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Competition 2027’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:

46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 11-letter words)

8.9 words per clue (0.7 below the archive average, and 0.8 below the average for 11-letter words)

Longest clue (the 151st longest normal clue in the archive)

Arrangement for the clarinet redolent of Jeremiah Clarke’s last piece and rich talent wasted

78 letters, 14 words, by D. K. Arnott

Shortest clue (the 1,802nd shortest normal clue in the archive)

Put line under unsound 13 ac. – it’s woeful

32 letters, 8 words, by C. J. Morse

Competition 2027 has contributed 22 unique words to the clue archive: