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Competition 1945’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:

43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and equal to the average for 6-letter words)

8.7 words per clue (0.9 below the archive average, and 0.2 below the average for 6-letter words)

Longest clue (the 397th longest normal clue in the archive)

For porridge, put its two central ingredients, a little salt and oatmeal, in an empty pan

71 letters, 16 words, by A. Whittaker

Shortest clue (the 466th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Reading for Oscar, put away?

22 letters, 5 words, by Dr E. Young

Competition 1945 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive: