WordStats for Comp. 2287 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 2283 | 2291 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2287 | Apr 2016 | VALET | normal | 20 |
Competition 2287’s average clue lengths over 20 clues:
43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and 1 above the average for 5-letter words)
8.6 words per clue (1 below the archive average, and 0.1 below the average for 5-letter words)
Longest clue (the 905th longest normal clue in the archive)
Extremes of licence taken to cut tax – personally, I’d get billionaires collared
65 letters, 12 words, by T. J. Moorey
Shortest clue (the 242nd shortest normal clue in the archive)
Bye, first to third man
18 letters, 5 words, by M. A. Macdonald-Cooper
Competition 2287 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
H. Freeman | Bertie |
T. J. Moorey | billionaires |
T. Rudd | Buckling |
D. F. Manley | Carmichael |
D. F. Manley | Doughty |
J. C. Leyland | little-used |
E. Looby | manners |
R. J. Whale | Not-quite |
T. J. Moorey | personally |
J. C. Leyland | polonaise |
D. F. Manley | Price’s |
M. Barley | tabac |
Dr I. S. Fletcher | Torte |
A. J. Wardrop | trousered |
A. Whittaker | unpacked |
R. J. Whale | upwardly-mobile |
T. Rudd | vest |