Puzzle theme which appears nine more times in the grid

Question:

Answer:

ABE

Length:

Similar Crossword Questions:

Number of times this puzzle's theme word appears diagonally in the grid (to complete the puzzle, shade those words plus the Down answers that begin where they meet)
Theme of this puzzle, seen seven times in the grid
Word appearing eight times in this puzzle grid
New element whose name will be ratified in January, 2010, and whose symbol appears in the middle of this puzzle's theme answers
Platform ... or something that appears four times in this puzzle?
Theme of this puzzle, whose members are hidden throughout the grid
Number of times the letter 'U' appears in each of this puzzle's eight longest answers
Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution
Mark that appears four times in this puzzle (hint: the baseball player who's the answer to this puzzle uses one, too)
It appears several times in this puzzle, so fill'er up!
Bit of footwear that appears at both ends of this puzzle's theme answers
Letter that appears 28 times in this grid
Second of a pair of letters swapped six times in this puzzle's theme entries
First of a pair of letters swapped six times in this puzzle's theme entries
Much of the Smurfs' theme song, and this puzzle's theme
Saying about power (and a hint to this puzzle's theme)
Hall of Fame pop group The Four __, and last of this puzzle theme's five anagrams
It's the theme of this puzzle
Clue to this puzzle's theme
Alternate puzzle theme
Real estate units involved in this puzzle's theme: Abbr.
Identify exactly ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme
Pompous pretensions, and this puzzle's theme
Letter that, as it appears in the middle of this grid, can precede the first words of the starred entries
Easy, and what this puzzle's theme answers literally are