DOORMAT
Set to 5 different clues across 5 published puzzles, most often “Punching bag, so to speak” — The New York Times, Saturday, 31 July 2004.
7 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Punching bag, so to speakonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 31 July 2004
- Hardly the assertive typeonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 28 July 2002
- Habitually humiliated persononce
The New York Times — Sunday, 24 October 1999
- Habitually humiliated oneonce
The New York Times — Friday, 24 October 1997
- "Welcome" siteonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 16 March 1995