At the opposite extreme are these daily (not Sunday) puzzles with the highest word count.
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98 words
Trip Payne
94
Merl Reagle (1950-2015)
86
Joe Krozel
85
David J. Kahn
Gary & Stephen Kennedy
84
Matt Frederick
Alan Arbesfeld
Damon Gulczynski
Kevin G. Der
Patrick Blindauer
83
Alex Rosen
Ashish Vengsarkar
Bruce Haight
Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes
Peter Gordon
Daniel Larsen
Alan Southworth and Yacob Yonas
Gary Kennedy
Loren Muse Smith and Tracy Gray
Bruce Haight
David J. Kahn
Jules P. Markey
Gareth Bain
Kevan Choset
Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry
Ken Stern
82
Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley
Daniel Jaret
Peter Koetters
Julian Lim
Stephen Hiltner
Freddie Cheng
Jeffrey Wechsler
Joanne Sullivan
Joe Krozel
Tim Croce
Susan Harrington Smith
Mary E. Brindamour
Susan Smith
81
Billy Bratton
Lynn Lempel
Jeffrey Martinovic
Samuel A. Donaldson
David and Karen and Paul Steinberg
Emily Rourke
Bruce Haight
Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
Phoebe Gordon
Bruce Haight
Damon Gulczynski
Natalie Murphy
Drew Schmenner
Finn Vigeland
Trenton Charlson
Meconya Alford
Caitlin Reid
Peter Gordon
Yacob Yonas and Chad Horner
Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Joe Hansen
Alex Eaton-Salners
David Steinberg
David J. Kahn
Peter Gordon
Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard
Peter A. Collins
Peter Gordon
Joe Krozel
David J. Kahn
Bruce Haight
Jules Markey
Erik Agard
Damon Gulczynski
Tom McCoy
Ned White
Tom McCoy
Zhouqin Burnikel
David Woolf
Timothy Polin
Zhouqin Burnikel
Bruce Haight
Victor Barocas and Tom Pepper
David J. Lieb
Molly Young and David J. Kahn
Gareth Bain
Jeffrey Wechsler
Gary Cee
Eric Sydney Phillips
Joel Fagliano
Gary Cee
Jules P. Markey
Peter A. Collins
Joel Fagliano
Peter A. Collins
Alex Boisvert
Peter Wentz
Pete Muller
Tony Orbach
Stephen Edward Anderson
David J. Kahn
Richard Silvestri
80
Dan Caprera
Colin Ernst
Miranda Kany
David Harris
Miranda Kany
Sean Ziebarth
Elise Corbin
Dan Caprera
Victor Barocas
David Steinberg
Sue Fracker
Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
Chase Dittrich
Milo Beckman
Joe Hansen
Andrew Kingsley
Emily Carroll
Erik Agard
Emily Carroll
Patrick Merrell
Alex Vratsanos
Jules Markey
Sophia Maymudes
Milo Beckman and David Steinberg
Carl Worth
Howard Barkin
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrea Carla Michaels
David C. Duncan Dekker
Brendan Emmett Quigley and Joel Fagliano
Patrick Berry
Jim Hilger
Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot
Joel Fagliano
Luke Vaughn
David Steinberg
Michael Hawkins
Ed Sessa
Patrick Blindauer
Kristian House
Severin T. Nelson
Adam G. Perl
Michael David
Ben Pall
Mark Feldman
John R. O'Brien
Adam G. Perl
Milo Beckman
Scott Atkinson
David J. Kahn
Anna Shechtman
Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels
Joe Krozel
Alex Boisvert
Gary J. Whitehead
Christina Houlihan Kelly
David J. Kahn
Adam G. Perl
Gary Steinmehl
Patrick Blindauer
David J. Kahn
John Farmer
Damon J. Gulczynski
Patrick Merrell
John Farmer
David J. Kahn
Richard Hughes
Holden Baker
Dan Reichert
Mike Shenk
Alison Donald
Mike Torch
Patrick Merrell
Robert Zimmerman
Patrick Merrell
PAtrick MErrell
Ron O'Hair
Holden Baker
Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon
Thomas W. Schier
Chris Sallade
Mark Moldowsky
Robert Goldberg
Stephanie Spadaccini
M. E. Skolsky
M. E. Skolsky
Jeremiah Farrell
A.J. Santora
M. E. Skolsky
Ernie Furtado
Diane C. Baldwin
Thomas W. Schier
Ed Pegg Jr.
Robert Zimmerman
Chet Currier
Sidney L. Robbins
79
Daniel Mauer
Sam Ezersky
Daniel Hrynick
Karen and Paul Steinberg
Robin Yu
Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock
Daniel Raymon
Aaron M. Rosenberg and Jeff Chen
Ross Trudeau and Wyna Liu
Brooke Husic and Erik Agard
Simeon Seigel
Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel
David Tuffs
Andy Kravis
Andy Kravis
Oliver Roeder
Dylan Schiff
Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen
Michael Schlossberg
David W. Tuffs
Sam Buchbinder
Bruce Haight
Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Derek Allen
Olivia Mitra Framke
Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
John-Clark Levin and Jeff Chen
Laura Taylor Kinnel
Trenton Charlson
Aimee Lucido
Jennifer Nutt
Julie Bérubé
Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
Grant Thackray
Patrick Blindauer
Alex Eaton-Salners
Sam Trabucco
Damon Gulczynski
Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard
Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen
Howard Barkin
Jeff Slutzky and Derek Bowman
Alex Eaton-Salners
Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard
Grant Thackray
Peter Gordon
Jeff Chen
Matthew Sewell
Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon
Jeffrey Wechsler
Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
Tom McCoy
Parker Lewis
Patrick Merrell
Timothy Polin
Jeffrey Wechsler
Peter A. Collins
Joel Fagliano
Julian Lim
Joel Fagliano
Kyle T. Dolan
Paula Gamache
Jeremy Horwitz and Tyler Hinman
Byron Walden and Caleb Madison
Donna S. Levin
Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
Patrick Berry
Ed Early
Manny Nosowsky
Manny Nosowsky