WordStats for Comp. 1212 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1207 | 1216 ▶ | Other competitions
Clue list | ordStats homepage
Clue list | ordStats homepage
No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
---|---|---|---|---|
1212 | Aug 1995 | HILDING | normal | 24 |
Competition 1212’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and 2 below the average for 7-letter words)
8.4 words per clue (1.2 below the archive average, and 0.8 below the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clue (the 151st longest normal clue in the archive)
Rosinante, for example, with eccentric hidalgo going about in bits of armour others abandoned
78 letters, 14 words, by Mrs J. Mackie
Shortest clue (the 350th shortest normal clue in the archive)
With hazard nigh, I’d left!
20 letters, 5 words, by N. C. Dexter
Competition 1212 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
Mrs J. Mackie | armour |
Mrs M. J. Cansfield | basting |
H. J. Bradbury | character-wise |
R. M. Luty | depicts |
H. W. Massingham | flag’s |
J. R. Beresford | funky |
B. Burton | gutlessness |
Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | gym’s |
Mrs J. Mackie | hidalgo |
B. Burton | ignoble |
M. Barley | listeria |
J. R. Tozer | Mouton-Rothschild |
C. J. Morse | Nithing’s |
C. A. Clarke | oldie’s |
H. J. Bradbury | Parolles |
D. H. Tompsett | Plaza-Toro |
Mrs J. Mackie | Rosinante |
P. F. Henderson | Scab |