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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
45 Jan 1973NEMORAL normal 24

 

Competition 45’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:

42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and 2 below the average for 7-letter words)

8.5 words per clue (1.1 below the archive average, and 0.7 below the average for 7-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 1,591st longest normal clue in the archive)

Shaw’s adjective – before the end of Victorianism not previously uttered

60 letters, 10 words, by T. E. Sanders

 

Shortest clue (the 466th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Merry role-man of Sherwood?

22 letters, 4 words, by A. J. Crow

 

Competition 45 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:

E. ChalkleyBirnam
L. F. Leasonbrakes
C. Allen Bakerdisfavoured
E. R. Evansforestier
A. L. DennisNightclub
D. F. ManleyPalladium
Mrs M. P. Craineprincipled
W. G. H. Mylesram’s
A. J. Crowrole-man
A. J. CrowSherwood
A. L. Dennisthighy
R. S. Caffyntraduction
E. R. EvansTraduisez
T. E. SandersVictorianism
E. J. BurgeWoody