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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2300 | Jul 2016 | MISHMASH | normal | 25 |
Competition 2300’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and equal to the average for 8-letter words)
9.6 words per clue (equal to the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clues (the 397th longest normal clues in the archive)
Referendum’s end comes with an issue for Scots, pound down and allied group in disarray
71 letters, 15 words, by D. V. Harry
Mess created by Gove finally running, shame his manoeuvring brought about end of chum
71 letters, 14 words, by T. J. Moorey
Melange – i.e. salmagundi, hotchpotch, miscellany and scrambled hash, a little bit of each
71 letters, 14 words, by C. Short
Shortest clue (the 124th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Providing —— is ‘hash’
15 letters, 3 words, by Dr J. Burscough
Competition 2300 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
Dr I. S. Fletcher | assemblage |
G. H. Willett | coordination |
G. H. Willett | Duffed |
D. Clay | firstly |
T. J. Moorey | Gove |
J. Grimes | guddle |
J. Grimes | Hamish |
T. C. Borland | Hammersmith’s |
C. Short | hotchpotch |
D. F. Manley | h’m |
T. C. Borland | intertwining |
M. Barley | miasms |
P. L. Stone | mishit |
L. Ward | moppet’s |
R. C. Teuton | movies |
M. Barley | Potpourri |
D. F. Manley | shambolic |