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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1702 | Jan 2005 | WORDSMITHERY | normal | 27 |
Competition 1702’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 2 below the average for 12-letter words)
9.1 words per clue (0.5 below the archive average, and 0.7 below the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 39th longest normal clue in the archive)
Perplexity about Azed’s latest: after expenditure of energy, theme is unravelled. What we devotees enjoy!
86 letters, 15 words, by B. Burton
Shortest clues (the 295th shortest normal clues in the archive)
It earns writer my dosh
19 letters, 5 words, by D. V. Harry
Why Mr Editor’s excited?
19 letters, 4 words, by D. J. R. Ogilvie
Why Mr Editor’s excited?
19 letters, 4 words, by R. G. Smith
Competition 1702 has contributed 14 unique words to the clue archive:
C. J. Morse | dime’s |
D. V. Harry | dosh |
E. Cross | excelled |
W. Murphy | exhorting |
G. H. Willett | one-off |
Mrs J. E. Townsend | rhymed |
Dr I. S. Fletcher | rhymers |
G. H. Willett | rhymist |
R. J. Heald | Rice’s |
W. Murphy | rowdyism |
B. Burton | unravelled |
G. H. Willett | weirdo |
N. C. Dexter | writer’ll |
E. Cross | writs |