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Competition 1624’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:

43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and 1 above the average for 5-letter words)

8.9 words per clue (0.7 below the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for 5-letter words)

Longest clue (the 794th longest normal clue in the archive)

Not to obtain a clerical appointment it’s enough, perhaps, to become a chap’s lover

66 letters, 14 words, by B. Burton

Shortest clue (the 407th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Scale peak, by securing it?

21 letters, 5 words, by H. Freeman

Competition 1624 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive: