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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1827 Jun 2007AMAKOSI 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. LancasterAfricans
G. H. Willettbigwigs
G. H. WillettBrunnhilde
D. F. Manleycolonials
D. Appletoncoma
R. Gilbertimpis
M. Barleyindigenes
N. G. Shippobothaminterference
K. Thomaskraal
P. McKennaKwazulu
D. F. ManleyMakarios
J. F. GrimshawMaori
D. & N. AsplandMaoris
Ms S. WallaceMbeki
C. J. LancasterMines
A. J. Wardropmissionaries
J. C. LeylandNatal
D. Arthuroasis
R. D. Andersonoomiaks
D. AppletonPanda
J. F. Grimshawramin
D. C. WilliamsonShaka
R. GilbertShaka’s
C. J. LancasterSolomon’s