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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1766 | Apr 2006 | GEST | Printer’s Devilry | 28 |
Competition 1766’s average clue lengths over 28 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 clues (the 24th longest Printer’s Devilry clues in the archive)
After having some UN official stop pa/rade, Unionists call for formal talks
62 letters, 12 words, by M. Barley
Naturalist is familiar with the mountain gor/illa bounding in vegetation
62 letters, 11 words, by D. Sargent
Shortest clue (the 57th shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
I like blood or a n/asty bit of flesh
28 letters, 9 words, by P. L. Stone
Competition 1766 has contributed 32 unique words to the clue archive:
| D. H. Tompsett | Abbey’s |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | administering |
| D. V. Harry | Aer |
| E. J. Burge | Aldwych |
| A. J. Wardrop | alfresco |
| D. V. Harry | anywhere |
| D. Price Jones | Applicator |
| E. J. Burge | avers |
| D. V. Harry | Briton |
| C. Daffern | carapace |
| M. Bath | CrossBank |
| E. J. Burge | Farces |
| M. Barker | fullest |
| D. Sargent | gor |
| D. Sargent | illa |
| D. H. Tompsett | laid-back |
| D. V. Harry | Lingus |
| D. P. Shenkin | Ministry’s |
| D. Sargent | Naturalist |
| Rev Canon C. M. Broun | Nottingham |
| T. Anderson | objective |
| C. & C. Hinton | origami |
| D. P. Shenkin | pedantic |
| D. C. Williamson | pinkish |
| A. J. Wardrop | Regent’s |
| T. Anderson | Rutting |
| D. Parfitt | swings |
| D. H. Tompsett | synarchy |
| D. F. Manley | touting |
| M. Barker | Uncle’s |
| M. Barley | Unionists |
| R. C. Teuton | wrongdoing |