Here are the possible solutions for number of v's in this puzzle's answer clue
Answer
Clue
Relevancy
these
Clue
Answer, when pointing to this answer, to the question "Which letters answer this clue?"
one
Clue
Number of F's in this puzzle's answer grid
Definition
an individual thing or person; the number or figure 1
three
Clue
Number of V's in this puzzle's answer
Number of letters in the shortest answer in this puzzle
two
Clue
Number of X's in this puzzle's answer
diacritic
Clue
Mark that appears four times in this puzzle (hint: the baseball player who's the answer to this puzzle uses one, too)
Definition
distinguishing
four
Clue
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)
Definition
the cardinal number next above three
meta
Clue
Puzzle-within-a-puzzle puzzle
Definition
(US) concerned with cultural conventions; (of an artistic work) self-referential
