DATELINE

Set to 5 different clues across 5 published puzzles, most often “*Newspaper article lead-in” — The New York Times, Monday, 31 March 2008.

8 letters

Every clue on record, most used first

*Newspaper article lead-inonce
The New York Times — Monday, 31 March 2008
Start of many a storyonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 27 March 2008
Article lead-inonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 14 March 2002
Pacific divideronce
The New York Times — Thursday, 6 February 1997
It runs down the 180th meridianonce
The New York Times — Monday, 16 October 1995