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Monday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ALE

    23A The "A" of I.P.A.

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    ALI

    29D Comic actress Wong

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    AGE

    44A 50 years, for Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit"

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    EON

    22D Time unit aptly hidden in "paleontology"

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    EASE

    73A Make simpler

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    NOR

    50D Neither here ___ there

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    RED

    59A Color that means "stop"

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    ACT

    45A Play a part in a play

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    ALL

    12D With 13-Down, "___ can eat" (restaurant come-on)

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    OVER

    67A Head ___ heels

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    UBER

    71A Alternative to a Lyft

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    ARLO

    16A Singer Guthrie

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    ERRS

    17A Says 2 + 2 = 5, e.g.

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    TIRE

    70A Michelin product

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    LOO

    36A Lavatory, in Liverpool

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    BRO

    47A "My man!"

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    IPAD

    1A Apple tablet

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    TIER

    9D Stratum

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    ANAL

    61D Super-uptight

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    NOTE

    63D Do, re or mi

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    ACDC

    8D Band with the aptly titled debut album "High Voltage"

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    ICU

    40D Hospital area with IVs

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    ELON

    26D University in North Carolina

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    ASKS

    57A Questions

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    IGLOO

    21D Inuit's home

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    AGUA

    38D Water, in Oaxaca

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    ALERT

    69A Message often accompanied by an exclamation point in a triangle

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    RASH

    37D Lacking much thought

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    DESK

    4D Furniture piece for a talk show host

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    NUN

    35A Member of a convent

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    EXTRA

    52A Bonus

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    CUP

    31D Unit of flour

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    RIB

    65D Short ___ (beef cut)

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    SLOG

    27D Difficult, tiring work

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    OASES

    25A Welcome sights for thirsty people in deserts

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    TILE

    62D Bit of bathroom décor

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    LIMO

    68A Chauffeured vehicle

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    FLU

    64D It goes around every year

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    YOU

    13D See 12-Down

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    ATBAT

    5A Facing the pitcher

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    LOB

    33A Arcing tennis shot

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    PRESS

    42D News media

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    FRAT

    64A Sorority's counterpart, in brief

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    SOX

    43D Crosstown rivals of the Cubbies

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    MERCI

    15A Thanks, in France

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    CAFE

    14A Informal eatery

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    AMBER

    5D Shade of yellow

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    KNOB

    32D Door handle

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    NIHAO

    66A Mandarin "hello"

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    PEDAL

    28A Accelerator or brake

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    LEAPS

    72A Jumps

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    BDAY

    10A Time to blow out the candles on a cake, informally

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    KNOTS

    58D Ties that are hard to untie

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    BRIDE

    18A Wedding cake figurine

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    TRIVIA

    53D Fodder for "Jeopardy!"

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    TERSER

    6D More abrupt in language

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    FSHARP

    51D Only black key in a G major scale

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    GREG

    24A Pitcher Maddux who won the Cy Young Award in four consecutive years

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    ICECAP

    1D What covers the North Pole

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    RAVIOLI

    37A Pasta often filled with ricotta

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    FACTOR

    49D Decision-making consideration

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    REFERS

    54D Alludes (to)

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    DRUMSOLO

    11D Occasion for a percussionist to shine

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    ADFREE

    55D Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across?

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    BRINGON

    7D Hire to the team

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    ZULU

    19A Last language alphabetically on Google Translate

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    PAROLE

    2D End of some sentences

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    BAZAAR

    10D Marketplace with stalls

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    TRACHEA

    46D Windpipe

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    BLAT

    34D Untuneful trumpet sound

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    AFROED

    3D Having a certain natural hairstyle

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    HAYAO

    56A Filmmaker Miyazaki

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    SURFNTURF

    48A Two-part steakhouse entree

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    COOKIESNCREAM debut

    20A Milkshake flavor made with Oreos

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    POPSONG debut

    41A Listing on the Billboard Hot 100

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    ROCKNROLL debut

    30A Music genre that Joan Jett "loves"

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    SCRATCHNSNIFF debut

    60A Like some scented stickers

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    VERYSAME debut

    39D Aforementioned

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