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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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    ERA

    23A Slice of history

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    ASS

    38D Stubborn animal

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    409
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    ADO

    19A "Much ___ About Nothing"

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    USA

    42A Miley Cyrus's "Party in the ___"

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    SIR

    39A What to call a knight

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    ANN

    29D ___ Arbor, Mich.

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    ACT

    36A Do something

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    APE

    57A Gorilla, e.g.

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    INS

    33A ___ and outs

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    OIL

    16A Aioli ingredient … or three of the letters in "aioli"

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    ITEM

    46A Thingy

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    274
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    TAR

    60A La Brea ___ Pits (Los Angeles attraction)

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    ALAS

    25A "Too bad, so sad!"

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    AFAR

    25D Off in the distance

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    SLY

    63A Crafty

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    IAN

    49A Janis ___, "Mean Girls" sidekick

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    260
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    OPAL

    52D Birthstone for most Libras

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    AIDE

    12D Errand runner

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    ERIC

    3D Children's book author ___ Carle

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    ERG

    7D Unit of work

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    ERODE

    15A Wear away, as soil

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    ABCS

    1D Kindergarten basics

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    LAIR

    44A Den

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    TRAM

    35D Coal carrier

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    CAP

    11A Mushroom top

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    URGE

    55D Compulsive feeling

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    OCEAN

    61A Rhode Island, the ___ State

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    LIES

    41D Claims rated "four Pinocchios," say

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    RENE

    6D Philosopher Descartes

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    AREAS

    1A Regions

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    PEAR

    56D Not-quite-round fruit

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    GIST

    45A Heart of the matter

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    68
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    PETA

    43A Grp. that opposes foie gras and wearing fur

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    34
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    OMEGA

    62A Final Greek letter

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    129
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    BATS

    51D Faces a pitcher

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    54
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    RULE

    2D "I before E except after C," e.g.

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    100
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    TILT

    22D ___-A-Whirl (carnival ride)

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    80
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    LOCAL

    26D Good person to ask to show you around town

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    HEED

    54D Follow, as advice

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    PEACE

    48D What a dove symbolizes

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    PLOD

    13D Lumber (along)

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    SOBER

    5D Not drunk

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    44
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    GAD

    59D Aimlessly wander (about)

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    TINS

    53D Breath mint containers

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    FORT

    32A Kids may make one out of pillows or snow

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    SEDER

    65A Passover meal

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    NERDS

    64A Proudly brainy sorts

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    ALLS

    30A "___ well that ends well"

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    LAIT

    28A French for "milk"

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    54
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    DEMOTAPE

    10D Cassette submitted to a record label

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    13
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    SECRETE

    20A Produce, as by a gland

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    AUTOS

    50D Cars

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    REDID

    6A Made over from square one

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    IDYLL

    9D Pastoral poem

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    BURRO

    14A Donkey used as a pack animal

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    ARMREST

    4D Place where elbows bump on a plane

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    ITALIAN

    18D Like pizzas and piazzas

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    16
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    RAGLAN

    40A Kind of sleeve that extends to the collar

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    MANCAVE

    37A *Male equivalent of a she-shed

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    HANGINTHERE

    58A "Stick with it!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues

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    OPTOUT

    34A Say no, when given a choice

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    BISCUIT

    24D Cookie, to the Brits

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    DOGSAT

    8D Watched a neighbor's pup, say

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    SUITE

    31D Multiroom hotel offering

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    BALTIC

    24A Purple avenue in Monopoly

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    MARATHON

    37D Running portion of an Ironman race

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    OVATION

    34D A big one might be standing in a concert hall

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    GARNER

    45D Gather, as support

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    BOLSTER

    51A Give support to

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    LEAPAT

    47A Ambitiously pursue, as an opportunity

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    SLOTTED

    21A Found a place for on the schedule

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    TOUCHUP

    53A Cosmetic reapplication

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    COATCLOSET

    11D *Room by the foyer, often

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    ARTGALLERY debut

    27D *Place to buy a painting

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    CLIMBINGGYM debut

    17A *Indoor bouldering locale

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    PINCHME debut

    43D "I must be dreaming!"

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