SHAH
Set to 57 different clues across 64 published puzzles, most often “Bygone leader” — The New York Times, Sunday, 12 March 2000.
4 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Bygone leader3 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 12 March 2000
- Bygone royal2 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 9 October 2005
- Exile of 19792 times
The New York Times — Wednesday, 13 October 1999
- Bygone ruler2 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 25 April 1999
- 1979 exile2 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 17 May 1998
- Persian pooh-bah2 times
The New York Times — Saturday, 4 May 1996
- Ruler deposed in 1979once
The New York Times — Tuesday, 10 May 2011
- Deposed Iranian ruleronce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 1 March 2011
- Bygone sovereignonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 11 November 2010
- Persian monarchonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 14 April 2010
- Any member of the Safavid dynastyonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 3 April 2010
- Onetime Asian autocratonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 18 February 2010