A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

COUNT

Thu, 12 Mar '26
Be important
Fri, 17 Oct '25
Matter
Thu, 4 Jan '24
Go from 0 to 60, say
Wed, 14 Apr '21
With 61-Across, advice for an insomniac ... or what you can do 12 times in this puzzle, reading across and down (not including this answer)