COAL
Set to 36 different clues across 42 published puzzles, most often “Shade of black” — The New York Times, Sunday, 4 February 2007.
4 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Shade of black4 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 4 February 2007
- Kentucky resource2 times
The New York Times — Thursday, 5 August 2010
- West Virginia resource2 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 11 January 2009
- Black shade2 times
The New York Times — Thursday, 2 December 1999
- Unwelcome stocking stufferonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 9 January 2011
- Mine findonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 10 August 2010
- Big Utah exportonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 13 February 2010
- Seamy stuff?once
The New York Times — Friday, 13 November 2009
- "Present" in bad kids' Christmas stockingsonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 30 April 2008
- Santa's "present" for a naughty childonce
The New York Times — Monday, 4 June 2007
- Epitome of blacknessonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 6 May 2007
- Fuel that's shoveledonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 26 September 2006