WordStats for Comp. 1087 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1084 | 1091 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1087 | Mar 1993 | OLD SOLDIER | normal | 23 |
Competition 1087’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 10-letter words)
10.2 words per clue (0.6 above the archive average, and 0.5 above the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 334th longest normal clue in the archive)
Having initially obtained recognition of bravery in lines, something I’ll never do – run
72 letters, 13 words, by Mrs A. Boyes
Shortest clue (the 407th shortest normal clue in the archive)
One may have held Martini
21 letters, 5 words, by M. Coates
Competition 1087 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
K. Thomas | debtor |
D. H. Tompsett | Dion |
R. K. Lumsdon | disordelol |
Dr T. G. Powell | door-sill |
P. F. Henderson | enthrall |
H. W. Massingham | everything’s |
C. A. Clarke | ex-captain |
E. A. Beaulah | ex-Test |
D. Price Jones | fogey |
B. Costin | gin’s |
K. Thomas | mismanaged |
H. W. Massingham | oiler’d |
K. Thomas | oodles |
D. F. Manley | Rehoboam |
R. F. Naish | Ridley |
B. Costin | Riesling |
D. Ashcroft | Taverners |
B. Costin | Toper’s |