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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1260 Jul 1996OUT-AND-OUT normal 22

 

Competition 1260’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:

44 letters per clue (1 below the archive average, and 2 below the average for 9-letter words)

7.9 words per clue (1.7 below the archive average, and 1.7 below the average for 9-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 618th longest normal clue in the archive)

Absolutely devastating to Ulster Unionist to embrace rising Nationalist party

68 letters, 10 words, by C. A. Clarke

 

Shortest clue (the 56th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Five star or B & B?

12 letters, 5 words, by J. C. Leyland

 

Competition 1260 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive:

W. Wynne Willsonable-bodied
W. Wynne Willsonconvalescent
D. J. Dare-PlumptonDole’s
D. F. Manleygrandiloquently
D. F. Manleymouthfuls
T. J. Mooreymuster
C. A. ClarkeNationalist
R. J. Hoopernips
A. P. Vincentreservations
J. R. BeresfordTeetotal
R. J. WhaleTurandot
M. CoatesUnreservedly