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Set to 17 different clues across 30 published puzzles, most often “Start of a Dickens title” — The New York Times, Sunday, 30 March 1997.
5 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Start of a Dickens title5 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 30 March 1997
- Dickens title starter4 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 4 May 2008
- "___ of Two Cities"3 times
The New York Times — Monday, 25 February 2008
- "And thereby hangs ___"3 times
The New York Times — Tuesday, 9 November 2004
- Dickens title opener2 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 20 February 2011
- Swift's "___ of a Tub"2 times
The New York Times — Monday, 29 December 1997
- "... ___ told by an idiot": Macbethonce
The New York Times — Friday, 18 March 2011
- "It is ___ told by an idiot ...": Macbethonce
The New York Times — Monday, 25 January 2010
- "Gigantic (___ of Two Johns)," 2002 documentary about They Might Be Giantsonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 5 September 2009
- Subtitle starter, sometimesonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 4 March 2007
- Lew Wallace's "Ben-Hur: ___ of the Christ"once
The New York Times — Saturday, 28 August 2004
- "It is ___ told by an idiot": Macbethonce
The New York Times — Monday, 9 February 2004