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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1489 | Dec 2000 | FRONT-BENCHER | normal | 23 |
Competition 1489’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
51 letters per clue (6 above the archive average, and 4 above the average for 12-letter words)
9.9 words per clue (0.3 above the archive average, and 0.1 above the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clues (the 86th longest normal clues in the archive)
Brethren, including elements of old and new church, perturbed after female’s instated as minister
81 letters, 14 words, by D. W. Mackie
Female minister completely disheartened: ‘Have French been deserted by English, dear Mr Prescott?’
81 letters, 13 words, by B. Burton
Shortest clue (the 1,274th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Name for Brown – the CE, New Labour, say
29 letters, 8 words, by N. C. Dexter
Competition 1489 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
| C. J. Morse | applies |
| A. J. Wardrop | bon |
| N. C. Dexter | CE |
| R. J. Whale | cf |
| M. Barley | CNN |
| T. Jacobs | Dickie |
| R. Hesketh | Hawkins |
| D. W. Mackie | instated |
| D. A. Campbell | Jags |
| J. R. Tozer | marches |
| Mrs J. E. Townsend | marginal |
| F. R. Palmer | Prescott’s |
| C. J. Morse | Robespierre’s |
| H. Freeman | squirming |
| E. J. Burge | T-bone |
| D. C. Williamson | Thorneycroft |
| C. J. Morse | top-heavy |
| D. A. Campbell | Vanguard |