WordStats for Comp. 148 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 146 | 152 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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148 | Jan 1975 | BALLYHOO | normal | 26 |
Competition 148’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
50 letters per clue (5 above the archive average, and 5 above the average for 8-letter words)
9.8 words per clue (0.2 above the archive average, and 0.4 above the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 109th longest normal clue in the archive)
What leads one to expect the greatest final of Wembley – and match, after one shot, ends with no score
80 letters, 19 words, by E. Chalkley
Shortest clue (the 990th shortest normal clue in the archive)
E.g. ‘… delivery – a brute!’ (when one’s out)?
27 letters, 8 words, by E. J. Burge
Competition 148 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
A. J. Redstone | advertiser |
C. G. Millin | Barker’s |
D. F. Manley | boxing’s |
F. D. H. Atkinson | Brainwashing |
R. E. Kimmons | Darned |
Dr R. Majdalany | Ebullient |
P. J. Wagstaffe | eyewash |
W. K. M. Slimmings | fury |
T. E. Sanders | Hallo |
F. D. H. Atkinson | hoodwinked |
P. Hurst | loudmouthed |
P. J. Wagstaffe | optician’s |
H. R. Lockhart | piffle |
A. J. Redstone | Razzamatazz |
R. S. Caffyn | razzmatazz |
R. E. Kimmons | restraint’s |
P. Hurst | spews |
E. Chalkley | Wembley |