WordStats for Comp. 627 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 622 | 631 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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627 | May 1984 | AMBIENT | normal | 22 |
Competition 627’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
40 letters per clue (5 below the archive average, and 4 below the average for 7-letter words)
9.2 words per clue (0.4 below the archive average, and equal to the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clue (the 618th longest normal clue in the archive)
If miners’ leader supplants Conservative reshuffle of Cabinet could be in the air
68 letters, 13 words, by C. A. Clarke
Shortest clue (the 124th shortest normal clue in the archive)
In me, bat flitters
15 letters, 4 words, by M. G. Wilson
Competition 627 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive:
M. Jellis | arena |
D. F. Manley | breathes |
S. Goldie | eyre |
M. G. Wilson | flitters |
R. F. Pardoe | hustling |
Rev Canon C. M. Broun | Lourdes |
D. V. Harry | migratory |
T. E. Sanders | Min |
Rev Canon C. M. Broun | portent |
C. Russell | skirting |
C. A. Clarke | supplants |
J. P. H. Hirst | Zola’s |