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Monday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERE

    8D Poet's "before"

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    602
  2. 2
    ORCA

    27D Killer whale

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    234
  3. 3
    EAT

    56A Consume

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    399
  4. 4
    EDIT

    2D Move some text around, say

    32
    302
  5. 5
    STIR

    20A Blend, as batter

    27
    292
  6. 6
    LSAT

    45A Exam with a logical reasoning section: Abbr.

    25
    172
  7. 7
    STEW

    68A Dish from a slow cooker

    23
    180
  8. 8
    STP

    47A Motor oil brand

    23
    172
  9. 9
    AHEM

    6A "Excuse me"

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    171
  10. 10
    OUR

    5D "___ Father, who art in heaven ..."

    21
    160
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    SOSO

    26D Middling

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    154
  12. 12
    ELAN

    39D Exuberance

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  13. 13
    ROT

    62D Poppycock

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    214
  14. 14
    MAR

    9D Damage

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    215
  15. 15
    ASTI

    42A Sparkling Italian wine

    17
    224
  16. 16
    NAP

    29A Short snooze

    17
    192
  17. 17
    OKRA

    18D Vegetable that becomes gooey when cooked

    17
    156
  18. 18
    ISLA

    34A Ibiza, e.g., to a Spaniard

    17
    119
  19. 19
    OMIT

    60A Leave out

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    218
  20. 20
    DATA

    19A "Raw" facts

    16
    157
  21. 21
    OMG

    27A "r u serious?!"

    16
    86
  22. 22
    SERA

    15A Word sung twice after "Que"

    14
    172
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    KEG

    21A Big beer order

    14
    106
  24. 24
    RASTA

    31A One who might smoke ganja as a sacrament, informally

    14
    83
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    PHO

    22D Vietnamese noodle soup

    14
    34
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    ADIEU

    14A French farewell

    13
    148
  27. 27
    RETRO

    4D Vintage-inspired

    13
    109
  28. 28
    PBS

    61D Network supported by "Viewers Like You"

    13
    84
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    ARMY

    37D Large group of ants

    13
    76
  30. 30
    TETE

    48D Head: Fr.

    12
    152
  31. 31
    ATEAM

    44A Starting squad

    12
    122
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    EXES

    67A Some co-parents

    11
    130
  33. 33
    NIKE

    64A Sneaker giant headquartered in Beaverton, Ore.

    11
    67
  34. 34
    PALS

    1D Buds

    11
    62
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    ASIDE

    66A Comment from a stage actor directly to the audience

    10
    126
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    SOY

    46D Plant milk option

    10
    107
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    MAP

    63D Treasure hunter's aid

    9
    137
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    NAPE

    41D Back of the neck

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  39. 39
    ABIT

    16A Somewhat

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    100
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    PECAN

    22A Popular pie nut

    9
    55
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    GNAT

    24D Swarming pest

    8
    132
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    DRONE

    50D Aid in filming aerial shots

    8
    63
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    PEDRO

    1A Director Almodóvar

    8
    32
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    WES

    33A Director Anderson

    7
    113
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    MARS

    28D Locale of the Perseverance rover

    7
    72
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    ALIKE

    52D How great minds think, it's said

    7
    40
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    LEAR

    36D Shakespearean king

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    107
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    LOST

    57A Needing directions, say

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  49. 49
    LOX

    43A Bagel and ___

    6
    59
  50. 50
    PATSY

    69A Easy mark

    6
    29
  51. 51
    RELAY

    55A Race with a baton

    5
    41
  52. 52
    MAVS

    10A Dallas basketball squad, informally

    5
    16
  53. 53
    PRY

    49A Ask intimate questions, say

    4
    68
  54. 54
    DOTE

    40D Lavish affection (on)

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    66
  55. 55
    THEM

    25D Nonbinary pronoun

    4
    64
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    WAX

    33D Hair removal option

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    52
  57. 57
    STDS

    58D Norms: Abbr.

    3
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    THEY

    59D "What were ___ thinking?"

    3
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    ASLEEP

    6D Snoozing

    3
    37
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    SEIZE

    53D Grab

    3
    25
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    HOOF

    30A What a horseshoe is attached to

    2
    27
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    STANS

    13D Obsessive fans, in slang

    2
    25
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    VITAE

    12D Curriculum ___

    2
    17
  64. 64
    PRIDEMONTH

    61A June celebration honoring the Stonewall uprising

    2
    5
  65. 65
    HELGA

    7D Hägar the Horrible's wife

    1
    33
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    LLOSA

    54D Novelist Mario Vargas ___

    1
    16
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    SHADOW

    47D It's shortest when the sun is directly overhead

    1
    16
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    STEPSONIT

    35D Hits the accelerator

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    8
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    NOGREATSHAKES

    23A Nothing to write home about

    1
    5
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    LINTROLLER

    17A Good accessory for the owner of a shedding dog

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    3
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    BOZO

    65A Doofus

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    52
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    ABACK

    11D One way to be taken

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    REMIX

    51D Club version of a song, often

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    MADEAFIST

    10D Prepared to play rock paper scissors

    0
    2
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    CREATEDAMONSTER debut

    38A Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... or what you did after you filled in the shaded parts of 17-, 23-, 50- and 61-Across?

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    1
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    DININGSET debut

    3D Matching table and chairs in a kitchen

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    1
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    DRAGONESHEELS debut

    50A Move reluctantly

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    1
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    TAILGATES debut

    32D Pregame activities in the parking lot

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    1