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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
618 Mar 1984CRETISM normal 26

 

Competition 618’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:

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

8.1 words per clue (1.5 below the archive average, and 1.1 below the average for 7-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 1,160th longest normal clue in the archive)

There’s nothing infallible about this version of papist and Roman doctrine

63 letters, 11 words, by Rev W. P. Manahan

 

Shortest clues (the 350th shortest normal clues in the archive)

Credit me? It’s misguided!

20 letters, 4 words, by D. J. MacKay

 

Mister C’s inexactitude?

20 letters, 3 words, by G. Perry

 

Competition 618 has contributed 16 unique words to the clue archive:

B. Francoclue-adjudicator
F. R. Palmerdevastatingly
J. F. Grimshawferreted
D. HibbertIdiocy
C. Allen Bakerlobbed
C. Allen BakerMcEnroe
S. M. Mansellmendacity
H. W. Massinghammetrics
L. MayMiscreant’s
E. ChalkleyMonarch’s
Rev W. P. Manahanpapist
R. J. HooperRMs
J. G. Stubbssmiter
Dr E. Youngsymmetric
J. C. LeylandUHT
Dr E. Youngunbalanced