WordStats for Comp. 1052 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1048 | 1056 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1052 | Jul 1992 | AGANIPPE | normal | 25 |
Competition 1052’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 8-letter words)
10.2 words per clue (0.6 above the archive average, and 0.8 above the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 334th longest normal clue in the archive)
First three essentials for Wimbledon champion – agility, extremes of pace, inspiration
72 letters, 11 words, by F. R. Palmer
Shortest clue (the 545th shortest normal clue in the archive)
For aping a poet, dash to this
23 letters, 7 words, by N. C. Dexter
Competition 1052 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
M. D. Jones | Aegean |
N. C. Dexter | aping |
P. G. O’Gorman | Clough’s |
S. Gaskell | fleshes |
R. J. Hooper | Henley |
D. H. Tompsett | infuse |
P. F. Henderson | invoked |
Ms M. Stokes | kindles |
M. Barley | lyricism’s |
P. F. Henderson | Marvell-ing |
D. F. Manley | Palgrave |
S. Gaskell | pentameters |
D. Williamson | Pierian |
T. J. Moorey | Systems |
M. D. Jones | What’Il |