WordStats for Comp. 823 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 818 | 827 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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823 | Feb 1988 | SARBACANE | normal | 28 |
Competition 823’s average clue lengths over 28 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 5 below the average for 9-letter words)
9.1 words per clue (0.5 below the archive average, and 0.5 below the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,431st longest normal clue in the archive)
Rioting Arabs to get measure of Israelis? Hard lacking a missile launcher
61 letters, 12 words, by C. A. Clarke
Shortest clue (the 74th shortest normal clue in the archive)
It can bear shot
13 letters, 4 words, by P. Cargill
Competition 823 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive:
G. Johnstone | arrow’s |
S. C. Ford | Barsac’s |
E. J. Burge | breath |
C. J. Morse | Chastising |
P. D. Stonier | cylinder |
D. V. Harry | emissions |
G. Johnstone | Hollowed-out |
Mrs E. M. Phair | noiseless |
A. L. Dennis | reverting |
P. D. Stonier | Saab |
L. J. Davenport | shooters |
S. C. Ford | thrower’s |