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Monday · 76 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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    ETA

    49A When a plane is due in, in brief

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    ALI

    43A "Baby Cobra" comic Wong

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    518
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    ELSE

    69A Otherwise

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    440
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    TSAR

    24D Ruler in pre-Communist Russia

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    341
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    ETAL

    11D And others: Abbr.

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    327
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    APE

    9D Primate with no tail

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    415
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    AMEN

    54D "You said it, brother!"

    27
    296
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    OIL

    21A ExxonMobil's business

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    282
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    STAT

    35D "Now!" in the operating room

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    239
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    OPERA

    64A "Tosca" or "Turandot"

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    247
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    OPAL

    2D Iridescent gem

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    253
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    SLED

    22A Toy that goes up slow and comes down fast

    23
    204
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    NAE

    62D Scottish negative

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    171
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    EGGS

    59D Objects in an Easter hunt

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    116
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    OLAF

    40D Minnesota's St. ___ College

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    110
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    SOFA

    1D Living room seat

    14
    116
  17. 17
    ALUM

    18D Grad

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    123
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    ENSUE

    31D Come next

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    101
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    AGENT

    9A Insurance worker

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    150
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    RENE

    60D Surrealist Magritte

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    221
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    OPEC

    39D Intl. group that has no members in Europe or North America

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    143
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    SLOT

    65A Opening for a coin

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    131
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    NILE

    12D River on which Cleopatra cruised

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    163
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    SLUR

    19D Shpeak indishtinctly

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    100
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    ONTAP

    42A Like draft beers

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    104
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    ROTC

    46D Coll. military program

    9
    97
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    OPUS

    14A Work by a composer

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    96
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    PYRE

    25D Heap for burning

    9
    32
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    SOLE

    1A Bottom of a shoe

    8
    138
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    PATIO

    16A Outdoor party locale

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    50
  31. 31
    ADULT

    32D One who's 18 or older

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    69
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    AOC

    63D Member of a D.C. "Squad"

    7
    16
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    SIGN

    66A Speak to a deaf person, in a way

    6
    65
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    MANY

    30D Not just a few

    6
    55
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    TYPEA

    33D Like an impatient and competitive personality

    6
    48
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    UPC

    26A What a grocery scanner scans, for short

    6
    43
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    FROG

    52D Creature that goes "ribbit!"

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    33
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    WORE

    5A Had on

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    61
  39. 39
    TOLD

    13D Couldn't keep a secret

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    53
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    GARR

    55D Actress Teri

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    51
  41. 41
    AXEL

    15A Skating leap

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    110
  42. 42
    OAS

    36A Grp. that extends from Canada to Chile

    4
    105
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    ELAINE

    8D Pal of Jerry on "Seinfeld"

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    101
  44. 44
    GENRE

    67A What the start of 17-, 29-, 45- or 61-Across is, in a bookstore

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    68
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    YULE

    44A Christmas season

    4
    53
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    LOPE

    53D Run easily

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    47
  47. 47
    FLAG

    52A Old Glory, for one

    4
    40
  48. 48
    PRUNE

    27D Dehydrated plum

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    28
  49. 49
    TYCO

    68A Tickle Me Elmo maker, once

    4
    19
  50. 50
    PROS

    34A They're paid to play

    3
    65
  51. 51
    REUSE

    51D Find a second function for

    3
    39
  52. 52
    VAIL

    58D Colorado skiing mecca

    3
    36
  53. 53
    TCU

    56A Sch. in Fort Worth

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    44
  54. 54
    GABS

    10D Talks on and on

    2
    43
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    COSTS

    28D Things weighed against benefits

    2
    26
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    OXY

    6D Popular acne medication

    2
    26
  57. 57
    LUNK

    3D Meathead

    2
    10
  58. 58
    LUNG

    48D Where inhaled air goes

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    31
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    ALKALI

    20A Corrosive substance

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    27
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    INEVER

    57A "The very idea!"

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    21
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    RANDY

    37A Lustful, informally

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    11
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    UPBOW

    26D Instruction for a violinist

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    10
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    OPENSUP

    40A Finally starts talking

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    6
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    REBOOTS

    7D Starts up again, as a computer

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    4
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    AWFULLY

    43D In a terrible way

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    3
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    BUTTONUP debut

    23A Close, as a jacket

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    2
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    ESTAB

    4D Abbr. before a date on a business shingle

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    20
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    NICEST

    47D Most pleasant

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    20
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    FANTASYBASEBALL

    17A Pastime for armchair sports enthusiasts

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    3
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    ROMANCELANGUAGE

    61A Spanish or French, but not German

    0
    3
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    MYSTERYMEAT

    29A Unidentifiable protein

    0
    2
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    PILEINTO

    41D Enter en masse, as a car

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    2
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    WASITYOU

    5D Question to a suspected culprit

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    2
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    WESTERNWALL

    45A Holy site in Jerusalem

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    2
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    BUSTOUR debut

    38A Sightseeing on wheels

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    1
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    COIFFEUR debut

    50A Hair stylist, fancily

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    1