2D With 1-Down, player of the Hulk in 2003's "Hulk"

    17
    251
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    ALES

    65A Hearty draughts

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    240
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    INANE

    64A Silly

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    NAAN

    39D Indian flatbread

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    69
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    ABA

    22D Lawyer's org.

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    195
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    NONE

    41A All's opposite

    14
    132
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    ARCH

    3D One of two in the McDonald's logo

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    159
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    RISE

    25D What bread dough and the morning sun do

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    150
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    OUT

    21A Not at home

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    149
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    LLAMA

    51D Peruvian pack animal

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    96
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    TARA

    66A "Gone With the Wind" plantation

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    154
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    BAT

    45D One of Dracula's forms

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    128
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    MEAL

    46D Not just a snack

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    89
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    MIT

    59D Sch. about a mile from Harvard

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    AFOOT

    52A "The game is ___" (Sherlock Holmes declaration)

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    52
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    ARRAY

    14A Impressive display

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    51
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    ATOLL

    11D Island with a lagoon

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    RAKE

    4D Leaf-gathering tool

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    ASTOR

    31A First U.S. multimillionaire John Jacob ___

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    MIR

    61D Bygone Russian space station

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    MBAS

    44A Some C.E.O.s' degs.

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    BIAS

    30A Discrimination

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    80
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    LOIS

    18D ___ Lane, lover of Superman

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    NOLIE

    49D "That's the truth!"

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    47
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    PLIE

    62A Elegant ballet bend

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    GOYA

    19A Spanish artist Francisco ___

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    42
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    TULSA

    32D Oklahoma's second-largest city

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    42
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    TAMPA

    47D Home of the Rays and Buccaneers

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    ORZO

    35D Rice-shaped pasta

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    58
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    LATER

    50D "See ya!"

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    49
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    JEDI

    54A "Return of the ___" (Episode VI of "Star Wars")

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    48
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    CAPN

    26D Quaker's ___ Crunch cereal

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    35
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    SPANS

    13D Wing-to-wing measures

    4
    30
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    COOS

    34A Dove sounds

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    29
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    BANA

    1D See 2-Down

    4
    25
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    REUSE

    67A Find a new purpose for

    3
    39
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    ROYAL

    12D Prince or princess

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    44
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    BEARD

    1A Facial hair generally banned in the military

    2
    35
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    DINS

    56D Rackets

    2
    20
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    JUNE

    54D Big month for weddings

    2
    19
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    EBERT

    24D Roger of "At the Movies"

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    ALLAN

    22A Edgar ___ Poe

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    43
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    MILL

    58A Grain-grinding facility

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    27
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    CLOY

    40D Be too sweet, possibly

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    KABUL

    6D Afghanistan's capital

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    MOTORS

    46A Engines

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    6
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    NBATV

    7D Pro hoops network

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    5
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    IFILL

    48D Peabody Award-winning journalist Gwen

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    4
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    NICKELBACK

    17A Rock band with the 2001 #1 hit "How You Remind Me"

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    3
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    EEC

    8D Common Market letters

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    48
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    COSTAS

    26A Sportscaster Bob

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    11
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    TINPANALLEY

    47A Old New York song publishing locale

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    5
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    EAGLESCOUT

    10D Earner of at least 21 merit badges

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    4
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    LUZON

    43A Largest island in the Philippines

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    4
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    TOTEMPOLES

    29D Carvings of Pacific Northwest tribes

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    3
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    SILVERBELLS

    23A Classic Christmas song with the lyric "City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, / Dressed in holiday style"

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    2
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    METALMUSIC debut

    59A Genre for Slayer and Iron Maiden ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across

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    PLATINUMRECORDS debut

    38A Million-selling albums

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    1