WordStats for Comp. 581 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 576 | 585 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 581 | Jun 1983 | SPADROON def. MAVERICK | Wrong Number | 21 |
Competition 581’s average clue lengths over 21 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 1 below the average for Wrong Number competitions)
9.8 words per clue (0.2 above the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for Wrong Number competitions)
Longest clue (the 6th longest Wrong Number clue in the archive)
Unfortunate SDP given a hiding – Jenkins cut no capers. Steel more appropriate for cut and thrust
79 letters, 16 words, by B. Greer
Shortest clue (the 6th shortest Wrong Number clue in the archive)
Steel – take SDP or no – a Liberal
24 letters, 7 words, by M. Woolf
Competition 581 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
| D. W. Arthur | all-out |
| Dr E. J. Miller | Andropov’s |
| D. F. Manley | breakaway |
| D. W. Arthur | cut-and-thrust |
| R. J. Hooper | Donizetti |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | pandoors |
| W. K. M. Slimmings | Parry’s |
| F. R. Palmer | passing’s |
| R. S. Morse | Pimm’s |
| L. K. Maltby | ponies |
| W. K. M. Slimmings | rondo |
| W. J. M. Scotland | spring’d |
| V. G. Henderson | swordplay |
| N. C. Goddard | Vacant |
| Dr E. J. Miller | versus |