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Competition 2019’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:

69 letters per clue (24 above the archive average, and 4 below the average for Right and Left competitions)

14.4 words per clue (4.8 above the archive average, and 0.3 below the average for Right and Left competitions)

Longest clue (the 46th longest Right and Left clue in the archive)

Out-of-date quail eggs Queen’s tucked into lead to wind: head of erring egg supplier quickly served up as peace offering

97 letters, 20 words, by R. J. Heald

Shortest clue (the 18th shortest Right and Left clue in the archive)

Soothing tonic? He’s to mix some clove, raw egg and shake

44 letters, 11 words, by K. Milan

Competition 2019 has contributed 28 unique words to the clue archive: