WordStats for Comp. 1008 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1004 | 1013 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1008 | Sep 1991 | SPORTSCASTER | Misprints | 22 |
Competition 1008’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for Misprints competitions)
9.4 words per clue (0.2 below the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for Misprints competitions)
Longest clue (the 22nd longest Misprints clue in the archive)
Customer who chunters about the serving of ales etc could make tapster cross
64 letters, 13 words, by R. R. Greenfield
Shortest clue (the 53rd shortest Misprints clue in the archive)
Man St. John viewed as ‘ridder of monsters’?
33 letters, 8 words, by Dr E. Young
Competition 1008 has contributed 20 unique words to the clue archive:
| H. W. Massingham | armchair |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | Brick’s |
| R. Jacks | carrots |
| R. R. Greenfield | chunters |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | conveyor |
| D. Ashcroft | Corset-straps |
| R. E. Kimmons | cotters |
| D. Ashcroft | Gaskell |
| H. J. Bradbury | Harry’s |
| R. E. Kimmons | Joiners |
| R. E. Kimmons | rasps |
| C. J. Morse | recreated |
| Dr E. Young | ridder |
| J. F. Grimshaw | rockets |
| Rev Canon C. M. Broun | seduced |
| F. R. Palmer | Swanson |
| C. J. Morse | Swanson’s |
| R. J. Hooper | Variety’s |
| J. T. Price | Waning |
| V. G. Henderson | Wilton |