RUTS

Set to 14 different clues across 17 published puzzles, most often “Boring routines” — The New York Times, Monday, 22 December 2008.

4 letters

Every clue on record, most used first

Boring routines3 times
The New York Times — Monday, 22 December 2008
Dead-end jobs2 times
The New York Times — Thursday, 13 April 2006
Metaphorical low pointsonce
The New York Times — Friday, 15 July 2011
Furrowsonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 12 June 2010
What wagon wheels may makeonce
The New York Times — Monday, 19 January 2009
Deep groovesonce
The New York Times — Monday, 19 June 2006
Where wheels rollonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 8 May 2002
Road groovesonce
The New York Times — Monday, 4 June 2001
They're hard to get out ofonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 26 May 2001
Causes of some spinning wheelsonce
The New York Times — Friday, 15 September 2000
Tracks in mudonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 11 February 1999
Country road featuresonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 8 November 1998