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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1156 | Jul 1994 | TERPSICHOREAN | 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. Massingham | canaries |
| M. Earle | canary |
| D. P. Shenkin | carthorse |
| J. H. Dingwall | Charpentier’s |
| D. Pendrey | Chester |
| C. J. Brougham | chopins |
| A. J. Wardrop | chorine |
| C. R. Gumbrell | Dickens’s |
| C. R. Gumbrell | dub |
| D. F. Manley | heretic |
| D. F. Manley | Lambeth |
| J. H. Dingwall | Louise |
| H. W. Massingham | ochre |
| C. R. Gumbrell | orphans |
| A. Hodgson | pointer’s |
| D. A. Campbell | prate |
| D. Pendrey | Ripon |
| C. J. Brougham | Simone |
| P. F. Henderson | spheric |
| C. J. Brougham | terre |