WordStats for Comp. 740 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 735 | 744 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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740 | Jul 1986 | ESCADRILLE | normal | 24 |
Competition 740’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and 5 below the average for 10-letter words)
8.4 words per clue (1.2 below the archive average, and 1.3 below the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,431st longest normal clue in the archive)
Flying ace after art that’s essentially French must accept training here
61 letters, 11 words, by C. J. Feetenby
Shortest clue (the 752nd shortest normal clue in the archive)
Jet-set? Celles d’air sans souci
25 letters, 5 words, by S. Goldie
Competition 740 has contributed 21 unique words to the clue archive:
W. Jackson | caelis |
J. H. C. Leach | cedillas |
W. H. Pegram | Celle |
S. Goldie | Celles |
R. J. Hooper | Cleese |
F. P. N. Lake | Crazed |
T. W. Mortimer | crews |
S. Goldie | d’air |
Dr E. Young | eclairs |
M. Barley | inaccurately |
S. Goldie | Jet-set |
Dr E. Young | Lightnings |
M. Barley | l’escalier’d |
E. A. Beaulah | Mirage |
G. Johnstone | orageux |
G. Johnstone | Ou |
W. H. Pegram | raids |
W. Jackson | recoup |
S. Goldie | souci |
C. J. Morse | Squadron |
G. Johnstone | trouvent |