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Monday · 74 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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    EST

    67A D.C. winter hours

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    LEE

    49A Spike who directed "Do the Right Thing"

    40
    360
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    ETC

    16A And so on and so on: Abbr.

    37
    268
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    EPA

    7D Clean energy org. established by President Nixon

    36
    320
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    EVE

    61D Adam's madam

    34
    373
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    SIT

    28D Take a chair

    26
    172
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    ATL

    8D Code of the world's busiest airport

    23
    171
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    YETI

    4D Mountain cryptid whose name inspired a water-bottle brand

    22
    127
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    TWO

    63D Number of points for a basket

    19
    165
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    TOO

    9D "___ soon?"

    17
    189
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    ACID

    47A Drug you can trip on

    17
    159
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    ETTU

    26D "___ Brute?" (Caesar's query)

    16
    191
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    INC

    18D "Monsters, ___"

    16
    126
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    DELI

    50A Where heroes are made?

    15
    152
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    HANOI

    6D Capital of Vietnam

    14
    120
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    NOM

    62D Consideration for an Oscar, informally

    14
    96
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    DEER

    66A Stags, does and fawns

    13
    154
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    GOD

    39A "In ___ We Trust"

    12
    79
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    ISSA

    69A "Insecure" co-creator and star ___ Rae

    12
    23
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    ETHER

    53D Upper regions of the sky, poetically

    11
    111
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    DYES

    48D These can be made with turmeric or saffron

    11
    100
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    AMIS

    27A Pals in Paris

    11
    88
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    ORR

    22A Hockey legend Bobby of the Boston Bruins

    10
    235
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    HIT

    29A Blackjack play

    10
    101
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    MDS

    35A Workers in E.R.s and I.C.U.s

    10
    81
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    BAD

    38D Word before dog or Bunny

    9
    109
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    NEEDY

    54D Impoverished

    8
    79
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    PEC

    64A Muscle used in a dumbbell bench press, informally

    8
    64
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    HUGE

    14A Mammoth

    8
    40
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    TEPID

    31A Lukewarm, as support

    7
    44
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    SUES

    30A Takes to court

    7
    42
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    ROGER

    21A "Received and understood," in radio lingo

    7
    38
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    LULU

    37D Lead-in to "lemon," in a high-end athleisure brand

    6
    77
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    MIDI

    59D Dress length that reaches the calf

    6
    60
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    DUD

    32D Clunker

    5
    53
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    TOWS

    19D Tugboat tasks

    5
    29
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    WISER

    33D More sagacious

    5
    29
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    FUN

    56A What a successful party is

    4
    51
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    CLOTH

    5D Cotton or silk

    4
    20
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    TAL

    55D "Qué ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish)

    3
    61
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    THEY

    1A Gender-neutral pronoun

    3
    48
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    PALER

    57A More ashen

    3
    29
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    LAPTOP

    15A Portable computer

    3
    27
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    TEAMUSA

    58A Olympians wearing red, white and blue

    3
    13
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    SLC

    34D Capital of Utah, in brief

    3
    9
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    CHEATS

    5A Slips a card up one's sleeve, say

    3
    8
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    BSA

    11A Org. that now offers merit badges in Kayaking and Nuclear Science

    2
    76
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    EGOTRIP

    3D Self-aggrandizing endeavor

    2
    36
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    CREAM

    52D It may be added to coffee or corn

    2
    35
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    SINATRA

    46D Nine-time Grammy winner Frank

    2
    25
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    SPURN

    10D Jilt

    2
    21
  52. 52
    MEMORY

    68A The "M" in RAM

    2
    11
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    AVOWED

    65A Self-proclaimed

    2
    9
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    OCTAVES

    40D A professional singer can usually cover more than one of these

    2
    9
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    BELGIUM

    11D Brussels is its capital

    2
    4
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    KIRBY

    25D Puffy, pink protagonist of Nintendo fame

    2
    4
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    STAYCURRENT

    51A Be up-to-date with the news

    2
    2
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    STEERED

    12D Had the wheel

    1
    15
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    ACTRESS

    13D Sigourney Weaver, but not Dennis Weaver

    1
    14
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    CARBS

    43A Starches and sugars as sources of energy, informally

    1
    14
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    WARTS

    33A You cannot get them from frogs, contrary to popular myth

    1
    14
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    DIALECT

    41D Patois or Cajun

    1
    9
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    DUSTY

    42A Like an untouched attic

    1
    9
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    HUMORME

    2D "Follow my train of thinking, OK?!"

    1
    8
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    CHAPTER

    24D Unit of a national sorority or fraternity

    1
    5
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    THEGOAT

    1D Highest-caliber athlete, to fans

    1
    4
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    EMOTIONALOUTLET

    17A Activity that helps one release pent-up feelings

    1
    3
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    GASPIPE

    39D Home installation providing propane to a grill or fireplace

    1
    3
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    BLUSHES

    45D Gets pink in the face, say

    1
    2
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    GOTINTO

    20A Started, as a new field of interest

    1
    2
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    IVESEENTHELIGHT

    60A "It all makes sense now!" … or what you may exclaim after combining the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across?

    1
    2
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    TULIPBULB

    36A Early bloomer?

    1
    2
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    CHICKENWIRE debut

    23A Hexagonal mesh used to fence in poultry

    1
    1
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    REFUGES debut

    44D Sanctuaries

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    1