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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1156 Jul 1994TERPSICHOREAN normal 24

 

Competition 1156’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:

38 letters per clue (7 below the archive average, and 7 below the average for 13-letter words)

7.8 words per clue (1.8 below the archive average, and 1.7 below the average for 13-letter words)

 

Longest clues (the 2,129th longest normal clues in the archive)

How ice partners blend, lacking touch of wit defining T & D performance

57 letters, 12 words, by R. M. Luty

 

Pinter’s playful about edition of Horace, dealing with rhythmic feet

57 letters, 10 words, by D. Ashcroft

 

Shortest clues (the 242nd shortest normal clues in the archive)

So the prancer, I mused

18 letters, 5 words, by D. Williamson

 

Style I so the prancer?

18 letters, 5 words, by Dr E. Young

 

Competition 1156 has contributed 20 unique words to the clue archive:

H. W. Massinghamcanaries
M. Earlecanary
D. P. Shenkincarthorse
J. H. DingwallCharpentier’s
D. PendreyChester
C. J. Broughamchopins
A. J. Wardropchorine
C. R. GumbrellDickens’s
C. R. Gumbrelldub
D. F. Manleyheretic
D. F. ManleyLambeth
J. H. DingwallLouise
H. W. Massinghamochre
C. R. Gumbrellorphans
A. Hodgsonpointer’s
D. A. Campbellprate
D. PendreyRipon
C. J. BroughamSimone
P. F. Hendersonspheric
C. J. Broughamterre