WordStats for Comp. 469 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 464 | 473 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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469 | Apr 1981 | APLUSTRE | normal | 30 |
Competition 469’s average clue lengths over 30 clues:
42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 8-letter words)
9.0 words per clue (0.6 below the archive average, and 0.4 below the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 618th longest normal clue in the archive)
Form of art comprising additional symbolic representation on the end of trireme?
68 letters, 12 words, by C. A. Clarke
Shortest clue (the 295th shortest normal clue in the archive)
A ship’s stern ornament
19 letters, 4 words, by C. G. Millin
Competition 469 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
P. F. Henderson | Argo-Puppis |
Dr I. S. Fletcher | barque’s |
R. H. F. Isham | carriers |
Mrs K. Bissett | craft’s |
J. Lawrence | daubed |
D. S. Nagle | enhancement |
K. Reed | explained |
P. Cargill | fluting |
P. F. Henderson | hydrogen |
Dr J. K. Aronson | men-of-war |
R. H. F. Isham | Pasteur |
M. G. Wilson | perusal |
P. F. Henderson | pulsar |
K. Reed | pusle |
D. S. Nagle | quinquereme |
Dr J. K. Aronson | sterns |
H. W. Massingham | supplementary |
C. A. Clarke | symbolic |