WordStats for Comp. 869 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 868 | 874 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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869 | Jan 1989 | HOLD-UPS | normal | 25 |
Competition 869’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 7-letter words)
8.6 words per clue (1 below the archive average, and 0.6 below the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,764th longest normal clue in the archive)
Preliminaries to hijacking stagecoaches – past success found therein?
59 letters, 8 words, by M. D. Jones
Shortest clue (the 242nd shortest normal clue in the archive)
See waits last Sunday?
18 letters, 4 words, by A. D. Scott
Competition 869 has contributed 25 unique words to the clue archive:
P. F. Henderson | assert |
C. J. Morse | bosoms |
Dr J. Burscough | Bush-whackers |
M. H. E. Watson | delaying |
M. H. E. Watson | Eggcup |
M. H. E. Watson | farming-group |
J. F. Grimshaw | Fiestas |
D. F. Manley | Half-masked |
P. F. Henderson | Heists |
H. L. Rhodes | hijackers |
M. D. Jones | hijacking |
J. F. Grimshaw | Hitches |
E. Chalkley | muggers |
H. Freeman | mugging |
A. J. Wardrop | Muggings |
D. F. Manley | pistol-carriers |
H. L. Rhodes | PLO |
A. J. Wardrop | preoccupy |
Dr V. G. I. Deshmukh | preserves |
Dr E. Young | rely |
R. E. Kimmons | Riders |
M. D. Jones | stagecoaches |
M. H. E. Watson | tactics |
Dr E. Young | Tobys |
A. J. Wardrop | well-to-do |