SAMSPADE
Set to 7 different clues across 7 published puzzles, most often “Sleuth who "looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan"” — The New York Times, Friday, 4 April 2008.
8 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Sleuth who "looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan"once
The New York Times — Friday, 4 April 2008
- 1929 literary character in San Franciscoonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 1 September 2005
- "The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of" speakeronce
The New York Times — Saturday, 1 December 2001
- 1941 film noir heroonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 22 September 2001
- Hero who debuted in Black Mask magazine, 1929once
The New York Times — Saturday, 14 February 1998
- "The Maltese Falcon" roleonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 2 November 1997
- 1941 Humphrey Bogart roleonce
The New York Times — Friday, 9 June 1995