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Monday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    SEA

    9A Caspian or Mediterranean

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    370
  2. 2
    EASE

    10D Effortlessness

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    334
  3. 3
    LEO

    32A Apt zodiac sign for Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion

    40
    268
  4. 4
    ERAS

    6D What Taylor Swift calls the stages of her career

    38
    295
  5. 5
    ANTS

    11D Tiny hill builders

    33
    247
  6. 6
    ONCE

    58A A single time

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    326
  7. 7
    UNO

    38A Card game whose name is something players cry

    30
    241
  8. 8
    ADA

    36D Accessibility law inits.

    27
    270
  9. 9
    ARENA

    24D Sports locale

    24
    334
  10. 10
    ORES

    30A Metals in mines

    24
    244
  11. 11
    OHIO

    57A Home of Columbus

    23
    200
  12. 12
    TSK

    61A "What a shame!"

    23
    189
  13. 13
    IRAN

    55A World's largest country with a four-letter name

    22
    276
  14. 14
    PRE

    27D Opposite of post-

    21
    175
  15. 15
    AIDE

    39A Assistant

    20
    192
  16. 16
    TWO

    37A A pair

    19
    165
  17. 17
    ERIC

    31A Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family"

    17
    251
  18. 18
    IBET

    15A "Su-u-ure"

    16
    132
  19. 19
    DEMO

    5A Free trial version

    16
    105
  20. 20
    RIOT

    48D Civil uprising

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    191
  21. 21
    NINE

    53D Number in a nonet

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    155
  22. 22
    LAIR

    22D Den

    15
    143
  23. 23
    OFT

    8D Frequently, in poetry

    15
    113
  24. 24
    MINI

    7D 5x5-square crossword

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    100
  25. 25
    NONE

    60A Zero

    14
    132
  26. 26
    PEP

    33A Vitality

    14
    126
  27. 27
    ASOF

    51D Starting, timewise

    14
    107
  28. 28
    BAH

    56D Expression of contempt

    12
    142
  29. 29
    SHED

    63A Backyard storage space

    12
    115
  30. 30
    HALT

    21A "Soldier, stop!"

    12
    64
  31. 31
    SHIP

    1D Steamer or cruiser

    11
    60
  32. 32
    STAG

    1A Deer sir?

    10
    168
  33. 33
    SPAN

    14A Go across

    10
    132
  34. 34
    AGER

    3D Follower of New or teen

    10
    108
  35. 35
    PAM

    45D ___ Beesly, character who has the last line in the finale of "The Office"

    10
    94
  36. 36
    PALE

    50D Whitish

    10
    81
  37. 37
    LEAF

    22A Page (through)

    10
    62
  38. 38
    HAL

    19D Nickname akin to Harry

    9
    140
  39. 39
    TUBA

    2D Oom-pah instrument

    9
    77
  40. 40
    SERIF

    13A Typographical embellishment

    9
    60
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    URNS

    49D Caterer's containers

    8
    108
  42. 42
    YEAST

    44D Bread maker's supply

    8
    86
  43. 43
    PAST

    17A Half ___ (when the minute hand points down)

    8
    79
  44. 44
    UHOH

    52D "This looks like trouble!"

    7
    95
  45. 45
    HEAR

    47A Word repeated in "___ ye, ___ ye!"

    7
    61
  46. 46
    DELETE

    5D Key to the right of "+" and "=" on a Mac keyboard

    7
    48
  47. 47
    ALOFT

    59A Up in the air

    6
    65
  48. 48
    TWAS

    46A "___ the night before Christmas …"

    6
    65
  49. 49
    MEAD

    40A Anthropologist Margaret

    6
    62
  50. 50
    HEFT

    62A Test the weight of

    6
    35
  51. 51
    NEWAT

    28D Starting to learn

    5
    21
  52. 52
    RUBIK

    48A Cube maker Erno

    5
    19
  53. 53
    MEMES

    20A They quickly spread online

    5
    13
  54. 54
    SPELL

    13D Characterize?

    4
    30
  55. 55
    HUGO

    12A Designer ___ Boss

    3
    40
  56. 56
    TOED

    54D Follower of pointy or pigeon

    3
    38
  57. 57
    POPUP

    23D Short-term kind of store

    3
    27
  58. 58
    BASIS

    56A Underpinning

    3
    22
  59. 59
    THRIFT

    43D What misers take to an extreme

    3
    8
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    NIPS

    35D Small bites

    2
    53
  61. 61
    PLANT

    16A Something green in a greenhouse

    2
    33
  62. 62
    LEVER

    26D Prime use for a crowbar

    2
    26
  63. 63
    TWINE

    42D Strong string

    2
    26
  64. 64
    GOODY

    29D "Oh boy!"

    2
    9
  65. 65
    PARCHEESI

    18A Popular board game adapted from India [1]

    2
    4
  66. 66
    SPEAK

    14D Orate

    1
    25
  67. 67
    KAYAK

    34D Watercraft for an Inuit

    1
    13
  68. 68
    MERCY

    20D Compassion

    1
    13
  69. 69
    KNAVERY

    34A Scoundrel's deeds

    1
    4
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    MAROONS

    40D Leaves stranded

    1
    4
  71. 71
    PARALLELPARKING

    23A Challenge for student drivers [2]

    1
    4
  72. 72
    SPAMFILTER

    9D Email winnower

    1
    3
  73. 73
    GOTCHAS debut

    4D Hidden snags

    1
    1
  74. 74
    PARAMOUNT debut

    50A Of the highest importance … or, when parsed differently, what each bracketed number in the clues indicates?

    1
    1
  75. 75
    PARTYPARTYPARTY debut

    41A Never stop having fun [3]

    1
    1
  76. 76
    REPORTBACK debut

    25D Give a debriefing (to)

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    1