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Monday · 78 answers · 2 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ERA

    41D 1970s feminist cause, for short

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    ALE

    63D Pub pint, perhaps

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    ARE

    60A "I am the eggman. They ___ the eggmen …" (Beatles lyric)

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    533
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    NSA

    4D Hush-hush D.C. org.

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    233
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    OAR

    47A Dinghy thingy

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    331
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    IDO

    15A Wedding vow

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    336
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    INS

    28A Political connections

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    TREE

    58D Word with family or fir

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    309
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    NEED

    23A Food, water or shelter

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    ITS

    65A Word before "a bird," "a plane" and "Superman!"

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    OTOE

    47D Central Plains tribe

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    OUR

    19A "___ Lips Are Sealed" (1981 Go-Go's hit)

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    SNAP

    36A Break off suddenly

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    LIL

    10A "___ Abner" of old comics

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    166
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    TIA

    18A Aunt, in Tijuana

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    144
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    OUI

    32D All-vowel French 101 word

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    131
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    SPEC

    69A Contract detail, informally

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    SIA

    64D One-named "Chandelier" singer

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    43
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    EAU

    7D All-vowel French 101 word

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    203
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    SCAM

    14D Phishing scheme, e.g.

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    EASEL

    70A Painter's stand

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    144
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    NAT

    68A ___ King Cole

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    CAP

    62D One may be twist-off

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    HOLE

    40D Reason to give a darn?

    12
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    SISI

    42A "Absolutely, amigo!"

    12
    87
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    NYT

    29D Manhattan-based media org.

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    49
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    RINSE

    13A Washer cycle after "wash"

    11
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    PLOT

    57A "The ___ thickens"

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    PJS

    31D Bedwear, in brief

    11
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    ULTA

    51D Big name in cosmetics

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    17
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    SALE

    52A Post-Christmas event

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    PET

    38D ___ peeve

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    TOAD

    20A Little hopper

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    ARSON

    1D Firing offense?

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    ANGLE

    45A Something acute or obtuse

    10
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    REACT

    44A Have a knee-jerk response, perhaps

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    67
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    FUR

    8D Sable or mink

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    AMC

    37D "Better Call Saul" network

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    HYENA

    30A "Laughing" beast

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    45
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    ASHES

    53D Grill residue

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    SOX

    59A Beantown home team, informally

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    50
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    HYMN

    27D It's sung in praise

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    24
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    EIEIO

    67A "Old MacDonald" refrain

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    OPTIC

    50D Of the eyes

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    60
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    LOTTO

    56A Game with numbered balls

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    56
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    SORTA

    49D To a degree, informally

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    REFI

    6A Altered mortgage, for short

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    EXTOL

    55D Praise to the skies

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    PLAIN

    48D Without any toppings

    5
    33
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    OSE

    35D Suffix for some sugars

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    107
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    IDIOT

    11D No-brainer?

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    DINED

    34D Partner of wined

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    24
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    INURE

    3D Make accustomed (to)

    3
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    DOOM

    34A Partner of gloom

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    TALIA

    66A Actress Shire of the "Godfather" trilogy

    3
    44
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    RHODA

    6D "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff

    3
    38
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    PIQUE

    2D Arouse, as interest

    3
    30
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    GEST

    5D Bit of derring-do

    3
    29
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    ONEK

    43A Kids' fun run length, for short

    3
    14
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    SHOOK

    26D "All ___ Up" (Elvis #1 hit)

    3
    7
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    APING

    1A Mimicking

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    30
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    LOATH

    12D Reluctant (to)

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    30
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    POESY

    31A Sonnets and such

    2
    24
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    LOOIE

    54D Sergeant's superior, slangily

    2
    18
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    IMHOT

    21A "It's boiling in here!"

    2
    15
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    ESSAYTEST

    33D Blue-book event

    2
    10
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    SHAUN

    14A ___ White, three-time Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding

    2
    7
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    LITHUANIA

    10D Vilnius is its capital

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    4
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    DISTINCT

    24D Having a sharp outline

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    3
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    HOSS

    17D Brother on TV's "Bonanza"

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    GHOSTS

    46D Ends a relationship with by suddenly cutting off communication

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    22
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    INTIME

    9D Before the deadline

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    21
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    JUSTTHISONETIME

    39A "Pretty please? I won't ask again"

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    2
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    MONSTERS

    22D Bogeymen

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    2
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    PSYCHEDOUT

    48A Played mind games with

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    2
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    SCATTERSHOT

    61A All over the place … or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across

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    SMASHMOUTH debut

    25A Band with the 1999 triple-platinum hit "All Star"

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    1
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    SQUASHCOURT debut

    16A Walled area for a racket sport

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