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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1017 | Nov 1991 | SCHAPSKA / PEARMAIN | Right and Left | 23 |
Competition 1017’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
79 letters per clue (34 above the archive average, and 6 above the average for Right and Left competitions)
17.1 words per clue (7.5 above the archive average, and 2.4 above the average for Right and Left competitions)
Longest clue (the 22nd longest Right and Left clue in the archive)
Head of Army invested in a great Apple computer, initially taking chances with amount of memory in it, for part of military outfit
106 letters, 23 words, by P. F. Henderson
Shortest clue (the 26th shortest Right and Left clue in the archive)
‘A fruit, conking Newton’s head, am I?’ asks queer guy in camp cap
48 letters, 13 words, by M. J. Balfour
Competition 1017 has contributed 27 unique words to the clue archive:
| D. F. Manley | aimer |
| R. J. Palmer | ambiguous |
| D. F. Manley | bod’s |
| A. J. Wardrop | cavalry |
| M. J. Balfour | conking |
| R. R. Greenfield | cordon |
| R. A. England | detaining |
| C. J. Morse | fruit-stall |
| R. C. Teuton | Guy’s |
| M. Barley | head-protection |
| P. W. Marlow | juicy |
| A. J. Shields | Kirkpatrick |
| R. A. England | kirsch |
| M. J. Balfour | Newton’s |
| H. W. Massingham | pip |
| N. C. Dexter | Pole’s |
| M. Barley | prop’s |
| J. F. Grimshaw | quarantine |
| T. J. Moorey | repair-man |
| Mrs K. Bissett | scrumped |
| A. J. Wardrop | shako |
| R. J. Palmer | solving’s |
| C. J. Morse | spattered |
| D. F. Manley | Switzerland’s |
| M. Barley | swollen |
| R. R. Greenfield | troopers |
| C. J. Morse | wryly |