WordStats for Comp. 1181 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1180 | 1186 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1181 | Jan 1995 | SLADE | normal | 22 |
Competition 1181’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
38 letters per clue (7 below the archive average, and 4 below the average for 5-letter words)
7.8 words per clue (1.8 below the archive average, and 0.9 below the average for 5-letter words)
Longest clue (the 397th longest normal clue in the archive)
Where Sutherland’s prospects might have improved, Argyll’s declined; a depressed area
71 letters, 11 words, by D. Buxton
Shortest clues (the 27th shortest normal clues in the archive)
‘Noddy’ leads ——?
10 letters, 2 words, by R. C. Teuton
‘Noddy’ leads ——
10 letters, 2 words, by D. F. Manley
Competition 1181 has contributed 22 unique words to the clue archive:
D. Buxton | Argyll’s |
A. G. Chamberlain | Campbell’s |
D. H. Tompsett | cider |
C. J. Brougham | cleuch |
D. Buxton | declined |
C. J. Morse | glided |
P. D. Gaffey | kilt |
A. G. Chamberlain | ladle |
D. H. Tompsett | Lee’s |
H. W. Massingham | merchantman |
N. C. Dexter | paludal’s |
D. Buxton | prospects |
C. A. Clarke | Revie’s |
D. H. Tompsett | Rosie |
G. P. Conway | skidded |
K. McDermid | sledging |
D. Appleton | slid |
D. Appleton | Slochd |
D. Appleton | slued |
D. Buxton | Sutherland’s |
C. J. Morse | tobogganed |
R. V. Dearden | waggled |