TEARS
Set to 17 different clues across 18 published puzzles, most often “Eye drops” — The New York Times, Monday, 11 June 2001.
5 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Eye drops2 times
The New York Times — Monday, 11 June 2001
- "Like Niobe, all ___": Hamletonce
The New York Times — Friday, 13 March 2009
- Evidence of painonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 25 July 2007
- Goes a mile a minuteonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 21 May 2006
- Things leaving tracksonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 26 April 2006
- "___ on My Pillow" (1958 hit)once
The New York Times — Thursday, 30 March 2006
- A sad thing to be inonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 18 January 2006
- Outpouring from ductsonce
The New York Times — Sunday, 4 December 2005
- Crocodile ___once
The New York Times — Wednesday, 28 September 2005
- Salty dropsonce
The New York Times — Monday, 9 May 2005
- Muscle injuriesonce
The New York Times — Tuesday, 28 September 2004
- They may leave a stainonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 22 February 2003