SUMO
Set to 25 different clues across 37 published puzzles, most often “Japanese wrestling” — The New York Times, Monday, 23 March 2009.
4 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Japanese wrestling8 times
The New York Times — Monday, 23 March 2009
- Ring sport3 times
The New York Times — Friday, 14 October 2005
- Kind of wrestling3 times
The New York Times — Monday, 10 July 2000
- Clash of heavyweights2 times
The New York Times — Tuesday, 13 July 2004
- Heavyweights face off in itonce
The New York Times — Friday, 19 November 2010
- Popular spectator sport that's not in the Olympicsonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 4 September 2010
- Mawashi wearer's activityonce
The New York Times — Friday, 4 June 2010
- Sport of a rikishionce
The New York Times — Sunday, 20 September 2009
- Contact sport with a purification ritualonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 7 December 2008
- Sport for rikishionce
The New York Times — Sunday, 5 October 2008
- Heavyweights compete in itonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 27 October 2007
- Sport with beefy grapplersonce
The New York Times — Monday, 24 September 2007