WordStats for Comp. 1580 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1576 | 1585 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1580 | Sep 2002 | MARGENT def. BEETLES | Wrong Number | 24 |
Competition 1580’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
50 letters per clue (5 above the archive average, and 3 above the average for Wrong Number competitions)
10.0 words per clue (0.4 above the archive average, and 0.4 above the average for Wrong Number competitions)
Longest clue (the 12th longest Wrong Number clue in the archive)
A modicum of ink rushes tantalizingly out from rare maths genius bamboozled herein?
70 letters, 13 words, by D. F. Manley
Shortest clue (the 8th shortest Wrong Number clue in the archive)
Hem of old garment runs freely
25 letters, 6 words, by A. J. Dorn
Competition 1580 has contributed 20 unique words to the clue archive:
| M. Barley | Agnew |
| A. J. Wardrop | Austin’s |
| D. F. Manley | bamboozled |
| R. Phillips | bustles |
| L. K. Edkins | Coleoptera |
| J. R. Tozer | GM |
| L. K. Edkins | gnat |
| J. R. Beresford | Hammers |
| J. C. Leyland | lip’s |
| C. J. Morse | makers |
| R. J. Hooper | malls |
| Mrs A. Boyes | mauls |
| P. L. Stone | motors |
| D. C. Williamson | overhangs |
| D. F. Manley | rushes |
| T. Smith | scuttles |
| J. R. Tozer | tampers |
| D. F. Manley | tantalizingly |
| S. Newbery | Typographers |
| D. H. Tompsett | Windage |