#1 hit from 50/52-Across ("Why did those days ever have to go?") Crossword Clue

• Words to a genie

  New York Times · Saturday, July 11, 2026 · 5 letters

• "If only!"

  New York Times · Sunday, January 18, 2026 · 5 letters

• "That would be nice"

  New York Times · Sunday, June 9, 2024 · 5 letters

• "Wouldn't that be nice!"

  New York Times · Wednesday, August 2, 2023 · 5 letters

• "Wouldn't that be nice"

  New York Times · Saturday, September 18, 2021 · 5 letters

• "If only that were true ..."

  New York Times · Monday, September 13, 2021 · 5 letters

• "Yeah, if only!"

  New York Times · Tuesday, November 24, 2020 · 5 letters

• Words of longing

  New York Times · Friday, October 2, 2015 · 5 letters

• "Would that it were!"

  New York Times · Saturday, September 28, 2013 · 5 letters

• "If only"

  New York Times · Wednesday, November 14, 2012 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 32-Across Secrecy contracts, in brief
• 33-Across Name that's a body part backward
• 33-Down They might be thatched
• 34-Down Pioneer in arcade games
• 35-Down Devoured
• 36-Across Obligation
• 38-Down "This means ___!"
• 39-Across Greek "I"
• 39-Down Cry in response to a doorbell
• 40-Across Perched
• 41-Across Fraudulent offer
• 41-Down Feature of "rendezvous" and "laissez-faire"