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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.

  1. 1
    ELI

    5A Former Giants QB Manning

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    599
  2. 2
    EEL

    28A Popular sushi fish

    53
    487
  3. 3
    IRE

    23D Livid feeling

    52
    498
  4. 4
    ORE

    27A Smelter's material

    48
    581
  5. 5
    USE

    39D Take advantage of

    47
    356
  6. 6
    USA

    66D Team for Olympians Simone Biles and Mikaela Shiffrin

    40
    261
  7. 7
    ACAI

    62D "Superfood" berry

    37
    135
  8. 8
    SAT

    1D Stayed on the bench

    35
    284
  9. 9
    ATM

    3D Fixture at a "cash only" establishment

    30
    260
  10. 10
    EPIC

    25A Grand production

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    235
  11. 11
    OWE

    53A Be in arrears

    23
    208
  12. 12
    DRE

    50D Rap's Dr. ___

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    175
  13. 13
    EGG

    29D Item in an Easter hunt

    21
    206
  14. 14
    ELF

    31D Sprite

    21
    197
  15. 15
    SKI

    72A Glide down a slope

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    180
  16. 16
    PER

    67D ___ capita

    19
    270
  17. 17
    DOE

    65D Stag's mate

    19
    192
  18. 18
    CSI

    2D Long-running CBS procedural with spinoffs

    19
    127
  19. 19
    URLS

    34D Internet addresses, for short

    19
    69
  20. 20
    EMIR

    5D Dubai dignitary

    18
    218
  21. 21
    OWL

    46D "Wise" bird

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    135
  22. 22
    ASTI

    14A Sparkling wine of Italy, familiarly

    17
    224
  23. 23
    LYE

    51A Caustic paint stripper

    17
    146
  24. 24
    DES

    26A ___ Plaines, Ill.

    16
    154
  25. 25
    MAN

    15A Odd ___ out (misfit)

    16
    118
  26. 26
    TRE

    36D Uno + due

    15
    180
  27. 27
    SCAN

    1A Print, Copy, ___, Fax (printer selections)

    14
    149
  28. 28
    KEY

    47D F sharp major, for one

    13
    123
  29. 29
    LASSO

    37A Rodeo rope

    13
    96
  30. 30
    PAIR

    32D Team of two

    13
    87
  31. 31
    AVER

    9D State with certainty

    12
    195
  32. 32
    LID

    21D Box top

    12
    102
  33. 33
    SINE

    18D Basic trig ratio

    12
    102
  34. 34
    GOT

    35A "You've ___ this!"

    11
    89
  35. 35
    ELL

    44A Right-angled shape

    10
    228
  36. 36
    YEAR

    73A ___ of the Horse (2026 in the Chinese zodiac)

    10
    126
  37. 37
    AMES

    61D Iowa college town

    9
    174
  38. 38
    ROSE

    70A Valentine's Day flower

    9
    138
  39. 39
    NIECE

    4D Nephew's sister

    9
    104
  40. 40
    GATE

    60D Bit of boarding pass info

    9
    91
  41. 41
    BEAU

    33A Guy who goes a-courting

    9
    74
  42. 42
    ROOK

    45A Corner piece on a chessboard

    9
    60
  43. 43
    ERIK

    52D Actor Estrada of "CHiPs"

    6
    91
  44. 44
    FLY

    41D Travel by air

    6
    46
  45. 45
    EVENSO

    16A "In spite of all that …"

    6
    38
  46. 46
    ASSESS

    71A Size up

    5
    75
  47. 47
    EMERY

    58D Manicurist's board

    5
    70
  48. 48
    DEAF

    10D Like many users of sign language

    5
    46
  49. 49
    BOB

    22D Go up and down in the water

    3
    54
  50. 50
    BIDEN

    22A Only U.S. president from Delaware

    3
    20
  51. 51
    EDGERS

    49D Lawn-neatening tools

    3
    20
  52. 52
    USELESS

    12D Of no help

    3
    13
  53. 53
    MCI

    54A Onetime AT&T competitor

    2
    48
  54. 54
    SETTER

    68A Word after Irish or jet

    2
    26
  55. 55
    DRIB

    55A Tiny amount

    2
    18
  56. 56
    REPLY

    57A Answer

    2
    15
  57. 57
    RADIUM

    8A Element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie

    2
    9
  58. 58
    ICBMS

    56D Warhead weapons, for short

    2
    7
  59. 59
    MEWLS

    42A Whimpers

    2
    6
  60. 60
    LEASED

    19A Rented

    2
    5
  61. 61
    INKUP

    7D Cover with tattoos, colloquially

    2
    4
  62. 62
    MCA

    69A Longtime record label or Beastie Boy

    1
    28
  63. 63
    ENCASES

    43D Boxes up securely

    1
    15
  64. 64
    RELACE

    8D Equip with new shoestrings

    1
    8
  65. 65
    ONESEED

    48A Top placement in a bracket, for a March Madness team

    1
    6
  66. 66
    BAGGAGECLAIM

    59A Where to pick up luggage at an airport

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    5
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    LANCELOT

    6D Round Table knight who betrayed King Arthur

    1
    5
  68. 68
    ASHAME

    63A Regrettably unfortunate

    1
    4
  69. 69
    TIMESINK

    17A Endless TikTok scrolling or Tetris playing, e.g.

    1
    4
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    CIRCULARFILE

    20A Wastebasket, jokingly

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    3
  71. 71
    DEEPEST

    30A Like the Mariana Trench among all the world's underwater places

    1
    3
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    MOMBASA

    42D Kenya's second-largest city

    1
    3
  73. 73
    DRUGTRAFFIC

    38A Illegal distribution of narcotics

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    2
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    INSIDESCOOP

    11D News exclusive from someone in the know

    1
    2
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    MODESTO

    13D California city with a humble-sounding name

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    2
  76. 76
    ALLBLACK debut

    40D Like the original Broadway cast of "The Wiz"

    1
    1
  77. 77
    BACKEDUP debut

    64A Went into reverse ... or what the ends of 17-, 20-, 38- and 59-Across might be

    1
    1
  78. 78
    DEADWEIGHTS debut

    24D Major drags on a team's progress, metaphorically

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    1