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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1650 | Jan 2004 | SAPHENA | normal | 23 |
Competition 1650’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
50 letters per clue (5 above the archive average, and 6 above the average for 7-letter words)
10.5 words per clue (0.9 above the archive average, and 1.3 above the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clues (the 699th longest normal clues in the archive)
Name used in designation of what takes vital fluid to heart (two go from extremity)
67 letters, 15 words, by F. R. Palmer
England’s capital has plan for transport – but line’s sealed off in that bloody tube!
67 letters, 14 words, by D. F. Manley
Quivering aspen has little square leaves, example of inferior venation, largely
67 letters, 11 words, by E. Cross
Shortest clue (the 407th shortest normal clue in the archive)
One’s on drip after clot in ——?
21 letters, 6 words, by N. Connaughton
Competition 1650 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
| R. Phillips | Antithrombin’s |
| E. Cross | aspen |
| P. O. G. White | blood-vessel |
| W. Jackson | ceded |
| P. Thacker | Crural |
| G. H. Willett | endearingly |
| C. J. Brougham | evacuating |
| J. R. Tozer | experiences |
| N. G. Shippobotham | haemoglobin |
| C. J. Morse | nourishing |
| D. R. Robinson | Pheasant |
| D. C. Clenshaw | phlebitis |
| C. J. Morse | plasma |
| J. P. Guiver | pyritic |
| J. R. Tozer | thrombosis |
| Dr R. J. Bell | tootsy |
| C. R. Gumbrell | varicosity |
| E. Cross | venation |