REDA

Set to 4 different clues across 4 published puzzles, most often “Hawthorne novel stigma” — The New York Times, Friday, 28 August 2009.

4 letters

Every clue on record, most used first

Hawthorne novel stigmaonce
The New York Times — Friday, 28 August 2009
Stigma borne by Hester Prynneonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Hester Prynne's stigmaonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 28 December 2005
The scarlet letteronce
The New York Times — Sunday, 2 February 1997