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Competition 995’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:

39 letters per clue (6 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)

8.9 words per clue (0.7 below the archive average, and 0.1 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)

Longest clue (the 65th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)

Those anticipating their regular service, pro te/m cancel sprayers

56 letters, 9 words, by B. Franco

Shortest clue (the 7th shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)

I go in la/ke, a regular duck!

21 letters, 7 words, by C. J. Lowe

Competition 995 has contributed 14 unique words to the clue archive: