WordStats for Comp. 840 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 835 | 844 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 840 | Jun 1988 | SONDE | normal | 24 |
Competition 840’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
51 letters per clue (6 above the archive average, and 9 above the average for 5-letter words)
10.3 words per clue (0.7 above the archive average, and 1.6 above the average for 5-letter words)
Longest clue (the 86th longest normal clue in the archive)
Leaders in summit on nuclear disarmament evidently met man’s high hope for better understanding
81 letters, 14 words, by C. J. Feetenby
Shortest clue (the 1,274th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Doesn’t it sometimes cast storming?
29 letters, 5 words, by M. A. Macdonald-Cooper
Competition 840 has contributed 26 unique words to the clue archive:
| T. W. Mortimer | Andes’d |
| C. J. Morse | Dedalus’s |
| C. J. Feetenby | disarmament |
| W. Woodruff | discussions |
| D. G. Bousfield | Edison |
| R. R. Greenfield | foreseen |
| C. J. Morse | Icarus |
| R. J. Hooper | interpreter |
| D. G. Bousfield | invented |
| A. C. Wilson | Ionosphere |
| F. R. Palmer | Meteorologist’s |
| P. J. Peters | Northerly |
| H. J. Bradbury | nosed |
| F. P. N. Lake | reporter |
| C. J. Morse | saved |
| E. J. Burge | seaweed |
| R. J. Hooper | Skies |
| R. R. Greenfield | Snowed |
| R. J. Hooper | Song-writer |
| M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | storming |
| D. H. Tompsett | Stratocruiser’s |
| R. R. Greenfield | unseasonably |
| F. E. Newlove | washed |
| R. R. Greenfield | washing |
| F. E. Newlove | Weather-prophet |
| C. J. Morse | weighs |