WordStats for Comp. 1139 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1134 | 1143 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1139 | Mar 1994 | BENJAMIN | normal | 23 |
Competition 1139’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and equal to the average for 8-letter words)
9.3 words per clue (0.3 below the archive average, and 0.1 below the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 39th longest normal clue in the archive)
What’s like an Ulster summit, tackling the difficult situation that’s already divided Northern Ireland?
86 letters, 14 words, by R. Hesketh
Shortest clue (the 151st shortest normal clue in the archive)
Gum tree to stick in
16 letters, 5 words, by D. D. R. Sibbald
Competition 1139 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive:
J. R. Beresford | bunny |
J. R. Beresford | chipped |
N. C. Dexter | fastened |
F. R. Palmer | hold-up |
R. R. Greenfield | Jacob |
E. J. Burge | menswear |
P. Cargill | mina |
F. R. Palmer | out-dated |
D. B. Cross | period’s |
P. F. Henderson | Ulster-related |
D. H. Tompsett | Wedgy |
Mrs A. Boyes | wintertime |