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Competition 1862’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:

48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for Spoonerisms competitions)

10.6 words per clue (1 above the archive average, and 0.8 above the average for Spoonerisms competitions)

Longest clue (the 21st longest Spoonerisms clue in the archive)

Hue’s central feature in a Klee expressing eccentricity – fantastic to see paint so!

68 letters, 13 words, by D. F. Manley

Shortest clue (the 14th shortest Spoonerisms clue in the archive)

In UK ale is drunk so deep to cheer

27 letters, 9 words, by D. A. Campbell

Competition 1862 has contributed 21 unique words to the clue archive: