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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | Xmas 1977 | SLINK-BUTCHER | normal | 28 |
Competition 300’s average clue lengths over 28 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 1 below the average for 12-letter words)
10.4 words per clue (0.8 above the archive average, and 0.6 above the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,431st longest normal clue in the archive)
Schubert’s left unfinished in his pieces one gaining from a premature end
61 letters, 12 words, by Dr E. Young
Shortest clue (the 859th shortest normal clue in the archive)
A —— could make lunch time be a risk
26 letters, 8 words, by F. R. Palmer
Competition 300 has contributed 29 unique words to the clue archive:
| F. P. N. Lake | berth’s |
| C. G. Millin | blurts |
| W. Laxton | Bluthner |
| Sqn Ldr A. J. Holdstock | calfskin |
| S. Holgate | cashes |
| J. H. C. Leach | charcutier |
| R. Dean | crawling |
| C. Loving | Culbertson |
| S. Holgate | fallers |
| E. G. Riley | forwardly |
| D. S. Nagle | humbler |
| M. A. Cooper | keb |
| E. G. Riley | Kirtles |
| B. A. Pike | Loins |
| C. Loving | measly |
| M. A. Cooper | mog |
| M. A. Cooper | mortling |
| Dr E. Young | premature |
| W. Laxton | quality’s |
| P. D. Gaffey | runts |
| Dr E. Young | Schubert’s |
| E. M. Holroyd | seasonable |
| J. H. C. Leach | Sirloin’s |
| B. A. Pike | stillborn |
| A. Lawrie | stirk |
| J. Webster | trucks |
| Mrs N. Jarman | undeveloped |
| Mrs A. R. Bradford | unload |
| C. E. Williams | wares |