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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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    SEA

    71A Word before lion, level or legs

    40
    370
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    NSA

    66D Secretive government org.

    38
    233
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    ANN

    40A ___ Arbor, Mich.

    33
    300
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    OSLO

    30A Norway's capital

    32
    324
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    OBOE

    69A It leads the orchestra in tuning

    32
    315
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    OMNI

    35A Prefix with -vore or -scient

    31
    218
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    ELM

    23D Stately tree

    30
    240
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    GAS

    5A Product of Chevron or Shell

    30
    218
  9. 9
    AMI

    21D "What ___?" (end of a riddle)

    29
    302
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    ARM

    6D Cost an ___ and a leg

    27
    264
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    EYES

    62D Seeing things?

    24
    195
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    OWE

    65D Be indebted to

    23
    208
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    OHIO

    13A State that's said to be "high in the middle"

    23
    200
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    OER

    34A "___ the land of the free ..."

    22
    248
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    ALEC

    11D Trump impersonator Baldwin

    19
    279
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    RYE

    50D Loaf with seeds

    19
    212
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    GPA

    5D 4.0 is a superb one, in brief

    18
    128
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    PRO

    14A Con's opposite

    15
    214
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    AHOY

    2D Greeting to a "matey"

    13
    108
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    SHED

    48A What snakes and lizards do periodically with their skin

    12
    115
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    IRULE

    28D Cry made while chest-thumping

    12
    28
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    AMY

    46D Senator Klobuchar

    11
    136
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    OLIVE

    42A Shade akin to army green

    11
    99
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    EEO

    47A Antidiscrimination inits.

    10
    76
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    LOBE

    60D Part of an ear or brain

    10
    75
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    SYNC

    54A Coordinate, informally

    9
    72
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    LEVEE

    32D Flood blocker

    9
    63
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    GUAC

    45A Avocado dip, informally

    9
    28
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    DATE

    55D Calendar info

    7
    104
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    OWEN

    22A Actor Wilson

    7
    87
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    OURS

    56D "___ is not to reason why ..."

    7
    77
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    ODEON

    33D Ancient theater

    7
    59
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    ATLAST

    43A "Finally!"

    7
    58
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    GRIT

    57D Stick-to-itiveness

    6
    51
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    AURORA

    63A ___ borealis

    6
    45
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    PERK

    12D Become more attentive, with "up"

    5
    54
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    TOGAS

    26D Some fraternity party getups

    5
    50
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    PEGS

    72A Square ones won't fit into round holes

    5
    49
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    SWAY

    52A What trees do in the wind

    5
    37
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    MASK

    25A Part of a Halloween costume

    5
    33
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    ESTES

    70A ___ Park, Colo.

    4
    125
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    NENA

    24D "99 Red Balloons" singer

    4
    30
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    NOCANDO

    37D Slangy turndown of a request for help

    4
    16
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    MALI

    10D Its capital is Bamako

    3
    91
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    SOPH

    7D Student who's no longer a frosh

    3
    46
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    RINGO

    29D Rock Starr?

    3
    39
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    UNITS

    8D Cups and quarts

    3
    38
  48. 48
    TIARAS

    44D Bejeweled bands

    3
    33
  49. 49
    NUNS

    41D Convent residents

    3
    32
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    BARD

    1A Shakespeare, for one

    3
    31
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    WIRES

    53D Tangle behind a computer, maybe

    3
    19
  52. 52
    ICEPOP

    51D Cold treat on a stick

    3
    11
  53. 53
    USMAP

    8A Many an electoral chart, in brief

    3
    7
  54. 54
    HEATH

    27D Actor Ledger

    2
    34
  55. 55
    VWS

    68A Beetles, e.g., for short

    2
    22
  56. 56
    SYSCO

    19A Houston-based food service giant

    2
    9
  57. 57
    RIOS

    3D Rivers, in Mexico

    1
    36
  58. 58
    INHALE

    15A Take a deep breath

    1
    33
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    SPIED

    31D Observed secretly

    1
    18
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    IDTAGS

    15D Pet collar attachments

    1
    14
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    TRIBES

    67A Apache and Sioux, for two

    1
    11
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    DMVS

    58D License bureaus, for short

    1
    6
  63. 63
    DADSTOBE

    39D Expectant papas

    1
    3
  64. 64
    DELVE

    59A Go deeply (into)

    0
    22
  65. 65
    BOBS

    1D Short hairstyles

    0
    21
  66. 66
    DOTCOM

    4D Company doing business mostly online

    0
    11
  67. 67
    DIALER

    18A One placing a phone call

    0
    9
  68. 68
    SNIPED

    36A Made snide verbal attacks

    0
    9
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    IRONMAIDEN

    49A British heavy metal band named for a torture device

    0
    8
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    VLOG

    61D Certain YouTube posting

    0
    7
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    GAUDY

    38A Ostentatiously ornamented

    0
    6
  72. 72
    HATTRICK

    20A Three goals by the same player

    0
    6
  73. 73
    MONOPOLY

    64A Game whose tokens have included the starts of 16-, 20-, 26-, 49- and 55-Across

    0
    6
  74. 74
    DOGTIRED

    55A All tuckered out

    0
    5
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    BOOTCAMP

    16A Where Army recruits go to start training

    0
    3
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    COWBOYS debut

    17D Some rodeo riders

    0
    1
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    SHARKOIL debut

    9D Controversial cosmetics ingredient

    0
    1
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    THIMBLERIG debut

    26A Shell game

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    1