RUMOR
Set to 18 different clues across 22 published puzzles, most often “Scuttlebutt” — The New York Times, Sunday, 3 March 1996.
5 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Scuttlebutt3 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 3 March 1996
- Buzz2 times
The New York Times — Thursday, 29 November 2007
- Hearsay2 times
The New York Times — Tuesday, 14 March 2006
- Part of a whispering campaignonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 16 April 2011
- Thing picked up at a water cooleronce
The New York Times — Friday, 15 October 2010
- One may circulate quicklyonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 31 July 2010
- It's often unfoundedonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 30 May 2009
- "___ has it ..."once
The New York Times — Sunday, 29 March 2009
- Bit of dirtonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 22 March 2007
- One going around the officeonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 15 May 2005
- Gossip's tidbitonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 16 November 2004
- Reporter's starting point, perhapsonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 16 October 2004