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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
987 Apr 1991IRON CURTAIN normal 24

 

Competition 987’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:

51 letters per clue (6 above the archive average, and 5 above the average for 11-letter words)

10.3 words per clue (0.7 above the archive average, and 0.6 above the average for 11-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 128th longest normal clue in the archive)

One ton ‘Hurricane’ slammed – he ignored traditional requirement for safety in theatrical break

79 letters, 13 words, by D. F. Manley

 

Shortest clues (the 1,428th shortest normal clues in the archive)

An unyielding bar – Ir – Uri cannot bend

30 letters, 7 words, by Mrs J. M. Critchley

 

Goose hanging? Screen from the flies

30 letters, 6 words, by J. B. Sweeting

 

Competition 987 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:

H. FreemanAintree
R. J. Hoopercomposure
R. E. KimmonsCortina
R. E. Kimmonsdisintegrated
M. Barleydismantling
Mrs D. B. JenkinsonDraper’s
J. F. Grimshawflare-up
G. Johnstoneimpenetrable
E. J. Burgeinterval
Mrs J. M. CritchleyIr
F. P. N. Lakeperestroika
P. S. Elliottrestart
C. M. EdmundsRUC
Mrs J. M. CritchleyUri
G. A. TomlinsonWhitehall’s