WordStats for N. G. Shippobotham
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N. G. Shippobotham70 2959143N. Shippobotham

 

N. G. Shippobotham’s average clue lengths over 70 clues:

46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average of 45)

9.6 words per clue (equal to the archive average)

 

Longest clue

‘Pale with hints of oriental oolong,’ says advert for transporter of Indian mint teas some Europeans order here?

91 letters, 18 words, in competition 1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)

 

Shortest clue

“Too rude” for this?

14 letters, 4 words, in competition 2165 OUT OF ORDER

 

N. G. Shippobotham has contributed 60 unique words to the clue archive:

1316bowlin’
1506Bran
2239brooking
2065carpet’s
1602Casement
2170choppy
1606comms
1654compels
1753controls
2517copybook
1659cowardy
1654crucifer
1715Dissolve
1576Dumas’s
2049encyclical’s
1792Europeans
1602Fenian
2196gongs
1650haemoglobin
2222Harrowing
1654herbalist
2019hoe
2517imitate
1827interference
2222Job’s
1906justes
2122Justin
1286Lech
1818leg-pull
2599longed
1779mallet
1888medallist
1506Obese
1792oolong
1606orbital
2539part-time
2438petite
1541plates
2144polishing
2065poo
1906Primum
1567quinquagesimal
1758RADA
1550reciter
1971Redgrave’s
1316reignin’
2318Ropey
1866Sebring
1906secundum
1606SETI
1506slimmest
1515smears
2053so-and-so
1758theatre’s
1792transporter
2053tumbles
2196vibe
2122Welby’s
1779wields
2318Yo-heave-ho