EERIEST

Set to 10 different clues across 11 published puzzles, most often “Supremely spooky” — The New York Times, Sunday, 15 October 2006.

7 letters

Every clue on record, most used first

Supremely spooky2 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 15 October 2006
Most weirdonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Like H. P. Lovecraft among all popular writers?once
The New York Times — Thursday, 30 July 2009
Superlatively Halloweenlikeonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 22 November 2007
Halloween superlativeonce
The New York Times — Friday, 11 March 2005
Most peculiaronce
The New York Times — Saturday, 17 January 2004
Superlatively strangeonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 12 July 2001
Most inexplicableonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 15 February 1997
Most like a ghostonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 7 January 1996
Most Halloweenlikeonce
The New York Times — Monday, 28 March 1994