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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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    ALE

    64A Ginger ___

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    570
  2. 2
    EAR

    21D Droopy part of a basset hound

    57
    485
  3. 3
    ERR

    60D Blunder

    54
    522
  4. 4
    ANTE

    13A Start the poker pot

    45
    461
  5. 5
    LEE

    22A Harper who wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird"

    40
    360
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    SOS

    45A Classic distress call

    34
    251
  7. 7
    IDO

    7D Wedding words

    33
    336
  8. 8
    ANTS

    11D Pantry-raiding bugs

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    247
  9. 9
    OSLO

    63A Norway's capital

    32
    324
  10. 10
    ARTS

    18A ___ and crafts

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    222
  11. 11
    IDLE

    36A Just sitting around

    30
    259
  12. 12
    OVAL

    58A Presidential office shape

    24
    216
  13. 13
    SIRI

    10D In answer to the request "Talk dirty to me," she sometimes says "The carpet needs vacuuming"

    21
    77
  14. 14
    TEES

    66A Many souvenir shirts

    19
    145
  15. 15
    IAM

    44D "Take me as ___"

    19
    127
  16. 16
    CNN

    38A Channel for Erin Burnett and Don Lemon

    19
    126
  17. 17
    BAR

    46A Setting for TV's "Cheers"

    18
    157
  18. 18
    LAS

    26A Refrain syllables in "Deck the Halls"

    17
    173
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    ODIN

    29D Chief Norse god

    17
    159
  20. 20
    EGRET

    65A White-plumed wader

    17
    111
  21. 21
    RAY

    25A Bit of sunshine

    16
    128
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    EVIL

    53D Like Satan

    14
    208
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    SCAN

    35D Read the U.P.C. of

    14
    149
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    LOLA

    52D Name spelled out in a Kinks hit

    14
    131
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    DEER

    31D Cousin of an elk

    13
    154
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    ALPO

    30D Big name in dog food

    13
    138
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    GAP

    49A Intervening space

    13
    131
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    TROT

    57D Gait slower than a gallop

    12
    171
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    SAM

    10A "Casablanca" pianist

    12
    155
  30. 30
    TENOR

    42A Voice above baritone

    10
    107
  31. 31
    IMAM

    33D Mosque leader

    9
    111
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    MESH

    12D See-through material

    8
    115
  33. 33
    STORE

    3D Mall unit

    8
    87
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    VETO

    34D Presidential bill-killer

    8
    56
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    VINE

    28D Trellis-climbing plant

    8
    55
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    REUP

    8D Extend one's tour of duty

    8
    48
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    OMEGA

    37A Letter after phi, chi and psi

    7
    129
  38. 38
    HERD

    4D Group of buffalo

    7
    70
  39. 39
    SAID

    35A Uttered

    7
    62
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    AMPLE

    50D Enough

    7
    59
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    CAIRO

    5A Egypt's capital

    6
    67
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    PESOS

    51D Money in Mexico

    6
    63
  43. 43
    SWAG

    55D Pirate's plunder

    6
    58
  44. 44
    FADE

    41A Lose color

    6
    53
  45. 45
    MATH

    40A Trig, calc, etc.

    6
    48
  46. 46
    COME

    32D Easy ___, easy go

    6
    43
  47. 47
    WINE

    15A What an oenologist is an expert on

    5
    55
  48. 48
    UNTIE

    2D Remove a knot from

    4
    76
  49. 49
    RUNS

    23A Scores in baseball

    4
    41
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    GOOSE

    49D Bird in a gaggle

    4
    38
  51. 51
    BASAL

    1D ___ metabolism (energy expended at rest)

    4
    26
  52. 52
    EPITOME

    56A Perfect example

    4
    22
  53. 53
    MARACA

    17D Percussion instrument made from a gourd

    4
    22
  54. 54
    GAME

    54D Minecraft or Fortnite

    2
    68
  55. 55
    LIMB

    61A Arm or leg

    2
    53
  56. 56
    PEALE

    48D Portrait painter Rembrandt ___

    2
    25
  57. 57
    STOLID

    39D Calm and impassive

    2
    15
  58. 58
    ORDERED

    9D Arranged alphabetically, e.g.

    2
    13
  59. 59
    OPEL

    47A German car once owned by General Motors

    1
    76
  60. 60
    EARLE

    62A Country singer Steve

    1
    53
  61. 61
    SOANDSO

    24D No-goodnik

    1
    23
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    SEPTET

    45D Group of seven

    1
    22
  63. 63
    BUSH

    1A President George or George W.

    1
    19
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    CIVIC

    32A Honda model with a palindromic name

    1
    19
  65. 65
    FORESEE

    41D Observe through a crystal ball, say

    1
    15
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    LEGUMES

    52A Peas and peanuts, for two

    1
    6
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    PEEVISH

    20A Ill-tempered

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    4
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    OVERLOAD

    27A Burden too heavily

    1
    3
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    ALLEN

    6D Basketball great Iverson

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    56
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    SNIPE

    39A Make catty remarks from the side

    0
    42
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    ALDER

    14A Catkin-producing tree

    0
    33
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    CACTUS

    5D Prickly plant

    0
    14
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    AIRDATE

    19A Broadcast time

    0
    11
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    EMOTIONS

    43A Love, jealousy and anger

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    3
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    LIGHTBULB

    26D Idea, in the comics

    0
    3
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    STORMCLOUD debut

    16A Anger, in the comics

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    1
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    SWEATDROPS debut

    59A Nervousness, in the comics

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    1
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    WAVYLINES debut

    15D Odor, in the comics

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    1