WordStats for Comp. 1893 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1888 | 1897 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1893 | Sep 2008 | EARTHY | normal | 24 |
Competition 1893’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 2 above the average for 6-letter words)
9.1 words per clue (0.5 below the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for 6-letter words)
Longest clue (the 699th longest normal clue in the archive)
Having the substance needed for growing plants, they are pruned and then trained
67 letters, 13 words, by C. J. Morse
Shortest clue (the 990th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Dropping aitch, sound unrefined
27 letters, 4 words, by T. C. Borland
Competition 1893 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
D. C. Williamson | Bayreuth |
Ms C. Van Starkenburg | Celt |
J. C. Leyland | charlady |
C. G. Millin | Chatterley’s |
R. Gilbert | Crude’s |
E. C. Lance | disjointed |
D. C. Clenshaw | electrotherapy |
D. J. R. Ogilvie | escalate |
R. J. Heald | history’s |
D. C. Williamson | jarring |
C. J. Brougham | Lowry’s |
R. J. Heald | mole |
C. J. Brougham | paintings |
C. J. Morse | pruned |
Ms C. Van Starkenburg | scrubbed |
J. C. Leyland | unpolished |
L. Ward | yachter |