Answer: HIT
HIT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 250 times.
Referring Clues:
- Top 10 song, say
 - Strike
 - Smash
 - Triple, say
 - Best-selling
 - Gold-record earner
 - Single or double
 - Sellout
 - Severely affected
 - Internet page visit
 - Cybersearch result
 - Big success
 - Best seller
 - Successful
 - Success in the offing?
 - Web search result
 - Bomb's opposite
 - Top 10 record
 - Chart maker
 - Bang
 - Chart topper
 - Event on "The Sopranos"
 - Big royalty generator
 - Chart-topper
 - Baseball datum
 - "Stormy" was one for the Classics IV
 - Chartbuster
 - Collide
 - Boffo
 - Any of the Billboard Top 40
 - Success
 - "Livin' La Vida Loca," e.g.
 - Successful at-bat
 - ___ the ground running
 - Word before list or parade
 - Battleship score
 - Conspicuous success
 - "Battleships" success
 - "___ Me With Your Best Shot"
 - Attain
 - Page visit, perhaps
 - Land on
 - Successful show
 - Smashing success
 - Google return
 - Batter's goal
 - Battleship success
 - Successful song
 - Homer, for one
 - Miss partner
 - Batter's success
 - Broadway success
 - Homer, e.g.
 - Sock
 - Successful turn in Battleship
 - Google result
 - Angel's delight
 - Billboard listing
 - One of Rose's 4,256
 - Official scorer's ruling
 - Box office success
 - Popular number
 - #1 song
 - Run's partner
 - Single, e.g.
 - Smite, and hint to this puzzle's theme
 - Single or homer
 - Big number
 - Best-seller
 - With 18-Across, be unsportsmanlike, literally
 - Smack
 - Googler's success
 - Top tune
 - Top-rated record
 - Arrive in
 - Web-page visit
 - Collide with
 - See 28 Across
 - Popular success
 - Producer's dream
 - Successful film
 - Belt
 - Successful record
 - Battleship player's goal
 - Platinum record, for sure
 - Single or double, maybe
 - Box score notation
 - "___ the deck!"
 - "Iron Man," e.g.
 - Flop's opposite
 - Black jack dealer's action
 - It's delivered on the gridiron
 - Double, for one
 - Any of the Top 40
 - Box-office smash
 - With 42-Down, words that can precede the answers to starred clues
 - Smasheroo
 - Box-office bonanza
 - Partner of 40-Down, traffic-wise
 - Wallop
 - Top ten item
 - Sell out
 - Angel's hope
 - Search engine result
 - Top-10 tune
 - Double, e.g.
 - No turkey
 - Clobber
 - Delgado concern
 - No turkey
 - Sellout, perhaps
 - Single, for one
 - Base runner's need
 - Big moneymaker
 - Flip of a flop
 - Sold-out show
 - Pummel
 - Producer's hope
 - Top-10 record
 - SRO show
 - Backer's hope
 - Slug
 - Batter's hope
 - Swat
 - Whack
 - Thwack
 - Hugely successful
 - Blackjack decision
 - Google success
 - Batting average fattener
 - Batter's datum
 - Mob job
 - Nice at-bat result
 - What a batter hopes for
 - Diamond datum
 - Miss's partner
 - Top 10 tune
 - Chart-topping success
 - Affected
 - Long running play
 - Smash into
 - Blockbuster
 - Google finding
 - Any top 10 song, say
 - Popular
 - Broadway smash
 - Punch or jab
 - Stage success
 - Result of a good at-bat
 - Miss alternative
 - Chart-topping song
 - Strike and not a strike
 - Platinum record, e.g.
 - Google datum
 - Popular show
 - Parade member?
 - Popular song
 - Bomb opposite
 - Punch
 - Internet-page visit
 - Google unit
 - Smash ___
 - Bit of Google success
 - Item on a Billboard list
 - Triple, for one
 - "the nick ___ list"
 - Line-drive single, e.g.
 - Box-office smash, e.g.
 - Billboard's No. 1, e.g.
 - Good guess in Battleship
 - Popular movie
 - Slap
 - Flop opposite
 - Smite
 - Great success
 - Single, double or triple
 - Help for the flummoxed
 - Website visit
 - Result of a successful at-bat
 - Smash at the theater
 - Top 10 song
 - Pop ___
 - Cinematic success
 - Google goal
 - Baseball statistic
 - 6-Across, for one
 - Successful turn in the game Battleship
 - Creative success
 - Chart buster
 - Runner-advancing action
 - Diamond statistic
 - Arrive at
 - Triple or homer
 - Successful song or film
 - Many a Beatles single
 - Box-office success
 - Success in the game 60-Across ... or a hint to interpreting the circled squares
 - Success for a batter
 - Miss's counterpart
 - Conk
 - Whop
 - Struck
 - Skeet feat
 - Google search result
 - Billboard Hot 100 topper
 - Google search results unit
 - Long-running show
 - Baseball stat
 - #1, e.g.
 - Pop smash
 - Musical success
 - ___ the hay
 - Top seller
 - One-___ wonder
 - Top number
 - Word before "home" or "the road"
 - Arrived at
 - Very popular number
 - Major success
 - Huge success
 - Top 40 song, e.g.
 - Chart-topper, e.g.
 - Super success
 - Decision in the game of blackjack
 - See 9 Down
 - Red peg, in the game Battleship
 - Two-bagger, for one
 - No. 1 song, e.g.
 - Strike ... or a batter's success
 - Successful video game
 - Song that's high on the charts
 - Angel's wish
 - Runaway success
 - Toke
 - Successful move in Battleship
 - Smash success
 - Blackjack choice
 - Single, double or triple, in baseball
 - Top 10 song, e.g.
 - Give a card to
 - Batter's objective
 - Billboard Hot 100 song, e.g.
 - Song on Japan's Oricon chart, e.g.
 - Give a card, in a way
 - Box office moneymaker
 - Double or triple, maybe
 - ___ points (health in a video game)
 - Response in the game of Battleship
 - Hot single
 - Success in a game of Battleship
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - September 30, 2025
 - USA Today - September 19, 2025
 - LA Times - August 11, 2025
 - LA Times - July 21, 2025
 - USA Today - July 18, 2025
 - New York Times - July 09, 2025
 - New York Times - May 16, 2025
 - USA Today - April 30, 2025
 - USA Today - February 28, 2025
 - LA Times - January 18, 2025
 - New York Times - January 14, 2025
 - New York Times - September 24, 2024
 - USA Today - September 17, 2024
 - LA Times - May 21, 2024
 - USA Today - April 12, 2024
 - New York Times - March 29, 2024
 - LA Times - March 10, 2024
 - New York Times - February 29, 2024
 - LA Times - February 04, 2024
 - USA Today - January 09, 2024
 
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