WordStats for Comp. 183 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 178 | 187 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183 | Sep 1975 | PICKLE | normal | 29 |
Competition 183’s average clue lengths over 29 clues:
40 letters per clue (5 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 6-letter words)
8.7 words per clue (0.9 below the archive average, and 0.2 below the average for 6-letter words)
Longest clue (the 618th longest normal clue in the archive)
What’s fished for with a runcible spoon, nickel-plated, and let away embarrassingly?
68 letters, 12 words, by S. Goldie
Shortest clue (the 91st shortest normal clue in the archive)
Pinch and scrape
14 letters, 3 words, by N. C. Goddard
Competition 183 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
| D. P. M. Michael | Arrow-head |
| Rev C. D. Westbrook | Cull |
| S. Goldie | embarrassingly |
| S. Goldie | fished |
| P. R. Clemow | immersed |
| R. Dean | Insufferable |
| W. Jackson | Morsel |
| E. Newlove | Mousetrap |
| S. Goldie | nickel-plated |
| Mrs N. Jarman | nipper |
| J. J. Goulstone | pilfer |
| J. A. Fincken | piquantly |
| Mrs N. Jarman | postcard |
| S. Goldie | runcible |
| D. V. Harry | sauerkraut |
| A. C. Morrison | sparingly |
| P. R. Clemow | tanning |
| P. R. Clemow | tinning |

