WordStats for Comp. 1646 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1641 | 1648 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1646 | Dec 2003 | BLACK | normal | 22 |
Competition 1646’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and equal to the average for 5-letter words)
8.3 words per clue (1.3 below the archive average, and 0.4 below the average for 5-letter words)
Longest clue (the 540th longest normal clue in the archive)
Bad-tempered press baron in trouble with the union and with financial authorities
69 letters, 12 words, by R. Stocks
Shortest clue (the 466th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Baron facing deprivation?
22 letters, 3 words, by D. F. Manley
Competition 1646 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive:
D. R. Robinson | Beta-blocker |
D. C. Williamson | cueist |
M. Hodgkin | dating |
C. A. Clarke | depicting |
D. F. Manley | deprivation |
W. Duffin | descriptions |
V. Dixon | illegitimate |
D. R. Robinson | jocularly |
B. Burton | law-breakers |
G. H. Willett | Lymeswold |
M. Barley | overshadowed |
R. J. Palmer | shortfall |