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Monday · 78 answers · 2 debuts

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

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    SET

    20A "Ready, ___, go!"

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  2. 2
    YES

    35D "Affirmative"

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    365
  3. 3
    OREO

    54A Black-and-white cookie

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    408
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    ACRE

    2D Farmland unit

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    328
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    NOR

    44A Negative conjunction

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    332
  6. 6
    ARTS

    46A Defense Against the Dark ___ ("Harry Potter" class)

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    222
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    ESSO

    58D Competitor of Petro-Canada

    30
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  8. 8
    GAS

    36D What you might "fill 'er up" with

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    218
  9. 9
    APE

    56A What some people confuse with a monkey

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    415
  10. 10
    LIE

    8D Word that would be more grammatical in the title "Lay, Lady, Lay"

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  11. 11
    EELS

    21A Serpentine swimmers

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    ODES

    54D Poetic tributes

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  13. 13
    NBA

    60D Org. with the Knicks and Clippers

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    198
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    SSNS

    52D Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief

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    AAA

    61D Battery for some small toys

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    URN

    23A Funeral vessel

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  17. 17
    EDIE

    16A Falco of "The Sopranos"

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    190
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    SAN

    31A ___ Francisco

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  19. 19
    SENSE

    10D Touch or taste

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  20. 20
    OWL

    49D "Wise" bird

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    135
  21. 21
    IBET

    63A "Oh, uh-huh, sure"

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    132
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    SUN

    4D What the circle on the Japanese flag represents

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    101
  23. 23
    NOSE

    62A What spectacles perch on

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    188
  24. 24
    SALT

    10A NaCl

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    115
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    SCAT

    3D Jazz singer's improvised syllables

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    141
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    RDA

    39A Food label inits.

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    138
  27. 27
    CASE

    66A Social worker's assignment

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    108
  28. 28
    LASSO

    1A Cowboy's rope

    13
    96
  29. 29
    TERM

    13D Four years, for a president

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    93
  30. 30
    AGENT

    32D Who might help an author get a book deal

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    150
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    THOU

    53D "___ shalt not …"

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  32. 32
    LIEU

    12D Stead

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  33. 33
    ORDER

    5D "Can I take your ___?" (server's question)

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    88
  34. 34
    ELIA

    15A Director Kazan who helped popularize Method acting

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    213
  35. 35
    MOTTO

    45A Montana is the only U.S. state with one in Spanish

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    51
  36. 36
    ONTAP

    37D Alternative to bottled

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  37. 37
    MEAL

    6D Brunch or lunch

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    PDAS

    57D Smartphone predecessors, in brief

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    47
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    ENDAT

    30D Go until

    9
    36
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    RITE

    55D Formal ceremony

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    117
  41. 41
    MALT

    6A Relative of a milkshake

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    69
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    PALEO

    26D Kind of diet inspired by hunters and gatherers

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    39
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    SUSS

    65A Figure (out)

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    25
  44. 44
    ANGER

    40A "Inside Out" emotion who says "We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!"

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    TADAS

    64A Magicians' cries

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    23
  46. 46
    ANDY

    56D Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across?

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    93
  47. 47
    RATES

    48D Gives stars to, say

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    45
  48. 48
    DOMES

    43D Mosque toppers

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    25
  49. 49
    OLDIE

    38A "Goodie" on classic radio

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    SAYSO

    67A Parental authority

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    60
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    AUG

    19D Sept. preceder

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    46
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    NERDS

    33D Stereotypical bookworms

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    65
  53. 53
    SPUN

    25A Created, as yarn or a spider web

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    40
  54. 54
    SCORN

    25D Contempt

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    33
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    LOBS

    1D Arcing tennis shots

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    26
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    STRAWS

    52A Free items that come with drinks

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    ALLS

    7D "___ well that ends well!"

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    REEDS

    41A Oboe accessories that are often carved by the oboist

    3
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    YENTL

    18D 1983 musical starring Barbra Streisand

    3
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    DROOL

    47A What a baby's bib might protect a onesie from

    3
    36
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    UNDID

    23D Loosened, as a knot

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    PEDANT

    24D Nitpicker

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    11
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    OCCUR

    14A Take place

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    TWEEN

    28A 10-12-year-old

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    MVP

    50A Standout athlete, for short

    2
    24
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    WARHOL

    29D Noted painter of soup cans

    2
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    VOLTS

    51D Hybrid Chevys

    2
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    CANDYLAND

    34A Classic board game with the Peppermint Forest and Lollipop Lane

    2
    4
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    HANDSTAND

    42A Move from an acrobat or breakdancer

    2
    4
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    MOSAIC

    45D Art with tiles in fancy styles (that might produce smiles)

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    PAGED

    24A Contacted using a beeper

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    GOUGE

    36A Dig (out)

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    MUSEUM

    22A Common destination for a field trip

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    TAXMAN

    9D Beatles song with the lyric "Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all"

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    4
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    ADDEDSUGAR

    11D Source of extra sweetness

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    2
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    SHETLANDISLANDS

    59A Scottish archipelago west of Norway

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    2
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    BRANDYALEXANDER debut

    17A Dessert cocktail with crème de cacao

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    1
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    UNDERDRESS debut

    27D Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, say

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