WordStats for Comp. 478 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 473 | 482 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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478 | Jun 1981 | BIBLIOPEGIST | normal | 27 |
Competition 478’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:
51 letters per clue (6 above the archive average, and 4 above the average for 12-letter words)
11.4 words per clue (1.8 above the archive average, and 1.6 above the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 86th longest normal clue in the archive)
After I’ve finished the books, they’re bound to fix prices; it’s daft with first drink then oil going up
81 letters, 19 words, by J. P. H. Hirst
Shortest clues (the 1,802nd shortest normal clues in the archive)
I like covers to be big – I slip otherwise
32 letters, 9 words, by H. R. Sanders
Backing my fancy, I spoil big bet – ruined!
32 letters, 8 words, by M. Barnes
Competition 478 has contributed 14 unique words to the clue archive:
T. E. Sanders | book-maker |
F. D. Gardiner | demoralised |
Mrs A. Boyes | fanfare |
P. Rhodes | gilt |
D. F. Manley | leather-bound |
N. O’Neill | Morocco |
B. Hancock | overturns |
F. R. Palmer | part’s |
N. O’Neill | possibilities |
J. P. H. Hirst | prices |
Mrs A. Boyes | pucker |
J. J. Moore | shelved |
B. Franco | slog |
J. F. Grimshaw | textiles |