WordStats for Comp. 139 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 135 | 143 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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139 | Nov 1974 | PIEPOWDER | normal | 25 |
Competition 139’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 9-letter words)
10.2 words per clue (0.6 above the archive average, and 0.6 above the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 397th longest normal clue in the archive)
In place of the market’s rough justice we have confusion over what’s hidden in a compact
71 letters, 16 words, by C. J. Morse
Shortest clue (the 1,274th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Rustic bench – otherwise period pew
29 letters, 5 words, by F. D. H. Atkinson
Competition 139 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
D. V. Harry | abide |
C. J. Morse | compact |
W. K. M. Slimmings | comprise |
C. Allen Baker | Court’s |
W. K. M. Slimmings | footpad’s |
S. L. Paton | Goody |
D. C. Williamson | Gregory |
D. C. Williamson | Maundy |
A. D. Legge | owed |
E. M. Hornby | Pentonville |
C. Allen Baker | pilferer |
A. D. Legge | piper |
P. G. O’Gorman | Simon’s |
S. L. Paton | slogger |
J. A. Fincken | trudged |