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Monday · 83 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    IRE

    62D Ill temper

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    498
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    ASH

    5D Campfire waste

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    458
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    SAT

    30D Took a chair

    35
    284
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    SOS

    23D "Help!"

    34
    251
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    ANN

    37D ___ Arbor, Mich.

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    300
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    ISLE

    59D Castaway's site

    31
    316
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    ACHE

    48A What aspirin helps alleviate

    28
    282
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    IOTA

    59A Tiny bit

    25
    243
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    OWE

    47D Have debts

    23
    208
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    USES

    29A Manipulates

    19
    193
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    ORG

    24A Alternative to .com and .edu

    17
    108
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    STS

    43A Ave. crossers

    16
    191
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    NEMO

    25D Verne captain

    16
    156
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    TADA

    21A "There! I did it!"

    16
    138
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    NINE

    40D The sum of the digits of any multiple of ___ is a multiple of ___ (arithmetic curiosity)

    15
    155
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    YEP

    10D Slangy affirmative

    15
    87
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    NAT

    64D ___ King Cole

    13
    190
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    NON

    63D Parisian denial

    13
    143
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    GNU

    9D Wildebeest

    13
    127
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    OPINE

    16A State one's views

    13
    95
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    UFOS

    19D Interplanetary craft, for short

    13
    88
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    SLAB

    68A Thick slice

    13
    86
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    ALERT

    67A Opposite of drowsy

    12
    168
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    STERN

    55D Back of a ship

    10
    113
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    ANODE

    57A Battery terminal

    10
    107
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    FREE

    28D Gratis

    10
    107
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    FBI

    22A Grp. with a Most Wanted list

    10
    75
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    SNAFU

    14D Mess of a mistake

    10
    58
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    MOTTO

    1D "Be Prepared," for Boy Scouts

    10
    51
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    META

    4D Self-referential, in modern lingo

    9
    87
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    HAH

    42D "Fat chance!"

    9
    86
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    SEWS

    11A Does needlework

    9
    77
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    SERIF

    23A Typographical flourish

    9
    60
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    EVAN

    17A Welsh "John"

    8
    122
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    RUT

    33D Groove it's hard to get out of

    8
    101
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    NEWT

    60A Pond amphibian

    8
    94
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    GIS

    8D Ones with A.P.O. addresses

    8
    82
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    PST

    54A West Coast winter hrs.

    8
    82
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    EARNS

    45A Brings in, as a salary

    8
    81
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    MAGMA

    1A Molten rock in a volcano

    8
    30
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    AIDA

    48D Verdi opera

    7
    161
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    CAD

    58A Scoundrel

    7
    101
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    VERA

    20A Designer Wang

    7
    65
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    DJS

    32D Record spinners, in brief

    7
    53
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    TALES

    53D Many works of Edgar Allan Poe

    7
    48
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    IMOUT

    35D "See ya!"

    7
    34
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    IRONY

    44A The fact that the Bible is the most shoplifted book in America, e.g.

    6
    50
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    EVERY

    12D Each and ___

    6
    34
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    ONEAL

    50D Shaquille of the N.B.A.

    5
    140
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    FCC

    61D TV-monitoring agcy.

    5
    52
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    MGS

    38D Classic British sports cars

    5
    46
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    PARSE

    31A Break down grammatically

    5
    46
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    FAM

    36A Relatives, informally

    5
    29
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    ATWAR

    2D Battling

    4
    48
  55. 55
    CENTS

    69A The "99" in $2.99, e.g.

    3
    38
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    MERGE

    34D Sign at the end of an entrance ramp

    3
    33
  57. 57
    TERNS

    70A Shore birds

    3
    28
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    APBIO

    7D Tough H.S. science course

    3
    14
  59. 59
    LSDTAB

    46D '60s drug dose

    3
    5
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    WARIO debut

    13D Nintendo antagonist with a "W" on his cap

    3
    5
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    ICANT

    52D Words from one who's defeated

    2
    35
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    CRONE

    66A Aged Grimm character

    2
    32
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    TARTS

    56D Fruit desserts

    2
    31
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    OTOES

    15A Native Americans originally of the Plains

    2
    30
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    HANGS

    49D Is suspended

    2
    25
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    MITRE

    34A Headdress for the archbishop of Canterbury

    2
    15
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    LONGU

    46A Vowel sound heard twice in "true blue"

    2
    12
  68. 68
    DREAM

    32A Lofty ambition

    1
    42
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    GAZA

    65A Largest city in the Palestinian territory

    1
    35
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    TECS

    41D Sleuths, in old slang

    1
    33
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    UPTON

    26D Model Kate

    1
    30
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    SEVERE

    11D Harsh, as a storm or criticism

    1
    19
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    FINALANSWER

    61A "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" catchphrase

    1
    3
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    BAGGY

    6A Opposite of tight-fitting, as jeans

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    7
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    BOMBS

    6D Gets an F on a test, say

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    7
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    PARRY

    27D Ward off, as a sword

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    7
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    FIREPOWER

    36D Military muscle

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    5
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    HOWSWEETITIS

    49A "The Jackie Gleason Show" catchphrase

    0
    3
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    TWOTHUMBSUP

    18A "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" catchphrase

    0
    2
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    GOODGUESS debut

    3D "You were close with that response"

    0
    1
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    JUSTONEMORETHING debut

    39A "Columbo" catchphrase

    0
    1
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    NOSOUPFORYOU debut

    25A "Seinfeld" catchphrase

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    1
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    WOWZA debut

    51D "Surprisingly impressive!"

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    1