WordStats for Comp. 718 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 714 | 722 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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718 | Feb 1986 | FLO(GG)IN(G) | Letters Latent | 23 |
Competition 718’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for Letters Latent competitions)
9.7 words per clue (0.1 above the archive average, and 0.4 above the average for Letters Latent competitions)
Longest clue (the 5th longest Letters Latent clue in the archive)
If Leon (after first of embarrassing leaks) has proved deceitful, there should be harsh punishment
81 letters, 15 words, by D. A. Crossland
Shortest clue (the 28th shortest Letters Latent clue in the archive)
Fine reins, no use for dead horse
26 letters, 7 words, by D. P. Shenkin
Competition 718 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:
S. Armstrong | Chastisement |
F. E. Newlove | cod-piece |
D. A. Crossland | deceitful |
R. J. Hooper | drummers |
P. F. Henderson | factory’s |
M. R. Wetherfield | hindquarter |
F. B. Stubbs | illegally |
M. Barley | info’s |
D. A. Crossland | Leon |
R. J. Hooper | LPO |
A. D. Scott | Orbilius’s |
D. P. Shenkin | reins |
Dr W. I. D. Scott | spasmodically |
M. R. Wetherfield | strapping |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | swishing |
C. J. Brougham | swordthrust |
D. Ashcroft | tackled |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | taws |
D. Ashcroft | threequarters |