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Monday · 74 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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    EEL

    23A What unagi is, at a sushi bar

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    ALI

    58D Ring master?

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    518
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    OREO

    11D Cookie since 1912

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    408
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    ELSE

    54D "If all ___ fails ..."

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    440
  5. 5
    ANA

    8D Santa ___ winds

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    367
  6. 6
    ANTI

    17A Prefix with knock or lock

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    364
  7. 7
    STAR

    1A Part of a constellation

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    316
  8. 8
    ARIA

    16A Song for a diva

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    446
  9. 9
    OIL

    42A Home heating option

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    282
  10. 10
    ELLE

    59A Vogue competitor

    25
    221
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    ORB

    31D Heavenly sphere

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    195
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    ASIS

    49D Thrift shop caveat

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    183
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    TEEN

    6D One starting college, typically

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    192
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    SOB

    57D Have a bawl

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    149
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    LIAR

    12D Polygraph flunker

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    177
  16. 16
    NASA

    62A Cape Canaveral org.

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    174
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    DEL

    34D Dover's state: Abbr.

    18
    128
  18. 18
    TET

    37A Vietnamese New Year

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    179
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    OWN

    31A "To thine ___ self be true"

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    148
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    ACTI

    3D Intermission preceder

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    129
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    ELMO

    19D Red Muppet on "Sesame Street"

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    174
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    AROSE

    40A Got out of bed

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    154
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    BAN

    7D Prohibit

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    125
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    IRAS

    60A Savings plans for old age, in brief

    11
    129
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    RESET

    35A Odometer button

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    109
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    TINA

    2D Funny Fey

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    118
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    TEAM

    55D Sports squad

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    98
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    TALL

    44D Like most centers in basketball

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    89
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    SLAM

    1D Close with a bang

    8
    101
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    LON

    48A Chaney of silent films

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    100
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    ATBAT

    5A Facing the pitcher

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    91
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    BLAH

    53D Lackluster

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    80
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    FARE

    50D Taxi charge

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    56
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    DATE

    13D See socially

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    104
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    SEXY

    63A Erotic

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    81
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    LICE

    14A Parasitic insects that suck

    7
    37
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    IMPEI

    32A Chinese-born architect who won a 43-Across

    6
    37
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    SELMA

    24A 2014 film in which David Oyelowo played Martin Luther King Jr.

    5
    69
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    MERIT

    21D Kind of badge for a scout

    5
    66
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    ALGORE

    22A In his Webby Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech (which is limited to five words), he said "Please don't recount this vote"

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    44
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    IMAX

    51D Big-screen film format

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    69
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    THEM

    65A "How do you like ___ apples?"

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    64
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    BEEP

    39A What to leave a phone message after

    4
    47
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    COLON

    61A :

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    27
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    HEROS

    38D Long lunches?

    4
    25
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    EDITOR

    25D Newspaper worker

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    GOOD

    33A Well-behaved

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    46
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    HEDGE

    38A Row of bushes

    3
    28
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    INTENT

    46D Purpose

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    22
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    REINER

    4D Director Rob

    3
    20
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    TOTALS

    9D Wrecks beyond repair

    3
    19
  52. 52
    LAYER

    47A Coat of paint

    2
    35
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    BEANO

    15A Digestive aid brand

    2
    21
  54. 54
    BLOT

    52D Rorschach image

    1
    48
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    SWEEP

    26D Clean with a broom

    1
    36
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    UNSER

    27D Al ___, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner

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    34
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    GOLD

    10A Top Olympic medal

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    OBITS

    64A Newspaper pieces collected in the book "The Last Word"

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    26
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    DOGIE

    30D Motherless calf

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    NODOZ

    29D Product for one pulling an all-nighter

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    14
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    ABSALOM

    5D Son of David in the Old Testament

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    7
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    UPTAKE

    28D Slow on the ___

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    11
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    SNEERER

    24D One expressing contempt

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    10
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    AFIELD

    49A Far ___ (a long distance away)

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    8
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    MAINMAN

    20A Close guy friend

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    8
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    ZYDECO

    45D Louisiana music typically featuring an accordion

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    8
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    SENATESEAT

    18A Position sought every six years

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    7
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    SPLEENS

    41D Lymphocyte-producing organs

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    7
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    EPILEPSY

    36D Cause of seizures

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    6
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    BESTBET

    52A Safest course of action

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    5
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    SAMPLESALE

    56A Pop-up store opportunity for bargain hunters

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    2
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    GASGAUGE debut

    10D Dashboard dial that goes from "E" to "F"

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    1
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    PRITZKERPRIZE debut

    43A Annual award for architects

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    1
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    SURROUNDSOUND debut

    26A Home theater feature, maybe

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    1