WordStats for Comp. 1229 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1225 | 1232 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1229 | Dec 1995 | GRUPPETTO | normal | 24 |
Competition 1229’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 9-letter words)
8.7 words per clue (0.9 below the archive average, and 0.9 below the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 16th longest normal clue in the archive)
A few brief notes, possibly introducing perplexed readers to the enormous Grove – perfectly useless otherwise
92 letters, 15 words, by H. J. Bradbury
Shortest clue (the 407th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Grace – GP to erupt when out?
21 letters, 6 words, by D. F. Manley
Competition 1229 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:
D. Williamson | appoggiatura |
E. M. Holroyd | bagatelle |
R. R. Greenfield | enhancing |
D. Williamson | intoned |
Dr J. Burscough | Misleading |
D. Williamson | modulate |
D. Appleton | pianissimo |
R. R. Greenfield | pineapple |
C. W. Thomas | potting |
P. Long | prego |
M. Coates | putter |
R. R. Greenfield | richness |
P. Long | Rocca |
E. A. Beaulah | Rocca’s |
R. R. Greenfield | Roulade |
N. C. Dexter | rpt |
A. J. Wardrop | sustaining |
Dr J. Burscough | tot-up |
A. J. Wardrop | tremulously |