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Monday · 71 answers · 2 debuts

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

  1. 1
    SET

    6D Actor's workplace

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  2. 2
    END

    18A Conclusion

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    447
  3. 3
    AGE

    2D What the number of candles on a birthday cake signifies

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    ERE

    22D Before, to Shakespeare

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    602
  5. 5
    AGO

    13A "Long, long ___ ..."

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  6. 6
    AXE

    7D Cut out

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  7. 7
    ANN

    20D Newswoman Curry

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  8. 8
    OBOE

    52D Thin woodwind

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  9. 9
    OLD

    12D Dated

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  10. 10
    ODES

    58A Poems of praise

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  11. 11
    OPEN

    26D Go on before the main show, say

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    217
  12. 12
    TIN

    31A Sardine container

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    AURA

    38A Coolness, in Gen Alpha slang

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    218
  14. 14
    TRIO

    24D Musical threesome

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    URN

    11D Big coffee holder

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    244
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    SEAR

    62A Burn the surface of

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    113
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    URL

    15A Address starting "http"

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    148
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    TENET

    49D Core belief

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    147
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    ABUT

    56A Touch

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    135
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    RYES

    27D Liquors that go in Manhattans

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    116
  21. 21
    ELON

    50A North Carolina university

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  22. 22
    ERROR

    25A Blunder

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  23. 23
    NAME

    60A A village in Wales has one with 58 letters — the world's longest

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    124
  24. 24
    SOME

    59A More than a few, but less than a lot

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    100
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    TROT

    34D Gait faster than a walk

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    171
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    SASH

    61A It might read "Miss Universe"

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    125
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    GEM

    16A Pearl or peridot

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    119
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    TUTU

    33D Ballerina's skirt

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  29. 29
    HENS

    39A Roosters' mates

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  30. 30
    APES

    5D Copies

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    DRAT

    63A "Curses!"

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    109
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    NAST

    8D Thomas ___, early political cartoonist and critic of Boss Tweed

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    98
  33. 33
    JAM

    1A Fruit preserves

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    90
  34. 34
    ALAN

    57A ___ Menken, composer of "Little Shop of Horrors"

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    232
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    STENO

    23A One taking office dictation

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    131
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    THEE

    21A "You," archaically

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    YEW

    41D Classic archery wood

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    62
  38. 38
    SOSA

    36A Dominican slugger Sammy

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    95
  39. 39
    TUNE

    54A Jingle or ditty

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  40. 40
    PUMA

    53D Pouncing predator

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    57
  41. 41
    SGTS

    23D Certain members of a police dept.

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    69
  42. 42
    MANI

    55A Filing job, for short?

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    25
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    POPE

    51A Leo XIV, for one

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    64
  44. 44
    DETEST

    17A Despise

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    35
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    QUO

    10A Status ___

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    31
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    JABS

    19A Quick punches

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    37
  47. 47
    JAG

    1D Spree

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    41
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    YEE

    35A "___-haw!"

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    27
  49. 49
    MEMOS

    47D Short office messages

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    OCULAR

    45D Sight-related

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    23
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    IMTHERE

    9D "Sign me up!"

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  52. 52
    ATONES

    44D Makes up (for)

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    40
  53. 53
    QUEEREYE

    10D Reality show starring the "Fab Five"

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    6
  54. 54
    SETTLE

    32A Accede to an agreement without getting everything one wants

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  55. 55
    COLADA

    43D Piña ___

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    11
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    MUSCAT

    48A Capital of Oman

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    DASANI

    4A Bottled water brand

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    9
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    DADBODS

    4D Physiques that aren't quite perfect

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    SEASONPASS

    29D Superfan's ticket purchase

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    4
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    CLAPOMETER

    30D It measures audience feedback

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    3
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    INU

    42D Shiba ___ (Japanese hunting dog)

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    3
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    PANAMA

    46D Southernmost country in Central America

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    24
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    CREEPY

    30A Like haunted houses and lifelike dolls

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    ADMONISH

    37D Give a tut-tut, e.g.

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    5
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    MOTOWN

    47A Smokey Robinson's record label

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    5
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    DYSTOPIA

    40A Nightmare scenario

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    MOMJEANS

    3D High-waisted fashion trend of the 1990s

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    APEXAM

    14A High school assessment scored from 1 to 5

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    3
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    GRANDS

    28A Concert pianos

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    CAMEOUTONTOP debut

    43A Emerged victorious … or what this puzzle's constructor did, as indicated by the shaded squares

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    1
  71. 71
    HATSTAND debut

    39D Place to hang a fedora

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