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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1026 | Jan 1992 | LET-OFF | normal | 25 |
Competition 1026’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
36 letters per clue (9 below the archive average, and 7 below the average for 6-letter words)
7.7 words per clue (1.9 below the archive average, and 1.2 below the average for 6-letter words)
Longest clues (the 1,764th longest normal clues in the archive)
This party, perhaps, needs renewed effort with change from right to left
59 letters, 12 words, by E. G. Fletcher
What sees wallet of fisherman filled – catch landing on the deck, perhaps?
59 letters, 12 words, by M. Barley
Shortest clues (the 27th shortest normal clues in the archive)
Fire escape
10 letters, 2 words, by B. E. Chamberlain
Fire escape
10 letters, 2 words, by R. J. Hooper
Fire escape?
10 letters, 2 words, by I. D. McDonald
Fire escape
10 letters, 2 words, by I. Morgan
Fire escape
10 letters, 2 words, by A. D. Scott
Competition 1026 has contributed 11 unique words to the clue archive:
| R. A. England | derive |
| C. J. Morse | exhaust-pipe |
| C. J. Morse | Fiesta’s |
| M. Barley | fisherman |
| D. F. Manley | oft-failed |
| M. R. Whiteoak | overact |
| T. E. Sanders | reprieve |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | sitter |
| F. P. N. Lake | toffee |
| F. P. N. Lake | treacle |
| M. Barley | wallet |