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Competition 486’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:

46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 8-letter words)

8.7 words per clue (0.9 below the archive average, and 0.7 below the average for 8-letter words)

Longest clue (the 3rd longest normal clue in the archive)

Describing Malvolio, for instance, Shakespeare’s exactly penning basket with a letter suggesting association with the upper class!

110 letters, 17 words, by C. P. Rea

Shortest clue (the 56th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Climbing rose

12 letters, 2 words, by N. Roles

Competition 486 has contributed 26 unique words to the clue archive: