WordStats for Comp. 1334 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1329 | 1336 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1334 | Dec 1997 | CATACHRESTIC | normal | 23 |
Competition 1334’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
51 letters per clue (6 above the archive average, and 4 above the average for 12-letter words)
9.6 words per clue (equal to the archive average, and 0.2 below the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 5th longest normal clue in the archive)
Chatters confusedly in between opening letters from Capt. Absolute’s ‘interceded’ correspondence – just like Mrs Malaprop!
101 letters, 15 words, by C. D. S. Field
Shortest clue (the 1,119th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Bob Cratchit – case of verbal abuse?
28 letters, 6 words, by E. Dawid
Competition 1334 has contributed 29 unique words to the clue archive:
C. D. S. Field | Absolute’s |
R. M. S. Cork | allegory |
C. R. Gumbrell | artic |
L. Ward | artic’s |
C. A. Clarke | cachet |
C. D. S. Field | Capt |
Mrs D. Maitland | caustic |
C. D. S. Field | Chatters |
H. Freeman | Chris |
C. D. S. Field | confusedly |
E. Dawid | Cratchit |
R. R. Greenfield | Deranging |
L. Ward | dopy |
R. R. Greenfield | epitaphs |
L. Ward | geography |
G. Cuthbert | idiosyncracy |
D. F. Manley | inaccurate |
C. D. S. Field | interceded |
J. Grimes | luxuriant |
Mrs D. Maitland | misapplying |
C. J. Lowe | misconstruction |
D. A. Campbell | misusing |
D. F. Manley | Oaf’s |
C. J. Morse | parlance |
C. J. Brougham | pineapples |
C. J. Brougham | pinnacles |
J. R. Tozer | scarce |
R. J. Whale | Sphenisciformes |
C. G. Millin | worded |