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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423 | May 1980 | ACCOUTRE | normal | 26 |
Competition 423’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
39 letters per clue (6 below the archive average, and 6 below the average for 8-letter words)
8.8 words per clue (0.8 below the archive average, and 0.6 below the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 466th longest normal clue in the archive)
Dress account over-extravagant – very little change at the end of a hundred sovereign
70 letters, 13 words, by Dr J. K. Aronson
Shortest clue (the 151st shortest normal clue in the archive)
Play ace or cut deck
16 letters, 5 words, by N. C. Goddard
Competition 423 has contributed 14 unique words to the clue archive:
| J. C. P. Taylor | accounting |
| F. R. Palmer | accrue |
| B. D. Smith | Anglo-French |
| E. M. Hornby | attended |
| B. D. Smith | Bourse |
| N. C. Dexter | curee |
| E. J. Burge | helmets |
| B. D. Smith | investors |
| Dr J. K. Aronson | over-extravagant |
| W. J. M. Scotland | pouch |
| B. Roe | recut |
| W. J. M. Scotland | Sappers |
| D. P. M. Michael | scrapping |
| W. Woodruff | shuffles |