WordStats for Comp. 1694 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1689 | 1698 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1694 | Nov 2004 | MISINTERPRET | normal | 22 |
Competition 1694’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 12-letter words)
9.0 words per clue (0.6 below the archive average, and 0.8 below the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 39th longest normal clue in the archive)
Distort (as tabloids might) feature on American bishop ‘accepting wrong-doing’, with endless make-believe
86 letters, 13 words, by F. R. Palmer
Shortest clue (the 752nd shortest normal clue in the archive)
Retrim spinet twisting wrest
25 letters, 4 words, by C. J. Brougham
Competition 1694 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:
D. C. Clenshaw | coded |
R. J. Heald | Colemanesque |
R. Jacks | collated |
R. J. Hooper | Devihy |
J. R. Tozer | discoloured |
F. R. Palmer | Distort |
Dr J. Burscough | distortedly |
F. R. Palmer | make-believe |
D. F. Manley | merits |
R. J. Hooper | Printer’s |
P. W. Marlow | pruning |
C. J. Brougham | Retrim |
C. J. Brougham | spinet |
I. Morgan | Strasbourg |
R. J. Whale | thickness |
P. W. Marlow | Twig |
T. J. Moorey | well-oiled |
C. J. Brougham | wrest |
F. R. Palmer | wrong-doing |