HOPE
Set to 25 different clues across 32 published puzzles, most often “Word before and after "against"” — The New York Times, Friday, 17 August 2007.
4 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Word before and after "against"4 times
The New York Times — Friday, 17 August 2007
- Rhode Island's motto3 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 14 November 2004
- Clinton's birthplace3 times
The New York Times — Wednesday, 4 June 2003
- Word on a 2008 Obama posteronce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 26 April 2011
- It stayed in Pandora's boxonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 21 April 2011
- One might lose it in a crisisonce
The New York Times — Friday, 17 September 2010
- "Keep ___ alive!"once
The New York Times — Wednesday, 15 April 2009
- A good breakfast, but a bad supper, according to Francis Bacononce
The New York Times — Thursday, 27 March 2008
- Bad thing to abandononce
The New York Times — Friday, 8 December 2006
- "A good breakfast, but an ill supper": Francis Bacononce
The New York Times — Sunday, 16 May 2004
- Crosby partneronce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 26 February 2003
- Desireonce
The New York Times — Friday, 7 June 2002