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Monday · 74 answers · 6 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    ERA

    64A Defining period

    97
    791
  2. 2
    ONE

    5D Number said just before "Liftoff!"

    63
    612
  3. 3
    OLE

    34D Cry to a toreador

    54
    525
  4. 4
    USA

    13A Olympic Dream Team inits.

    40
    261
  5. 5
    AGO

    11D "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" intro)

    39
    291
  6. 6
    RAN

    12D Tried to get elected

    25
    291
  7. 7
    IOTA

    62A Tiny bit

    25
    243
  8. 8
    ANO

    36A "That's ___ from me" (refusal)

    25
    216
  9. 9
    IRAN

    27A Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q

    22
    276
  10. 10
    USER

    39D For whom a product designer designs

    19
    246
  11. 11
    ESTEE

    66A Cosmetician Lauder

    18
    185
  12. 12
    OTTER

    52D It's said to have the thickest fur of any mammal

    15
    165
  13. 13
    OLGA

    16A ___ Tokarczuk, 2018 Literature Nobelist

    15
    133
  14. 14
    SIP

    57D Sample a soda, say

    15
    128
  15. 15
    WOE

    58D Tribulation

    15
    119
  16. 16
    ELON

    19A Musk who founded SpaceX

    15
    102
  17. 17
    LAT

    60D Back muscle, for short

    14
    109
  18. 18
    ASADA

    2D Carne ___ (grilled beef dish)

    13
    42
  19. 19
    ESSAY

    54D Op-ed piece, e.g.

    12
    153
  20. 20
    NEATO

    35A "Keen!"

    12
    127
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    GOO

    40A Melted chocolate, e.g.

    11
    121
  22. 22
    GEAR

    9A Rod, reel, tackle box, etc., for a fisher

    11
    119
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    TOTE

    51A Pledge drive giveaway

    10
    103
  24. 24
    REY

    67A Singer Lana Del ___

    10
    98
  25. 25
    LASS

    23A Young Scottish lady

    9
    103
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    CASH

    31D Alternative to Venmo

    9
    101
  27. 27
    PAW

    1A Thing with pads and claws

    9
    91
  28. 28
    ONTAP

    32D Like some beer at a bar

    8
    103
  29. 29
    BALE

    38D Hay unit

    8
    84
  30. 30
    ATA

    6D ___ snail's pace

    7
    161
  31. 31
    ROOT

    30D Rummage (around)

    7
    119
  32. 32
    IDEAS

    20A Brainstorms

    7
    95
  33. 33
    PEEL

    65A Banana leftover

    6
    97
  34. 34
    STRIP

    41A Word before mall or poker

    6
    61
  35. 35
    SWAG

    57A Appropriate initials of "stuff we all get"

    6
    58
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    METOO

    44D Trending hashtag beginning in 2017

    6
    53
  37. 37
    TETON

    26D Grand ___ National Park

    6
    40
  38. 38
    PAPI

    24D Big ___, nickname of baseball's David Ortiz

    6
    20
  39. 39
    THERE

    53D When repeated, comforting words

    5
    54
  40. 40
    MOREL

    7D Edible mushroom with a honeycomb cap

    5
    36
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    ENTOMB

    14A Place in a mausoleum

    5
    24
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    LASIK

    18D Elective eye surgery

    5
    18
  43. 43
    LEDE

    48A Start of a newspaper article, in journalese

    5
    16
  44. 44
    ELAPSE

    21A Go by, as time

    4
    64
  45. 45
    QUE

    61D "What?," in Oaxaca

    4
    46
  46. 46
    STOPS

    46D Dots on a transit map

    4
    33
  47. 47
    MULE

    56D Farm animal that kicks

    3
    48
  48. 48
    ROAMS

    4A Wanders

    3
    26
  49. 49
    ENOL

    25D Unstable chemical compound

    2
    87
  50. 50
    REBS

    4D Yanks' foes

    2
    43
  51. 51
    ILLEGAL

    42D Against the law

    2
    12
  52. 52
    MOTHS

    56A Insects that love wool

    1
    26
  53. 53
    SALUTE

    47D What lieutenants do to captains

    1
    26
  54. 54
    WALES

    3D Home of Cardiff and Swansea

    1
    20
  55. 55
    GOESAPE

    9D Flips out

    1
    13
  56. 56
    SMELLS

    8D Gets a whiff of

    1
    13
  57. 57
    CORPORATE

    33D Related to big business

    1
    3
  58. 58
    RESOLE

    55A Fix, as a shoe

    0
    22
  59. 59
    STPAUL

    63A Minneapolis's twin city

    0
    19
  60. 60
    PUPIL

    1D Necessity for a teacher

    0
    16
  61. 61
    EASEMENT

    43A Right to cross someone else's land

    0
    7
  62. 62
    SHOPPER

    29A Person with a basket or cart

    0
    5
  63. 63
    HAPLESS

    45A Unlucky

    0
    4
  64. 64
    KELPS

    50D "Trees" in underwater forests

    0
    4
  65. 65
    PRONGED

    22D Having tines

    0
    3
  66. 66
    BRAGH

    15D "Erin go ___!"

    0
    2
  67. 67
    PELLGRANT

    24A Financial aid for college that doesn't need to be repaid

    0
    2
  68. 68
    RAPPELS

    28D Comes down a mountain, in a way

    0
    2
  69. 69
    COCKAPOO debut

    31A Mixed-breed dog that's part spaniel

    0
    1
  70. 70
    ELLENPAGE debut

    10D Best Actress nominee for "Juno"

    0
    1
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    PALLBEARER debut

    17A Raiser of the dead?

    0
    1
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    PILLBUG debut

    37A Arthropod that can roll into a ball

    0
    1
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    POLLTAKER debut

    49A Busy person just before an election

    0
    1
  74. 74
    PULLQUOTES debut

    59A Lures for magazine readers

    0
    1