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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
727 Apr 1986WELL-TO-DO normal 21

 

Competition 727’s average clue lengths over 21 clues:

38 letters per clue (7 below the archive average, and 7 below the average for 8-letter words)

8.2 words per clue (1.4 below the archive average, and 1.2 below the average for 8-letter words)

 

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

Fox, generously endowed on top, has nothing on – like many with a place in the Sun

63 letters, 16 words, by M. S. Taylor & N. C. Johns

 

Shortest clue (the 242nd shortest normal clue in the archive)

I could be so with dust

18 letters, 6 words, by Dr I. S. Fletcher

 

Competition 727 has contributed 7 unique words to the clue archive:

M. A. Macdonald-Cooperbookies
P. F. Hendersonexpending
R. J. HooperLand’s
P. F. HendersonLow-looted
H. W. Massinghamnest-eggs
F. E. Newlovestrapped
D. H. Tompsettvelvet