WordStats for Comp. 358 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 354 | 362 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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358 | Feb 1979 | UPSTART def. NON-TERM | Wrong Number | 26 |
Competition 358’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
39 letters per clue (6 below the archive average, and 8 below the average for Wrong Number competitions)
8.6 words per clue (1 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for Wrong Number competitions)
Longest clue (the 36th longest Wrong Number clue in the archive)
Leader of pop-group making break in America, punk, is vulgar and pretentious
62 letters, 12 words, by R. J. Palmer
Shortest clue (the shortest Wrong Number clue in the archive)
Jerk after break?
14 letters, 3 words, by Mrs K. Bissett
Competition 358 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive:
N. O’Neill | challenger |
J. D. Moore | climber |
J. Gill | fraction |
C. Allen Baker | fraught |
K. Reed | Freshman |
R. J. Hooper | idleness |
E. M. Hornby | Ill-bred |
Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | inactivity |
C. J. Morse | nouveau-riche |
N. C. Dexter | outshining |
E. M. Hornby | Oxbridge |
E. Chalkley | Pup |
J. D. Moore | rut |