WordStats for Comp. 419 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 414 | 423 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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419 | Apr 1980 | RAMILLIES | normal | 25 |
Competition 419’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
51 letters per clue (6 above the archive average, and 5 above the average for 9-letter words)
10.1 words per clue (0.5 above the archive average, and 0.5 above the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 293rd longest normal clue in the archive)
Complications to arise about boxing contest? British hero’s big fight venue in question!
73 letters, 13 words, by F. P. N. Lake
Shortest clue (the 2,028th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Exchanges of blows: into this I’m knocked?
33 letters, 7 words, by Dr A. H. Seville
Competition 419 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:
F. R. Palmer | advertisements |
D. V. Harry | ana |
J. G. Levack | combat |
C. J. Morse | crusher |
Mrs S. L. Jordan | Hairpiece |
F. P. N. Lake | hero’s |
Dr E. Young | inventions |
Mrs S. L. Jordan | lisle |
F. R. Palmer | Marlboro |
F. R. Palmer | Marlborough |
R. P. C. Forman | militaries |
A. McIntyre | Minter’s |
A. McIntyre | one-two |
B. D. Smith | passee |
M. D. Laws | realism |
W. H. Pegram | serial |
A. G. Bogie | unmodern |
C. J. Morse | victories |
P. F. Bauchop | Villeroi’s |