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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 816 | Xmas 1987 | POTLACH (with extra O in word) | Extra letter | 23 |
Competition 816’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
53 letters per clue (8 above the archive average, and 7 above the average for Extra letter competitions)
11.4 words per clue (1.8 above the archive average, and 1.5 above the average for Extra letter competitions)
Longest clue (the 2nd longest Extra letter clue in the archive)
When it comes to present-giving, Father Christmas’s tops – house is packed from floor to ceiling!
77 letters, 15 words, by L. J. Davenport
Shortest clue (the 14th shortest Extra letter clue in the archive)
Crazy plot leads a child to love ‘Beano’
31 letters, 8 words, by A. Lawrie
Competition 816 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
| A. W. Hill | bean-feast |
| E. Chalkley | buildings |
| W. J. M. Scotland | Caledonian |
| M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | chocolate |
| J. D. Lockett | communion |
| P. F. Henderson | fetch |
| W. J. M. Scotland | gift’s |
| V. G. Henderson | heaven-directed |
| J. F. N. Wedge | hemp |
| E. Chalkley | impatience |
| R. R. Greenfield | induces |
| B. Greer | Persia |
| W. J. M. Scotland | poortith |
| R. R. Greenfield | resin |
| H. W. Massingham | swaddled |