WordStats for Comp. 882 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 878 | 887 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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882 | Apr 1989 | DOSSIER | normal | 22 |
Competition 882’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 1 above the average for 7-letter words)
9.5 words per clue (0.1 below the archive average, and 0.3 above the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clues (the 794th longest normal clues in the archive)
Second OED is out – the latest thing in computer gathering of reference material
66 letters, 13 words, by D. F. Manley
Stores reorganized, DTI’s involved, Tiny’s capital lost – that’s what the files show
66 letters, 12 words, by B. Harvey
Shortest clue (the 350th shortest normal clue in the archive)
SIS forms filed by agent?
20 letters, 5 words, by H. W. Massingham
Competition 882 has contributed 14 unique words to the clue archive:
T. W. Mortimer | case-history |
J. C. Leyland | desirous |
B. Harvey | DTI’s |
B. Harvey | files |
V. G. Henderson | Harrods |
S. C. Ford | rents |
V. G. Henderson | Rowlands |
J. D. Moore | secrets |
D. V. Harry | Si |
H. W. Massingham | SIS |
D. V. Harry | Sol |
A. W. Hill | steroids |
V. G. Henderson | swine |
B. Harvey | Tiny’s |