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Competition 1602’s average clue lengths over 28 clues:

47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and 2 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)

Possible opening for inspectors following tense manoeuvring by leaders of Russia and America

80 letters, 13 words, by G. H. Willett

Shortest clue (the 407th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Set in a frame? Could be I’m a ——

21 letters, 8 words, by C. W. Thomas

Competition 1602 has contributed 14 unique words to the clue archive: