WordStats for Comp. 1242 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1238 | 1247 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1242 | Mar 1996 | KNOCKERS | normal | 26 |
Competition 1242’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 8-letter words)
8.9 words per clue (0.7 below the archive average, and 0.5 below the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 249th longest normal clue in the archive)
New Australians following Keating’s lead, these detractors might slump without support
74 letters, 11 words, by C. A. Clarke
Shortest clue (the 151st shortest normal clue in the archive)
Flipping ’eck – norks!
16 letters, 3 words, by K. W. Crawford
Competition 1242 has contributed 28 unique words to the clue archive:
M. Barley | ammunition |
D. Buxton | assaulted |
M. Barley | Athers |
H. Freeman | Attributes |
S. Goldie | blithely |
B. Burton | Canny |
V. Dixon | confound |
T. M. Hoggart | Cork’s |
T. M. Hoggart | Critics |
M. Laws | Dammit |
C. A. Clarke | detractors |
D. F. Manley | Ex-leader |
S. Goldie | Keegan |
V. Dixon | Kevin |
C. R. Gumbrell | Khayyam’s |
S. Goldie | kick-off |
Mrs K. Bissett | kisser |
E. A. Beaulah | lieu |
N. C. Dexter | necklines |
D. P. Shenkin | Nickels |
K. W. Crawford | norks |
B. Burton | ore-diviners |
D. Buxton | penetration |
D. Buxton | Salient |
N. C. Dexter | silicone-enhanced |
C. A. Clarke | slump |
R. R. Greenfield | stardom |
D. P. Shenkin | Tanners |