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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1454 Apr 2000GET-UP normal 23

 

Competition 1454’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:

33 letters per clue (12 below the archive average, and 9 below the average for 5-letter words)

6.8 words per clue (2.8 below the archive average, and 1.9 below the average for 5-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 1,160th longest normal clue in the archive)

Letter leads to garters embellishing Twelfth-Night’s unsuspecting patsy’s ——

63 letters, 8 words, by D. H. Tompsett

 

Shortest clue (the 91st shortest normal clue in the archive)

Rig: half-gelt ram?

14 letters, 3 words, by R. Haddock

 

Competition 1454 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive:

A. S. Everestcolloq
M. Barleyensemble
A. J. Dornfleece
D. H. Tompsettgarters
R. Haddockhalf-gelt
J. R. TozerHodge
D. H. Tompsettpatsy’s
P. D. Gaffeypurgative
N. C. GoddardTurnout
D. H. TompsettTwelfth-Night’s
D. H. Tompsettunsuspecting
M. Barleyviol’s
E. DawidWoollen