WordStats for Comp. 1446 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1441 | 1450 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1446 | Feb 2000 | NEWSPAPERDOM | normal | 23 |
Competition 1446’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 6 below the average for 12-letter words)
9.0 words per clue (0.6 below the archive average, and 0.8 below the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 699th longest normal clue in the archive)
It’s the province of dailies to wield sweeper and mop, removing last trace of grime
67 letters, 15 words, by Dr J. Burscough
Shortest clue (the 545th shortest normal clue in the archive)
We’d spare no MP going astray
23 letters, 6 words, by C. J. Morse
Competition 1446 has contributed 21 unique words to the clue archive:
F. R. Palmer | admen’s |
D. Godden | bilious |
D. H. Tompsett | damns |
J. R. Tozer | disgraces |
N. C. Dexter | drapes |
D. Godden | effusions |
D. R. Robinson | Epsom |
M. Barley | hurly-burly |
R. Heald | mediocre |
A. S. Everest | MEPs |
D. A. Campbell | Packer’s |
E. Cross | Pampers |
J. R. Tozer | pen-power |
D. R. Robinson | pre-dawn |
R. J. Palmer | product’s |
W. Wynne Willson | reorganising |
R. J. Palmer | rock-salmon |
D. A. Campbell | sped |
R. Hesketh | tailors |
W. Wynne Willson | warns |
D. H. Tompsett | Whimsically |