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Monday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    YES

    60D "Affirmative"

    50
    365
  2. 2
    ICE

    58D What's dispensed from the middle of many a soda dispenser

    40
    391
  3. 3
    SEA

    13D Mediterranean or Adriatic

    40
    370
  4. 4
    ANY

    52A Even a single one

    33
    249
  5. 5
    EKE

    11D Barely make, with "out"

    31
    236
  6. 6
    OLD

    34D With 33-Down, the U.S. flag, affectionately

    30
    247
  7. 7
    SRO

    46A Sign of a B'way success

    24
    251
  8. 8
    EPIC

    31A "Shogun" or "The Lord of the Rings"

    23
    235
  9. 9
    DEE

    66A Actor Billy ___ Williams

    22
    182
  10. 10
    ARC

    22A Shape of a rainbow

    20
    265
  11. 11
    RYE

    28D Bread for a Reuben sandwich

    19
    212
  12. 12
    TRY

    29A Attempt

    19
    181
  13. 13
    BEE

    21A Busy buzzer

    18
    184
  14. 14
    ELENA

    19A Supreme Court justice Kagan

    15
    178
  15. 15
    ALPS

    42A Swiss peaks

    15
    133
  16. 16
    RAH

    8D "Go team!"

    13
    215
  17. 17
    ARCH

    24D Prefix with angel or enemy

    13
    159
  18. 18
    NON

    12D Opposite of oui

    13
    143
  19. 19
    ASL

    14A Communication system for the deaf, for short

    13
    90
  20. 20
    GEM

    57D "Columbia, the ___ of the Ocean"

    12
    119
  21. 21
    ACHOO

    22D Sound before someone says "Gesundheit!"

    12
    92
  22. 22
    EMOJI

    31D Texter's pictograph

    12
    31
  23. 23
    PALS

    1D Buddies

    11
    62
  24. 24
    ATA

    4D One day ___ time

    7
    161
  25. 25
    BBC

    59D Network on the telly

    7
    76
  26. 26
    ANGER

    4A Ire

    7
    75
  27. 27
    BARN

    38D Farm building

    7
    67
  28. 28
    CLEAR

    48D Cloudless

    6
    68
  29. 29
    PUP

    1A Young dog or seal

    6
    61
  30. 30
    LOX

    53A Bagel topper

    6
    59
  31. 31
    LOTTO

    49D Game of chance whose results are often televised

    6
    56
  32. 32
    NOTES

    25D Jots down

    5
    59
  33. 33
    GOTO

    33A Attend, as an event

    5
    48
  34. 34
    TULSA

    15A Second-largest city in Oklahoma

    5
    42
  35. 35
    NURSE

    51D One taking vitals, perhaps

    4
    55
  36. 36
    OVENS

    9A Bakery fixtures

    4
    49
  37. 37
    OVUM

    54A Egg cell

    4
    45
  38. 38
    AGING

    56A Gerontologist's study

    4
    39
  39. 39
    CROSS

    65A Symbol of Christianity

    4
    36
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    OPERAS

    9D "La Traviata" and "Carmen"

    3
    50
  41. 41
    BATHE

    62A Wash

    3
    44
  42. 42
    PEKOE

    16A High-quality black tea

    3
    41
  43. 43
    TRAMP

    26D Disney's "Lady and the ___"

    3
    37
  44. 44
    EMORY

    37D Prestigious Atlanta university

    3
    34
  45. 45
    OVOID

    50D Egg-shaped

    3
    28
  46. 46
    ESSEN

    7D German steel city

    2
    126
  47. 47
    USAIR

    2D Former competitor of Southwest

    2
    47
  48. 48
    SITU

    20A In ___ (as found)

    2
    45
  49. 49
    AME

    35A Inits. in some church names

    2
    40
  50. 50
    PLUTO

    3D Demoted planet

    2
    29
  51. 51
    ISS

    63A Mag. number

    2
    27
  52. 52
    FOX

    40A Sly animal

    2
    26
  53. 53
    GLORY

    33D See 34-Down

    2
    18
  54. 54
    AGA

    56D Turkish title

    1
    132
  55. 55
    AMESS

    64A "What ___!" ("It's so sloppy!")

    1
    27
  56. 56
    PIXEL

    32D Dot in a 31-Down

    1
    20
  57. 57
    MODS

    41A Internet forum overseers, informally

    1
    18
  58. 58
    ALOTOF

    39D Many

    1
    15
  59. 59
    RUSTIC

    18D Suitable for the country

    1
    13
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    FEH

    40D Sound of disgust

    1
    11
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    VELCRO

    10D Alternative to shoelaces

    1
    10
  62. 62
    TANGOS

    45D Argentine partner dances

    1
    9
  63. 63
    GLUEY

    6D Sticky

    1
    7
  64. 64
    SIXTHS

    46D Generous portions of pie

    1
    6
  65. 65
    MDSE

    55D Commercial goods: Abbr.

    0
    23
  66. 66
    ERMAS

    27D Humorist Bombeck and others

    0
    19
  67. 67
    GECKO

    61A Geico mascot

    0
    18
  68. 68
    CLANKS

    44D Chain-rattling sounds

    0
    2
  69. 69
    EJECTOR

    43A Kind of seat in a fighter jet

    0
    2
  70. 70
    LAURABUSH debut

    17A Author of the memoir "Spoken From the Heart" (2010)

    0
    2
  71. 71
    MICHELLEOBAMA

    36A Author of the memoir "Becoming" (2018)

    0
    2
  72. 72
    OHSORRY

    30A "I apologize!"

    0
    2
  73. 73
    BETTYFORD debut

    59A Author of the memoir "The Times of My Life" (1978)

    0
    1
  74. 74
    HILLARYCLINTON debut

    47A Author of the memoir "Living History" (2003)

    0
    1
  75. 75
    NUBBLY debut

    5D Rough and textured, as fabric

    0
    1
  76. 76
    ROSALYNNCARTER debut

    23A Author of the memoir "First Lady From Plains" (1984)

    0
    1