WordStats for Comp. 1428 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1424 | 1433 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1428 | Oct 1999 | CRICETID | normal | 20 |
Competition 1428’s average clue lengths over 20 clues:
50 letters per clue (5 above the archive average, and 5 above the average for 8-letter words)
10.0 words per clue (0.4 above the archive average, and 0.6 above the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 60th longest normal clue in the archive)
Rodent desperate bosses of TV channel introduced, eventually revived declining consumer interest
84 letters, 12 words, by J. Pearce
Shortest clue (the 1,802nd shortest normal clue in the archive)
Busy, endlessly busy I run inside wheel
32 letters, 7 words, by J. C. Leyland
Competition 1428 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive:
R. A. Norton | comic’s |
A. Streatfield | criticised |
G. I. L. Grafton | Cyclists |
A. Streatfield | Hammy |
H. Freeman | headline |
C. A. Clarke | lemming-like |
R. Heald | morsels |
R. Heald | pouching |
R. A. Norton | reportage |
C. R. Gumbrell | rodenticide’s |
R. Heald | scurried |
R. Stocks | treadmill |