WordStats for Comp. 1827 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1823 | 1831 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1827 | Jun 2007 | AMAKOSI def. DENUDED | Wrong Number | 22 |
Competition 1827’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
57 letters per clue (12 above the archive average, and 10 above the average for Wrong Number competitions)
11.1 words per clue (1.5 above the archive average, and 1.5 above the average for Wrong Number competitions)
Longest clue (the 4th longest Wrong Number clue in the archive)
Leaders of Africans dwelling in or around King Solomon’s Mines, fighting when divested of diamonds
82 letters, 15 words, by C. J. Lancaster
Shortest clue (the 78th shortest Wrong Number clue in the archive)
SA leaders exposed: sharks, but kept in by sloth
38 letters, 9 words, by V. Dixon
Competition 1827 has contributed 24 unique words to the clue archive:
C. J. Lancaster | Africans |
G. H. Willett | bigwigs |
G. H. Willett | Brunnhilde |
D. F. Manley | colonials |
D. Appleton | coma |
R. Gilbert | impis |
M. Barley | indigenes |
N. G. Shippobotham | interference |
K. Thomas | kraal |
P. McKenna | Kwazulu |
D. F. Manley | Makarios |
J. F. Grimshaw | Maori |
D. & N. Aspland | Maoris |
Ms S. Wallace | Mbeki |
C. J. Lancaster | Mines |
A. J. Wardrop | missionaries |
J. C. Leyland | Natal |
D. Arthur | oasis |
R. D. Anderson | oomiaks |
D. Appleton | Panda |
J. F. Grimshaw | ramin |
D. C. Williamson | Shaka |
R. Gilbert | Shaka’s |
C. J. Lancaster | Solomon’s |