VARIABLE
Set to 3 different clues across 3 published puzzles, most often “In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ...” — The New York Times, Thursday, 11 August 2011.
8 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ...once
The New York Times — Thursday, 11 August 2011
- Like some manufacturing costsonce
The New York Times — Wednesday, 16 August 2000
- Something not to be relied ononce
The New York Times — Saturday, 14 October 1995