WordStats for Comp. 1238 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1234 | 1242 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1238 | Feb 1996 | ELASTIN | Printer’s Devilry | 27 |
Competition 1238’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:
43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and 1 above the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
9.2 words per clue (0.4 below the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 16th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Deciphering one memorial myopic found a real pigst/y (inscription illegible)
64 letters, 10 words, by N. C. Dexter
Shortest clue (the 12th shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
I shriek if, e/g, I’ve sat on a bee!
23 letters, 9 words, by E. M. Holroyd
Competition 1238 has contributed 34 unique words to the clue archive:
| J. W. Artley | album |
| P. Biddlecombe | Bartok |
| D. R. Robinson | Bartok’s |
| H. W. Massingham | bottled-up |
| G. Cuthbert | canning |
| M. C. Souster | Chank |
| C. J. & M. P. Butler | Dangerous |
| N. C. Dexter | Deciphering |
| C. J. & M. P. Butler | eger |
| D. V. Harry | FA-style |
| B. Burton | face-cream |
| D. V. Harry | fatigue |
| C. J. Brougham | fey |
| M. Barley | forages |
| J. R. Beresford | gating |
| C. J. Brougham | giants |
| A. J. Wardrop | granules |
| J. R. Tozer | haplessly |
| D. Giles | hotpot |
| N. C. Dexter | illegible |
| G. I. L. Grafton | Marilyn |
| P. Biddlecombe | Mikrokosmos |
| C. J. Morse | non-worker |
| F. P. N. Lake | pans |
| J. R. Tozer | picnicker |
| C. J. Brougham | pixies |
| D. Giles | Polly |
| M. Barley | redwing |
| D. V. Harry | Replaying |
| J. R. Beresford | Sassenach |
| D. V. Harry | Shoot-outs |
| A. Hart | shopkeeper |
| E. M. Holroyd | shriek |
| V. G. Henderson | tact |