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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1180 | Xmas 1994 | COLD TURKEY | normal | 26 |
Competition 1180’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and 5 below the average for 10-letter words)
8.6 words per clue (1 below the archive average, and 1.1 below the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clues (the 905th longest normal clues in the archive)
Outcome of adjusting crudely to termination of crack (or smack) being injected
65 letters, 12 words, by C. J. Napier
Withdrawal from addiction which is long-standing in painfully curt solution
65 letters, 10 words, by A. F. Mylward
Shortest clues (the 45th shortest normal clues in the archive)
Cutting dope?
11 letters, 2 words, by D. Price Jones
Cutting dope?
11 letters, 2 words, by R. P. C. Forman
Competition 1180 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
T. J. Moorey | abruptly |
Dr I. S. Fletcher | convalescence |
J. R. Tozer | cruelty |
P. L. Stone | disused |
D. J. MacKay | DT |
D. J. MacKay | kebabs |
W. K. M. Slimmings | kidding |
A. F. Mylward | long-standing |
H. W. Massingham | Luther’s |
G. L. Scullard | Nauseating |
J. R. Tozer | OK’d |
E. J. Burge | post-Christmas |
E. J. Burge | rescheduling |
W. K. M. Slimmings | rissoles |
D. F. Manley | unhooked |
R. J. Hooper | yclept |
R. J. Hooper | Yearning |