AUK
Set to 14 different clues across 27 published puzzles, most often “Diving bird” — The New York Times, Tuesday, 11 March 2008.
3 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Diving bird7 times
The New York Times — Tuesday, 11 March 2008
- Razor-billed bird5 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 28 June 1998
- Arctic diver2 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 4 January 2009
- Diving seabird2 times
The New York Times — Monday, 14 July 2008
- Arctic bird2 times
The New York Times — Monday, 15 January 2007
- Puffin's cousinonce
The New York Times — Friday, 22 April 2005
- Razor-billed ___once
The New York Times — Thursday, 25 December 2003
- North Sea diveronce
The New York Times — Sunday, 24 August 2003
- Cousin of a puffinonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 26 June 2001
- Bering Sea birdonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 10 October 2000
- Relative of the guillemotonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 27 September 1997
- Northern diving birdonce
The New York Times — Monday, 28 July 1997