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Monday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ODE

    44A "___ to Billie Joe" (1967 #1 hit)

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    523
  2. 2
    TSA

    70A Passenger-screening org.

    53
    189
  3. 3
    ETS

    1A U.F.O. crew, supposedly

    37
    319
  4. 4
    EAT

    34A Break bread

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    399
  5. 5
    IDEA

    8A Light bulb, in a comic strip

    33
    396
  6. 6
    EWE

    36A Nanny : goat :: ___ : sheep

    31
    302
  7. 7
    ALSO

    68A To boot

    28
    245
  8. 8
    EDU

    6D College email suffix

    28
    194
  9. 9
    OIL

    62D Dipstick coating

    27
    282
  10. 10
    TIN

    42A Can material

    26
    207
  11. 11
    TREE

    17A Peach or beech

    25
    309
  12. 12
    ELK

    10D Rocky Mountain ___ (state animal of Utah)

    25
    207
  13. 13
    SAP

    43A Maple product

    24
    194
  14. 14
    SAG

    30D Droop

    22
    191
  15. 15
    OTS

    33D Tie-breaking periods, for short

    21
    128
  16. 16
    ELSA

    47D "Frozen" queen

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    220
  17. 17
    EDAM

    50A Dutch cheese

    19
    216
  18. 18
    TWO

    35D What it takes to tango

    19
    165
  19. 19
    IAM

    39D Sam-___ (Seuss character)

    19
    127
  20. 20
    APED

    4A Mimicked

    19
    103
  21. 21
    MESS

    69A Fool (with)

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    145
  22. 22
    WEE

    63D Itsy-bitsy

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    165
  23. 23
    TRE

    27D Uno + due

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    180
  24. 24
    AESOP

    4D Famed fable writer

    14
    127
  25. 25
    NCO

    32A Many a G.I.

    13
    146
  26. 26
    ALS

    11D Politicians Gore and Franken

    13
    134
  27. 27
    PSA

    61D "Don't text and drive" ad, e.g.

    13
    76
  28. 28
    DEBT

    7D Red ink, so to speak

    11
    98
  29. 29
    NEIN

    28A Deutschland denial

    10
    81
  30. 30
    ROOF

    64A Landing spot for Santa

    10
    56
  31. 31
    CVS

    29A Rite Aid competitor

    10
    28
  32. 32
    HONOR

    31A Show respect for

    9
    52
  33. 33
    MESH

    19D Netlike fabric

    8
    115
  34. 34
    EASED

    58A Moved smoothly

    8
    61
  35. 35
    ASSIST

    25A Datum for a basketball point guard

    8
    35
  36. 36
    DORM

    59D Campus building

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    59
  37. 37
    ODEON

    40D Greek theater

    7
    59
  38. 38
    TAJ

    42D ___ Mahal

    6
    81
  39. 39
    SILT

    65A Delta deposit

    6
    63
  40. 40
    MAL

    48A Prefix that means "bad"

    5
    66
  41. 41
    CELL

    16A Smallest unit of life

    5
    63
  42. 42
    TRENT

    22A Reznor of Nine Inch Nails

    5
    59
  43. 43
    RANCH

    21D Cattle farmer's land

    5
    39
  44. 44
    SUNS

    12A Soaks up some rays

    5
    32
  45. 45
    FINE

    37D "OK, have it your way!"

    4
    53
  46. 46
    BIRDS

    56D Eagles and falcons

    4
    26
  47. 47
    DART

    67A Pub projectile

    3
    74
  48. 48
    ANKLE

    45A Commonly sprained joint

    3
    68
  49. 49
    EIDER

    14A Duck known for its soft down

    3
    63
  50. 50
    NAFTA

    57D Can./U.S./Mex. treaty

    3
    46
  51. 51
    SOWS

    26D Female pigs

    3
    37
  52. 52
    AFLOAT

    51D Opposite of sinking

    3
    22
  53. 53
    ICANSO

    8D "You underestimate me!"

    3
    20
  54. 54
    PICNIC

    5D Meal on a blanket

    3
    16
  55. 55
    RARA

    15D "Ta-___ Boom-de-ay"

    2
    83
  56. 56
    ESTOP

    1D Legally prohibit

    2
    64
  57. 57
    TREND

    66A What's in style

    2
    60
  58. 58
    SEPT

    54D Labor Day's mo.

    2
    55
  59. 59
    SNEEZE

    3D Reason to say "Gesundheit!"

    2
    36
  60. 60
    LUMENS

    49D Light units

    2
    8
  61. 61
    INKWELLS

    38D What quill pens are dipped in

    2
    6
  62. 62
    PIZZAPIE

    23A "When the moon hits your eye like a big ___, that's amore" (Dean Martin lyric)

    2
    3
  63. 63
    MINOLTA

    60A Bygone Japanese camera brand

    1
    11
  64. 64
    ONEIRON

    20A Lowest numbered club for a golfer

    1
    11
  65. 65
    EVENPAR

    24D What "E" stands for in golf

    1
    8
  66. 66
    MOTORS

    52D The "M" of G.M.

    1
    6
  67. 67
    JEWELS

    53A Stones embedded in a crown

    1
    4
  68. 68
    TURNIN

    2D Submit, as homework

    1
    4
  69. 69
    DESTINED

    9D Governed by fate

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    3
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    REDFORD

    41D Robert ___, Paul Newman's co-star in "The Sting"

    1
    3
  71. 71
    SEIZING

    13D Taking by force

    1
    3
  72. 72
    FIGHTINGWORDS

    37A "Wanna take this outside?," e.g … or what are found four times in this puzzle's circled letters

    1
    2
  73. 73
    LEAKTO debut

    46D Surreptitiously give, as classified information

    1
    1
  74. 74
    POLKAPOWER debut

    61A Weird Al Yankovic medley that features "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls

    1
    1
  75. 75
    RUBOFFON debut

    55A Influence through close contact

    1
    1
  76. 76
    SCUBAMASKS debut

    18A Underwater divers' aids

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    1