WordStats for Comp. 1281 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1277 | 1284 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1281 | Dec 1996 | ABLUTOMANE | normal | 25 |
Competition 1281’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
44 letters per clue (1 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 10-letter words)
9.1 words per clue (0.5 below the archive average, and 0.6 below the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,289th longest normal clue in the archive)
It’s a waste giving shelter to tramp if one never stops soaking and sponging
62 letters, 14 words, by Mrs J. Mackie
Shortest clue (the 203rd shortest normal clue in the archive)
One drawn to balneum?
17 letters, 4 words, by C. R. Gumbrell
Competition 1281 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:
D. F. Manley | ambulation |
Dr E. Young | crying |
D. J. Dare-Plumpton | cycle |
J. R. Tozer | dressed-up |
J. R. Tozer | frequenter |
C. G. Millin | greyish |
C. A. Clarke | lathering |
C. J. Morse | laundering |
J. C. Leyland | Manuel |
D. R. Robinson | remotest |
D. J. Dare-Plumpton | reread |
R. E. Boot | reset |
P. F. Henderson | resorting |
D. A. Ginger | scrubber |
E. Dawid | skilled |
D. A. Ginger | skylarking |
Mrs J. Mackie | sponging |
D. F. Manley | unbedded |
M. D. Laws | Zealot |