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Competition 1949’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:

47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 10-letter words)

10.1 words per clue (0.5 above the archive average, and 0.4 above the average for 10-letter words)

Longest clue (the 166th longest normal clue in the archive)

For one accustomed to curry, concocting a bit of flavour with Lea & Perrins won’t have succeeded

77 letters, 16 words, by R. J. Whale

Shortest clue (the 1,119th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Helper farin’ badly if horse bolts?

28 letters, 6 words, by D. F. Manley

Competition 1949 has contributed 20 unique words to the clue archive: