DRYDEN

Set to 5 different clues across 5 published puzzles, most often “He wrote "None but the brave deserves the fair"” — The New York Times, Sunday, 8 May 2011.

6 letters

Every clue on record, most used first

He wrote "None but the brave deserves the fair"once
The New York Times — Sunday, 8 May 2011
"Annus Mirabilis" poetonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 20 April 2003
"Marriage A-la-Mode" playwright, 1672once
The New York Times — Monday, 29 October 2001
"Absalom and Achitophel" poetonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 13 August 2000
Early English poet laureateonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 7 January 1996