Filed from 37 published puzzles

SWAB

Set to 29 different clues across 37 published puzzles, most often “Q-tip, e.g.” — The New York Times, Wednesday, 24 November 2010.

4 letters

Every clue on record, most used first

  • Q-tip, e.g.4 times

    The New York Times — Wednesday, 24 November 2010

  • Tar3 times

    The New York Times — Saturday, 30 April 2005

  • Mop2 times

    The New York Times — Tuesday, 23 November 2010

  • Sailor2 times

    The New York Times — Wednesday, 7 October 2009

  • Q-Tip2 times

    The New York Times — Friday, 19 November 1999

  • Shipboard moponce

    The New York Times — Wednesday, 25 August 2010

  • DNA collector, perhapsonce

    The New York Times — Wednesday, 30 December 2009

  • Seaborne lackeyonce

    The New York Times — Sunday, 11 May 2008

  • Tidy up topsideonce

    The New York Times — Tuesday, 1 May 2007

  • Deck cleaneronce

    The New York Times — Tuesday, 9 January 2007

  • What tars do to decksonce

    The New York Times — Tuesday, 4 April 2006

  • Do a salt's jobonce

    The New York Times — Wednesday, 27 April 2005

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