DREAR
Set to 13 different clues across 16 published puzzles, most often “Gloomy, in poetry” — The New York Times, Wednesday, 23 October 2002.
5 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Gloomy, in poetry3 times
The New York Times — Wednesday, 23 October 2002
- Gloomy, in verse2 times
The New York Times — Tuesday, 9 August 2011
- "How pallid, chill and ___!": Keatsonce
The New York Times — Friday, 29 October 2010
- Dull, in poetryonce
The New York Times — Monday, 27 July 2009
- Gloomy, literarilyonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 14 August 2008
- Gloomyonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 14 March 2006
- Dismal, in poetryonce
The New York Times — Monday, 13 December 2004
- "The House of Dies ___" (Virginia Hamilton Edgar-winning mystery)once
The New York Times — Wednesday, 27 January 1999
- Dismal, to Donneonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 19 November 1998
- Bleak, in verseonce
The New York Times — Monday, 23 March 1998
- Dismalonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 14 February 1998
- Cheerlessonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 8 May 1997