WordStats for Comp. 653 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 649 | 657 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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653 | Nov 1984 | INTERNUNCIO | normal | 26 |
Competition 653’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 11-letter words)
9.7 words per clue (0.1 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 11-letter words)
Longest clue (the 540th longest normal clue in the archive)
Trendy bird engaged in erotic dancing – one who keeps going from one party to another
69 letters, 15 words, by G. H. Willett
Shortest clue (the 1,274th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Incite run on jam. Hartley’s perhaps
29 letters, 6 words, by A. Hodgson
Competition 653 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive:
F. D. H. Atkinson | Arthur’s |
A. J. Crow | centurion |
H. J. Bradbury | courts |
A. J. Crow | crocked |
H. J. Bradbury | diplomatically |
R. V. Dearden | go-between |
A. Hodgson | Hartley’s |
A. Hodgson | Incite |
M. Barley | recount |
F. D. Gardiner | set-up |
W. F. Martin | unction |
R. J. Palmer | wrangling |