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Competition 1472’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:

41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)

8.5 words per clue (1.1 below the archive average, and 0.5 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)

Longest clue (the 80th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)

A service should give one smo/other trouble-free period of driving

55 letters, 10 words, by G. M. Neighbour

Shortest clue (the 17th shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)

A revolver could be a ro/d (a gun)

24 letters, 8 words, by Mrs K. Bissett

Competition 1472 has contributed 25 unique words to the clue archive: