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Monday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ONE

    11D Air Force ___

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  2. 2
    EAR

    42A Big part of an elephant

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    485
  3. 3
    IRE

    58D Burning feeling

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    498
  4. 4
    TSA

    66A Gate-keeping org.?

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    188
  5. 5
    ECO

    34A ___-conscious

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    370
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    EASE

    25D Simplicity

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    334
  7. 7
    ARI

    41A Singer Grande, to fans

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    378
  8. 8
    OAR

    54A Blade on a boat

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    331
  9. 9
    SOS

    26D "Please send assistance A.S.A.P.!"

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    251
  10. 10
    ABLE

    62A Competent

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    259
  11. 11
    ORES

    13A Valuable metals

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    244
  12. 12
    EGOS

    40A “Check your ___ at the door” (sign for musical artists entering to record “We Are the World”)

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    210
  13. 13
    EGG

    40D Ingredient in tempera or tempura

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    206
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    UAE

    23A Abu Dhabi's country, for short

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    90
  15. 15
    EVEN

    15A Level

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    202
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    DELI

    4A Where you might "take a number"

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    152
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    ICU

    32A Hosp. area for critical cases

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    128
  18. 18
    YAM

    60D Starchy tuber

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    81
  19. 19
    DAD

    59D Papa

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    144
  20. 20
    EDGES

    64A Parts of a jigsaw puzzle that many people work on first

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    78
  21. 21
    TAS

    12D Profs' aides

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    99
  22. 22
    UGLI

    36D Bumpy yellow fruit

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    86
  23. 23
    SAW

    14D Glimpsed

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    114
  24. 24
    INK

    7D Pen filler

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    166
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    PASS

    35A "None for me"

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    97
  26. 26
    RIDS

    28D Clears (of)

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    47
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    REBA

    56D Country music's McEntire

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    132
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    LIN

    22A Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda

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    90
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    MASS

    65A The Bay State: Abbr.

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    75
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    PURE

    35D Unadulterated

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    55
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    IDINA

    58A Menzel who has played a green witch and an ice princess

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    13
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    TAI

    52A ___ chi (martial art)

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    154
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    PACE

    24D Walk back and forth nervously

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    98
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    SMART

    29A Lead-in to phone or ass

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    81
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    LIU

    57D Actress Lucy of CBS's "Elementary"

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    79
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    LEOS

    6D Ones born between July 23 and August 22

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    60
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    SHALE

    9D Layered rock

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    44
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    ASHES

    53D Fireplace remains

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    109
  39. 39
    UHOH

    63A "Not. Good."

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    95
  40. 40
    MAS

    1A "Live ___" (Taco Bell slogan)

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    111
  41. 41
    DANCE

    51D Swing at a ball?

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    47
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    MERIT

    30D ___ badge (scout's award)

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    66
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    MELD

    21A Merge

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    42
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    SERENA

    3D One of tennis's Williams sisters

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    41
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    ARETHA

    49D R&B's Franklin

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    40
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    RANCH

    61A Cowboy's workplace

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    39
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    YEARN

    27A Ache (for)

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    49
  48. 48
    LARS

    55A Danish film director ___ von Trier

    4
    37
  49. 49
    DEBRA

    4D Messing around on set?

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    34
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    MOROSE

    21D Glum

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    23
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    URANUS

    33D Planet beyond Saturn

    4
    23
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    BAO

    31A Fluffy Chinese bread roll

    4
    19
  53. 53
    VESPA

    46A Italian motor scooter

    4
    18
  54. 54
    SNOTS

    44A Insolent sorts

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    8
  55. 55
    ASCOT

    8A Tie named for a British horse racing venue

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    84
  56. 56
    PROP

    38D Item on a stage

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    52
  57. 57
    CANES

    19A Staffs

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    21
  58. 58
    ACCEPT

    8D Opposite of refuse

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    19
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    GLO

    43A Day-___ paint

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    STEALS

    45D Amazing deals

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    19
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    EVOKES

    5D Brings to mind

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    13
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    POUNCE

    18D Jump (on)

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    10
  63. 63
    CANDYBAR

    10D Snickers or Milky Way

    2
    7
  64. 64
    POPEYES

    24A Fast-food chain that serves Louisiana chicken

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    4
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    SYRAHS debut

    44D Some dark red wines

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    2
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    ARCHIE

    2D Main character on "All in the Family" or "Riverdale"

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    20
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    PATHOS

    48D Rhetorical device used to tug at your heartstrings

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    SAVIOR

    39D Rescuer

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    MOSTLY

    1D In the main

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    RESOLUTE

    56A Unwavering

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    THEWORKS

    20A Everything on a bagel, say

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    GIDDYUP

    50A Child's urging to a horse

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    SCRAPBOOK

    17A Memento-filled craft project

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    SOUGHT

    47D Looked for

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    CHANA debut

    16A ___ masala (spicy Indian chickpea dish)

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    1
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    NOODLING debut

    37D Messing around, as with an instrument or ideas

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    1
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    UNDERPRESSURE debut

    36A 1981 hit by Queen and David Bowie

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    1
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    YEAHRIGHT debut

    60A "Uh-huh, I bet" … or a literal description of what 17-, 24-, 36- and 50-Across all have

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