WordStats for Comp. 1685 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1680 | 1689 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1685 | Sep 2004 | MINO | Printer’s Devilry | 24 |
Competition 1685’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
44 letters per clue (1 below the archive average, and 2 above the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
9.5 words per clue (0.1 below the archive average, and 0.5 above the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 10th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
At the kosher restaurant you’ll find on the menu the repast ra/ted for its smoky taste
69 letters, 16 words, by R. Heald
Shortest clue (the 70th shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Following a car o/ff ends run in pool
29 letters, 8 words, by D. J. R. Ogilvie
Competition 1685 has contributed 22 unique words to the clue archive:
D. J. Short | Alan |
J. R. Tozer | anxious |
Ms S. Wallace | astronauts |
J. R. H. Jones | Beck |
J. R. Tozer | calculations |
M. T. Hart | doughnut |
R. R. Greenfield | epidemic |
E. H. Furnival | gaffer |
G. Higginbotham | iteration |
M. T. Hart | Jane’s |
R. R. Greenfield | MOs |
C. J. Morse | neat-house |
C. R. Gumbrell | Play-goers |
J. M. Sharman | proclaims |
D. Willmott | ration |
A. G. Fleming | sandals |
J. M. Sharman | scoundrel |
G. Lee | shepherd |
G. Higginbotham | Speaker’s |
Dr E. Young | strata |
J. M. Sharman | umble |
C. J. Morse | vents |