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Monday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ETA

    47A LAX posting

    74
    571
  2. 2
    ODE

    12D Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"

    58
    523
  3. 3
    EASE

    65A Effortlessness

    40
    334
  4. 4
    ERAS

    53D Times of one's life, say

    38
    295
  5. 5
    ANTS

    36A Raisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log"

    33
    247
  6. 6
    ALL

    49A Not just some or most

    28
    299
  7. 7
    UBER

    41A Lyft competitor

    25
    119
  8. 8
    KNEE

    43A Joint sometimes bent in protest

    24
    264
  9. 9
    NESS

    10D Loch ___ monster

    23
    202
  10. 10
    ISNT

    61A "Well, ___ that special!"

    23
    162
  11. 11
    AURA

    59A Otherworldly glow

    22
    218
  12. 12
    URN

    57D Caterer's coffee dispenser

    19
    244
  13. 13
    HOT

    24A "___ to Go!," 2024 Chappell Roan hit sometimes compared to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A."

    18
    134
  14. 14
    NETS

    64A Brooklyn basketballers … and what they swish

    17
    172
  15. 15
    SLAT

    5A Wood strip found in many Ikea bed supports

    17
    141
  16. 16
    PAN

    25A Attracted to people of any gender, for short

    17
    125
  17. 17
    UPS

    22A Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo

    17
    123
  18. 18
    AMOR

    1D Spanish love

    16
    172
  19. 19
    OAK

    56D Acorn-bearing tree

    16
    152
  20. 20
    TSP

    8D Small recipe amt.

    15
    154
  21. 21
    YEP

    13D Slangy affirmative

    15
    87
  22. 22
    OPED

    17A Newspaper opinion piece

    14
    107
  23. 23
    BAA

    23A Sheep's cry

    13
    167
  24. 24
    LASSO

    34A Rodeo rope

    13
    96
  25. 25
    LAY

    48A Frito-___

    13
    90
  26. 26
    UGLI

    37A Wrinkly citrus fruit

    13
    86
  27. 27
    APES

    1A "Planet of the ___"

    11
    153
  28. 28
    EXEC

    3D Company bigwig

    11
    101
  29. 29
    AUNT

    51D Parent's sister

    11
    92
  30. 30
    HAZE

    35A Foggy mental state

    10
    53
  31. 31
    ARGO

    49D Best Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to …"

    9
    148
  32. 32
    HULA

    52D Hawaiian storytelling dance

    9
    89
  33. 33
    RENEE

    42A Zellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary"

    8
    129
  34. 34
    SLAM

    62A Poetry competition

    8
    101
  35. 35
    AIMS

    15A Prepares to throw a dart, say

    8
    73
  36. 36
    GEODE

    16A Crystal-filled rock

    8
    43
  37. 37
    SOSAD

    38A "What a shame"

    8
    40
  38. 38
    CANE

    33A Shape for a red-and-white striped Christmas candy

    7
    85
  39. 39
    LITE

    6D Lo-cal

    7
    75
  40. 40
    YAP

    46A Go on and on and on

    7
    75
  41. 41
    FIN

    58D Above-water sign of a shark

    7
    64
  42. 42
    LASER

    32D Word before printer or pointer

    6
    71
  43. 43
    SILT

    39A Riverbank deposit

    6
    63
  44. 44
    FLY

    55D Take to the sky

    6
    46
  45. 45
    CUED

    40A Prompted, on stage

    6
    29
  46. 46
    PAPI

    2D Big ___ (nickname of baseball's David Ortiz)

    6
    20
  47. 47
    LOSE

    50D "Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement)

    5
    102
  48. 48
    DAME

    54D Title for Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson

    5
    69
  49. 49
    EGYPT

    9D Home of the Great Pyramid

    5
    41
  50. 50
    ENJOY

    9A Take pleasure in

    5
    24
  51. 51
    AMEX

    7D Visa or Mastercard rival, informally

    4
    60
  52. 52
    LARGO

    60A It means slow (not big!) in music

    4
    34
  53. 53
    ANTLER

    26D Part of a reindeer's rack

    4
    28
  54. 54
    NESTED

    27D Prepared one's home for a new arrival

    4
    27
  55. 55
    SASHAY

    5D Strut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, say

    4
    20
  56. 56
    ELBOW

    47D Spot for a roller skater's pad

    3
    55
  57. 57
    ASLEEP

    30D Catching some Z's

    3
    37
  58. 58
    YKNOW

    63A "See what I'm talkin' ’bout?"

    3
    13
  59. 59
    PANINI

    25D Pressed sandwich

    3
    10
  60. 60
    RYAN

    42D "Deadpool" actor Reynolds

    2
    86
  61. 61
    MAXI

    14A Size opposite of mini-

    2
    52
  62. 62
    JOT

    11D Scribble (down)

    2
    46
  63. 63
    CABO

    21D ___ San Lucas, Mexico

    2
    12
  64. 64
    PHOBIA

    31D Irrational fear

    2
    8
  65. 65
    STEPBYSTEP

    18A *Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit

    2
    3
  66. 66
    BLURTS

    45D Says out loud without thinking

    1
    7
  67. 67
    BUOYED

    19D Lifted, as one's spirits

    1
    7
  68. 68
    HAZARD

    24D Venture, as a guess

    1
    7
  69. 69
    LAGUNA

    29D "___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts)

    1
    6
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    SUBTLY

    38D In a nonobvious way

    1
    4
  71. 71
    RICECHEX

    20A Cereal often found with pretzels in a party snack mix

    1
    3
  72. 72
    PLUCKY

    28D Spirited and determined

    1
    2
  73. 73
    BIRDBYBIRD debut

    44A *How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott book

    1
    1
  74. 74
    CASEBYCASE debut

    33D *Considered individually

    1
    1
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    FOURBYFOUR debut

    55A *Many an off-road vehicle … or a literal description of the answer to each asterisked clue (including this one!)

    1
    1
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    LAUNCHED debut

    50A Got off the ground, as a start-up company

    1
    1
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    PLAYBYPLAY debut

    28A *Detailed, real-time description of events

    1
    1
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    SIDEBYSIDE debut

    4D *Next to each other, like many washers and dryers

    1
    1