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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1398 Mar 1999PERMETHRIN normal 22

 

Competition 1398’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:

42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and 5 below the average for 10-letter words)

9.1 words per clue (0.5 below the archive average, and 0.6 below the average for 10-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 13th longest normal clue in the archive)

According to Scottish play, after first three characters vanish, Macbeth is at heart a potential monarch killer

93 letters, 17 words, by A. J. Dorn

 

Shortest clue (the 203rd shortest normal clue in the archive)

Bugs take me then … RIP

17 letters, 5 words, by G. Johnstone

 

Competition 1398 has contributed 14 unique words to the clue archive:

H. L. RhodesAphides
C. J. Lowebug-killer
R. K. LumsdonEmergent
W. Andersonephemeras
J. R. Tozerfixer
A. J. WardropHemipteron
Dr J. Burscoughhornet
J. R. Tozermillennium
G. I. L. Graftonno-fly
L. Wardrewrite
N. C. Dexterrose-blight
C. J. Lowespraying
A. J. Dornvanish
Dr J. Burscoughwhimper