WordStats for Comp. 443 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 439 | 447 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 443 | Oct 1980 | STEEPLECROWN | normal | 29 |
Competition 443’s average clue lengths over 29 clues:
49 letters per clue (4 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for 12-letter words)
10.9 words per clue (1.3 above the archive average, and 1.1 above the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 109th longest normal clue in the archive)
Capital investment for the not so bright acquired by false pretences combined with low cunning
80 letters, 15 words, by T. E. Sanders
Shortest clue (the 545th shortest normal clue in the archive)
See pert clown got up – in this?
23 letters, 7 words, by A. L. Freeman
Competition 443 has contributed 26 unique words to the clue archive:
| M. D. Laws | acme |
| D. Ashcroft | Bretonne |
| F. P. N. Lake | Celts |
| J. G. Hull | conical |
| V. G. Henderson | cornered |
| E. J. Burge | cornet |
| D. Ashcroft | crepes |
| A. D. Scott | disgrace |
| W. F. Main | Dunce’s |
| A. D. Scott | educated |
| G. H. Clarke | E’s |
| J. G. Hull | fouled |
| R. J. Palmer | lazers |
| N. C. Goddard | lees |
| R. E. Kimmons | loftily |
| W. K. M. Slimmings | nary |
| E. J. Burge | participant’s |
| N. C. Goddard | perc |
| T. E. Sanders | pretences |
| R. A. Mostyn | slept |
| R. Jacks | soars |
| S. Caffyn | swelter |
| E. J. Burge | Truncated |
| R. J. Palmer | twerp’s |
| F. P. N. Lake | Whateffer |
| M. H. E. Watson | Witchcraft |