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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1143 | Apr 1994 | DEATH | Printer’s Devilry | 28 |
Competition 1143’s average clue lengths over 28 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
8.7 words per clue (0.9 below the archive average, and 0.3 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 38th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
To revive England’s fortunes selectors need a more inspired I/an Botham
59 letters, 11 words, by A. J. Wardrop
Shortest clues (the 57th shortest Printer’s Devilry clues in the archive)
Overworked stud may trot out a n/ay!
28 letters, 7 words, by T. J. Moorey
Guzzling mars bar’s ma/in tot, stout
28 letters, 6 words, by M. Barley
There, soften protest or stir a/unt
28 letters, 6 words, by Dr I. S. Fletcher
Competition 1143 has contributed 33 unique words to the clue archive:
| P. W. Marlow | alehouses |
| R. Hesketh | Ascot’s |
| F. R. Palmer | banos |
| M. Barley | bar’s |
| F. R. Palmer | bathrooms |
| C. J. Morse | body-builder |
| Mrs J. Waldren | briar |
| N. C. Dexter | butchers |
| S. L. Paton | chilis |
| J. R. Tozer | complementary |
| H. R. Sanders | Consort’s |
| P. D. Hinchliffe | cookery |
| J. R. Tozer | coulis |
| P. D. Hinchliffe | dislike |
| P. L. Stone | EC’s |
| P. F. Bauchop | facetious |
| A. J. Wardrop | fortunes |
| C. Hobbs | gaucho |
| N. C. Dexter | inhuman |
| R. Hesketh | intimidating |
| B. Burton | large-size |
| R. R. Tyler | main-sheet |
| N. C. Dexter | mums |
| H. R. Sanders | overexposure |
| T. J. Moorey | Overworked |
| H. R. Sanders | peeling |
| A. J. Wardrop | revive |
| P. D. Hinchliffe | slimmers |
| J. R. Tozer | sprat |
| T. J. Moorey | trot |
| Mrs J. Waldren | vesta |
| M. Earle | well-developed |
| P. F. Henderson | whinnying |