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Monday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ERA

    51A Swing ___ (when big bands were big)

    97
    791
  2. 2
    ASIA

    53D Home of seven -stans

    38
    350
  3. 3
    ISEE

    9D "Ah, gotcha"

    36
    360
  4. 4
    OGRE

    67A Fairy tale menace

    36
    284
  5. 5
    EAT

    18D "Don't starve yourself!"

    33
    399
  6. 6
    IDO

    66A Words from an altar ego?

    33
    336
  7. 7
    AIR

    69A What's inside an inner tube

    33
    304
  8. 8
    EAST

    60D Down ___ (Maine)

    33
    285
  9. 9
    EMIT

    23A Give off, as vibes

    30
    262
  10. 10
    ALT

    5D Ctrl-___-Del

    29
    225
  11. 11
    STIR

    7A Use a swizzle stick

    27
    292
  12. 12
    YET

    6D Nonetheless

    27
    201
  13. 13
    UBER

    57D Lyft competitor

    25
    119
  14. 14
    AURA

    56D Vibe

    22
    218
  15. 15
    OVEN

    12D Bakery hot spot

    22
    177
  16. 16
    AVA

    16A Filmmaker DuVernay

    19
    229
  17. 17
    ELSA

    52A Disney snow queen

    19
    220
  18. 18
    PEN

    19A Implement with ink

    19
    187
  19. 19
    SARA

    7D Singer Bareilles

    19
    181
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    NIT

    26A Little criticism

    19
    143
  21. 21
    SMOG

    37D Pollution in city skies

    19
    122
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    IRON

    43A Element that also names a household appliance

    18
    284
  23. 23
    SPEC

    20A Technical detail, for short

    18
    120
  24. 24
    SUN

    62A What's central in heliocentrism

    16
    101
  25. 25
    NERO

    44D Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome

    15
    243
  26. 26
    ATRIA

    27D Indoor spaces with lots of natural light

    15
    139
  27. 27
    SOAR

    70A Fly high

    15
    125
  28. 28
    EONS

    41D Like, forever!

    14
    162
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    AHH

    65D "Say ___" (doctor's request)

    13
    61
  30. 30
    IPAS

    1D Many hoppy brews, in brief

    13
    26
  31. 31
    SHEA

    58A Word with butter or Stadium

    11
    126
  32. 32
    LEAP

    2D ___ of faith

    11
    103
  33. 33
    ARSE

    15A Keister, in Leicester

    11
    33
  34. 34
    ELL

    52D Right-angle shape

    10
    228
  35. 35
    NAB

    46A Snag

    10
    136
  36. 36
    ASIDE

    30D Parenthetical comment

    10
    126
  37. 37
    LOBE

    3D One of four in the human brain

    10
    75
  38. 38
    EPS

    64D Mini-albums, in brief

    10
    54
  39. 39
    AMES

    61D Iowa campus town

    9
    174
  40. 40
    OLIN

    38A Lena of "Chocolat"

    9
    112
  41. 41
    AUDI

    54D A4 automaker

    9
    111
  42. 42
    META

    24D Prefix with physics

    9
    87
  43. 43
    TAX

    35A Line on a sales receipt

    9
    83
  44. 44
    TIVO

    22D Big name in DVRs

    8
    57
  45. 45
    HEAR

    59D Consider, as a judicial case

    7
    61
  46. 46
    TRIM

    8D Minor haircut

    6
    88
  47. 47
    IGUANA

    25D Tropical lizard

    5
    53
  48. 48
    RUG

    39A Floor cover

    5
    49
  49. 49
    RIVAL

    33D Archcompetitor

    5
    41
  50. 50
    PEOPLE

    14A Human beings

    4
    19
  51. 51
    LAURA

    28D First lady Bush

    3
    75
  52. 52
    ALLS

    31D "___ Well That Ends Well"

    3
    62
  53. 53
    YANG

    13D Yin's opposite

    2
    45
  54. 54
    COY

    11A "You don't need to be ___, Roy" (rhyming Paul Simon lyric)

    2
    40
  55. 55
    POGO

    55D Jumping stick

    2
    34
  56. 56
    RENTAL

    32D Car for a vacationer

    2
    32
  57. 57
    ANGELS

    49A Shapes made in the snow

    2
    14
  58. 58
    AAMILNE

    40A *"Winnie-the-Pooh" writer

    1
    35
  59. 59
    KNOBS

    34D Some volume controls

    1
    10
  60. 60
    SPACEK

    4D Actress Sissy

    1
    10
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    ALEKEG

    27A Pub barrel

    1
    7
  62. 62
    OVO

    42A Lacto-___ vegetarianism

    0
    57
  63. 63
    PHRASE

    68A Section of a sentence

    0
    17
  64. 64
    TUSSLE

    36A Skirmish

    0
    14
  65. 65
    ILLSAY

    1A "Ain't that the truth!"

    0
    12
  66. 66
    RESEND

    10D Forward, as mail

    0
    11
  67. 67
    SHORTS

    71A Summer wear with a T-shirt

    0
    10
  68. 68
    AAVERAGE

    47A *4.0 on a transcript

    0
    6
  69. 69
    GASTRO

    50D Prefix with enterologist

    0
    6
  70. 70
    RANDOS

    48D Total strangers, in modern slang

    0
    4
  71. 71
    NODSTO

    45A Acknowledges with a head tilt

    0
    3
  72. 72
    AAMEETING

    21A *Sobriety support group session, informally

    0
    2
  73. 73
    AARDVARK

    30A *Animal whose name means "earth pig" in Afrikaans

    0
    2
  74. 74
    AABATTERIES debut

    17A *TV remote inserts, often

    0
    1
  75. 75
    AARONPAUL debut

    53A *Three-time Emmy winner for "Breaking Bad"

    0
    1
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    CAPITALONE debut

    11D Banking giant that makes the Venture card

    0
    1
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    DOUBLEATEAM debut

    63A Tennessee Smokies or Portland Sea Dogs ... or what the answers to the starred clues comprise?

    0
    1
  78. 78
    EXGOVERNOR debut

    29D Arnold Schwarzenegger or Ronald Reagan, for California

    0
    1