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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Oct 1973 | MIRLIGOES / ILL-OMENED | Right and Left | 21 |
Competition 84’s average clue lengths over 21 clues:
71 letters per clue (26 above the archive average, and 2 below the average for Right and Left competitions)
14.0 words per clue (4.4 above the archive average, and 0.7 below the average for Right and Left competitions)
Longest clue (the 20th longest Right and Left clue in the archive)
Inauspicious, disorganized, disheartened Lenin model Russian community’s still without vitality in post-revolutionary state
107 letters, 13 words, by Dr B. Greer
Shortest clue (the 12th shortest Right and Left clue in the archive)
Whirling some girl I vexed unhappy, queer “dollie-men”
43 letters, 8 words, by E. Hornby
Competition 84 has contributed 27 unique words to the clue archive:
| Dr B. Greer | community’s |
| R. S. Caffyn | dispel |
| T. A. Martin | dollie |
| E. Hornby | dollie-men |
| R. S. Caffyn | Doom-laden |
| R. S. Caffyn | emollients |
| K. W. Johnson | end-on |
| T. A. Martin | foreboding |
| W. H. Pegram | gomeril |
| Dr B. Greer | Inauspicious |
| A. D. Legge | leaderless |
| Dr B. Greer | Lenin |
| Mrs E. M. Phair | oil-men |
| Mrs S. M. Macpherson | oil-rigs |
| Mrs S. M. Macpherson | oilmen |
| Dr R. J. Palmer | orgies |
| Dr B. Greer | post-revolutionary |
| T. Dwyer | prognosticated |
| Mrs E. M. Phair | rigs |
| Mrs S. M. Macpherson | sabotaged |
| K. Reed | scrimmaging |
| Mrs S. M. Macpherson | staggers |
| A. D. Legge | star-crossed |
| J. Steele | sways |
| Mrs E. M. Phair | sympton |
| W. H. Pegram | troubling |
| C. J. Morse | wronged |