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Monday · 78 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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    ARE

    14A "___ these seats taken?"

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    ASH

    55A Cigar residue

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    TEE

    58A What the shaded square in this grid represents, in 18-Across

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    USE

    51D Deplete, with "up"

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    ALOE

    44A ___ vera gel

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    LEE

    39A Director Spike

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    EAST

    60A Direction of the sunrise

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    EDIT

    15A Polish before publishing

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    STEM

    1D Throwaway part of a cherry

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    DOT

    43D Decimal point, e.g.

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    ODD

    6D Bizarre

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    OWE

    45A Have debts

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    SAGA

    1A Long, drawn-out story

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    PEN

    10D Writing implement with ink

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    ROME

    40A Home of the Colosseum

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    THE

    52D Starting word that's often skipped when alphabetizing

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    LOL

    5A "OMG, hilarious!"

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    DIET

    49D Try to lighten up?

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    MAT

    50D Yoga class accessory

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    THO

    20A However, informally

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    AMA

    32A Doctors' org.

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    PROM

    28A Dance for high school seniors

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    ISM

    36A Ending with skeptic or Surreal

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    FOR

    17D Not opposing

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    ABATE

    25D Lessen

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    HOLE

    33A With 34- and 35-Across, something made by following the path of O's in this puzzle's grid

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    AQUA

    47D Light blue shade

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    PLOT

    38D Secretly plan

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    CUP

    8A What the circled square in this grid represents, in 18-Across

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    DEB

    29A Belle of a ball, in brief

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    GRIN

    3D Smile from ear to ear

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    LOAF

    5D Sit around doing nothing

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    LORE

    16D Passed-down stories

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    AUDI

    2D German automaker

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    TOW

    59A Rescue, as a broken-down car

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    CAF

    8D Half-___ (rhyming coffee order)

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    CHO

    53D Stand-up comic Margaret

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    TURN

    11A Zig or zag

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    NUTS

    48D Pecans, pistachios, etc.

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    CHILI

    30D Dish with a fire-alarm rating system

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    CUTE

    57A Adorable

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    PHONE

    38A Addictive thing in one's pocket

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    INONE

    34A See 33-Across

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    DORK

    21A Uncool person

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    SHOT

    35A See 33-Across

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    SHOW

    46D Something a binge watcher binges

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    PROSE

    28D Plain writing

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    NOHOW

    56A "Zero chance, pal!"

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    CLOTH

    30A Washable diaper material

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    IHOPENOT

    34D "That would really stink"

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    GOSH

    19D "Well, gee whiz!"

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    CHOSE

    26A Selected

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    CLOSET

    26D Site for skeletons

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    GROVE

    31A Small group of trees

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    HOLMES

    27D Fictional sleuth on Baker Street

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    FLOP

    41D Box office bomb

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    GNOME

    31D Bearded garden figurine

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    GHOST

    37A Halloween cookie shape

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    IDAHOS

    23D Some potatoes

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    FRONT

    22D Where first class can be found on a plane

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    ACOW

    44D Have ___ (freak out)

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    GOHOME

    13D Return to one's residence

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    DEMONS

    24D Wicked spirits

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    GROWON

    37D Become more tolerable to over time

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    LOSTLOVE

    7D Topic of a wistful breakup song

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    MINIGOLF

    18A Popular pastime played with putters

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    FLOSS

    41A Dentist's string

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    YOLK

    12D Yellow part of an egg

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    AQUI

    54A Here, in Honduras

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    URU

    9D Neighbor of Arg. and Braz.

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    FLORIDA

    22A Miami's home

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    ANTIDOTE

    4D Remedy to counteract a poison

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    SCOTLAND

    46A Country with the first 18-Across venue (for ladies only, 1867)

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    SHOELACE

    35D Part of a sneaker, but not a sandal

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    YODOG

    12A Slangy greeting

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    ITSDOPE debut

    42A "Highly recommend!," in slang

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    LOADSOFFUN debut

    16A A heckuva good time

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    MUTTONCHOP debut

    50A Cut of meat that lent its name to a facial hairstyle

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