RAVEN
Set to 17 different clues across 23 published puzzles, most often “Poe bird” — The New York Times, Monday, 19 June 2006.
5 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Poe bird4 times
The New York Times — Monday, 19 June 2006
- Lustrous black2 times
The New York Times — Thursday, 8 November 2007
- Talking bird of poetry2 times
The New York Times — Wednesday, 16 October 2002
- Shade of black2 times
The New York Times — Monday, 4 February 2002
- Baseball : Oriole :: football : ___once
The New York Times — Sunday, 15 May 2011
- In a poem, it "perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door"once
The New York Times — Thursday, 2 October 2008
- Croaking flieronce
The New York Times — Saturday, 26 April 2008
- Baltimore athleteonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 6 June 2006
- "Nevermore" speakeronce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 28 September 2005
- Mystery writer's awardonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 24 January 2004
- Poe called it "grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous"once
The New York Times — Tuesday, 28 December 1999
- Poe visitoronce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 23 February 1999