DESCENT
Set to 7 different clues across 8 published puzzles, most often “Ancestry” — The New York Times, Sunday, 10 December 1995.
7 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Ancestry2 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 10 December 1995
- Half of a mountaineering expeditiononce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 22 April 2009
- Start of a trip in a bathysphereonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 29 July 2007
- A ___ of woodpeckersonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 25 October 2001
- Rocket maneuveronce
The New York Times — Saturday, 30 December 2000
- Lineageonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 16 June 1999
- Rappellingonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 25 June 1994