WordStats for Comp. 862 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 857 | 866 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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862 | Nov 1988 | OFF-AND-ON | normal | 25 |
Competition 862’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 8-letter words)
8.5 words per clue (1.1 below the archive average, and 0.9 below the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 618th longest normal clue in the archive)
Sometimes, with an incompetent, party suffers bouleversement – a real possibility
68 letters, 10 words, by M. A. Macdonald-Cooper
Shortest clue (the 242nd shortest normal clue in the archive)
Periodical: ‘The Field’?
18 letters, 3 words, by Dr E. Young
Competition 862 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive:
R. O’Donoghue | andantino |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | bouleversement |
T. J. Moorey | Constant’s |
Mrs P. M. Stuffins | coquettish |
T. W. Mortimer | devotee’s |
I. Munro | drove |
Mrs M. P. Webber | gaffs |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | incompetent |
P. D. Stonier | noodles |
I. Munro | runlessly |
P. J. Peters | waveringly |
D. F. Manley | windmill |