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Monday · 78 answers · 4 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

    20A When a plane is due, for short

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    EST

    29A Winter hours in N.Y.C.

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    PSST

    69A "Hey you!"

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    NET

    38D Take-home amount

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    OGRE

    60D Fairy tale baddie

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    SHE

    48A "That's all ___ wrote"

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    OBOE

    14A Long, cylindrical instrument

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    OLD

    65D What a good joke never gets

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    AND

    7D As well as

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    TREE

    19A Beech or birch

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    ETCH

    51A Engrave

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    EURO

    11D Currency that replaced the mark and peseta

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    ITO

    58A Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition

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    NEAR

    25A Close by

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    IKEA

    66A Furniture store known for its cafeterias' meatballs

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    ACED

    12D Got an A+ on

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    EPI

    36D Commercial lead-in to Pen

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    ATRIA

    27D Open-air lobbies

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    ABUT

    2D Be adjacent to

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    ICES

    57D Frosts, as a cake

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    KEG

    4D Beer barrel

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    LACE

    62A Bridal veil fabric

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    OTHER

    54D Catchall category

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    ATEASE

    35A "Relax, soldier"

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    MCS

    21A Show hosts, in brief

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    PEAT

    10A What gives Scotch an earthy flavor

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    TROT

    39A Moderate gait for a horse

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    PHDS

    61D Professors' degs.

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    SLIP

    55D Undergarment for a dress

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    EMIRS

    18D Mideast leaders

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    UGG

    64D Big name in fleecy boots

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    LOP

    59A Chop (off)

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    HATE

    44D "Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering": Yoda

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    NOTI

    42A Response to the Little Red Hen

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    LUAU

    59D Hawaiian banquet

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    EDGAR

    70A Painter Degas

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    CODA

    3D Musician's conclusion

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    BONE

    1D Chicken leftover

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    67
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    SCENE

    9D Big public argument

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    SASHA

    47A Younger Obama daughter

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    NODS

    53A Dozes (off)

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    OAKS

    56D Acorn producers

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    59
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    PEACE

    40A "Later, dudes"

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    56
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    READS

    50A Takes in what someone wrote

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    51
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    SINCE

    5D "___ U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson hit)

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    44
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    LARD

    68A Classic pie crust ingredient

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    IONIC

    15A Kind of bond in chemistry

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    PAPER

    26A Something a digital crossword solver doesn't need

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    PATHS

    26D Trails

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    ENIGMA

    49D Riddle

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    VIOLA

    32D EGOT-winning actress Davis

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    PEONS

    28D Menial workers, dismissively

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    YANK

    23D Tug hard

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    THEY

    13D ___/them pronouns

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    CACHE

    52D Something you might clear to improve memory

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    DUES

    71A Membership fees

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    ORDOC

    46D Surgeon, for short

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    ANTED

    33D Contributed to a kitty

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    STAGS

    5A Some male deer

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    BACK

    1A Front's opposite

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    BIEL

    24A Actress Jessica

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    SKIDS

    34D Loses traction on the road

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    TOILED

    45A Worked

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    BEATTHEHEAT

    24D Keep cool in a pool, perhaps

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    HINTHINT

    43A [Get my innuendo?]

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    SOIHEAR

    55A "That's what people tell me, anyway"

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    POTBROWNIES debut

    10D Baked things that might get people baked

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    OUCH

    16A "That hurts!"

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    41
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    NOVAS

    31A Exploding stars

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    TOUSLE

    6D Mess up, as hair

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    SWATH

    30D Strip of mowed grass

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    ANYBODY

    22A "Doesn't matter who"

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    HUGME

    67A Message on a candy heart

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    WINKWINK

    37A [Get my innuendo?]

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    GIGANTIC

    8D Beyond big

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    COUGHCOUGH debut

    63A [Get my innuendo?]

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    ENSHROUD debut

    41D Cover completely

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    NUDGENUDGE debut

    17A [Get my innuendo?]

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