WordStats for Comp. 1541 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1537 | 1544 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1541 | Dec 2001 | CHUPRASSY | normal | 24 |
Competition 1541’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 9-letter words)
9.8 words per clue (0.2 above the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 151st longest normal clue in the archive)
Exotic office employee revelling as ‘saucy seraph’ – a bit of embarrassment one could do without
78 letters, 15 words, by D. F. Manley
Shortest clue (the 242nd shortest normal clue in the archive)
Boss pays such rupees
18 letters, 4 words, by R. Hesketh
Competition 1541 has contributed 16 unique words to the clue archive:
R. Haddock | achy |
R. J. Whale | arch-spy |
B. Burton | Blockhead |
D. P. Shenkin | charpoys |
R. Phillips | dispatching |
D. F. Manley | employee |
J. R. Beresford | gharry |
E. A. Beaulah | Hype’s |
B. Burton | intervals |
V. Dixon | overcome |
N. G. Shippobotham | plates |
Mrs J. Mackie | purchases |
C. A. Clarke | pussy-cat’s |
C. R. Gumbrell | pyramid |
M. Coates | Rupee |
E. A. Beaulah | subordinate |