WordStats for Comp. 1389 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1387 | 1394 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1389 | Jan 1999 | ALL-OVERISH | normal | 23 |
Competition 1389’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
44 letters per clue (1 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 10-letter words)
8.8 words per clue (0.8 below the archive average, and 0.9 below the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 540th longest normal clue in the archive)
Having a funny feeling that makes you suffer endlessly and shiver uncontrollably
69 letters, 12 words, by A. G. Fleming
Shortest clue (the 1,622nd shortest normal clue in the archive)
Queer beggar – but not a rogue, entirely
31 letters, 7 words, by V. Dixon
Competition 1389 has contributed 23 unique words to the clue archive:
S. L. Paton | A-tremble |
M. J. Bailey | after-effects |
R. V. Dearden | Alcoholic’s |
K. McDermid | ashiver |
T. J. Moorey | bimbo’s |
K. McDermid | coll |
C. M. Edmunds | doh |
A. J. Wardrop | expiry |
C. M. Edmunds | fretted |
Dr I. S. Fletcher | hills |
S. L. Paton | hoarse |
Ms S. C. Cockburn | Hopkins |
J. Mortleman | hover |
Dr I. S. Fletcher | inexplicably |
C. M. Edmunds | lah |
N. C. Dexter | nervy |
T. J. Moorey | raves |
J. H. Russell | Rho |
J. H. Russell | Saville |
J. H. Russell | tailoring |
J. R. Tozer | Villa’s |
C. M. Edmunds | Violers |
C. J. Brougham | wan |