WordStats for Comp. 827 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 823 | 831 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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827 | Mar 1988 | MICKEY-TAKING | normal | 26 |
Competition 827’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
39 letters per clue (6 below the archive average, and 8 below the average for 12-letter words)
8.3 words per clue (1.3 below the archive average, and 1.5 below the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 128th longest normal clue in the archive)
A mildly sadistic diversion in The Observer Magazine – I see clues for solution with perplexity!
79 letters, 15 words, by L. J. Davenport
Shortest clue (the 151st shortest normal clue in the archive)
(M)urine-extraction?
16 letters, 2 words, by N. C. Dexter
Competition 827 has contributed 25 unique words to the clue archive:
R. A. England | acquisition |
G. H. Willett | alluring |
J. R. C. Michie | Angus |
J. B. Sweeting | Calgary |
J. Horwood | Cartoonist’s |
G. H. Willett | characteristically |
G. Gargan | chipping |
G. Gargan | Christy |
C. J. Brougham | dopers |
C. J. Morse | Irishman’s |
W. J. M. Scotland | irritate |
H. B. Morton | Kick-me |
M. Earle | Kinnockite |
T. J. Moorey | knicks |
C. J. Morse | Mike-grabbing |
C. J. Brougham | Needling |
W. J. M. Scotland | Nicky-tam |
G. Gargan | O’Connor |
Rev M. R. Metcalf | Paddy’s |
F. P. N. Lake | persiflage |
L. J. Davenport | sadistic |
M. Earle | Spitting |
J. B. Sweeting | take-off |
T. J. Moorey | tights |
N. C. Dexter | urine-extraction |