RUST
Set to 21 different clues across 28 published puzzles, most often “Fall shade” — The New York Times, Saturday, 18 October 2008.
4 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Fall shade4 times
The New York Times — Saturday, 18 October 2008
- Reddish-brown4 times
The New York Times — Saturday, 2 February 2008
- Oxidize2 times
The New York Times — Tuesday, 17 August 2004
- Lie idle too longonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 24 September 2009
- What oil helps dissolveonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 24 March 2009
- Impair through inactivityonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 17 February 2008
- Corrosion signonce
The New York Times — Monday, 5 November 2007
- Sign of neglectonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 10 June 2007
- Tin Man's maladyonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 29 October 2006
- ___ Beltonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 9 April 2006
- Sign of disuseonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 2 March 2005
- Sign of inactivityonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 15 May 2003