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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | Xmas 1974 | CHARADES | normal | 30 |
Competition 146’s average clue lengths over 30 clues:
53 letters per clue (8 above the archive average, and 8 above the average for 8-letter words)
10.3 words per clue (0.7 above the archive average, and 0.9 above the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 16th longest normal clue in the archive)
Developers, merging small plots into bigger ones for the purpose of speculation, had acres for reconstruction
92 letters, 16 words, by L. H. Stewart
Shortest clue (the 1,119th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Seasonal offering from arch-Sade!
28 letters, 4 words, by E. A. Beaulah
Competition 146 has contributed 22 unique words to the clue archive:
| W. F. Goodman | Chambers’s |
| W. L. Miron | cracker-pulling |
| L. H. Stewart | Developers |
| A. H. Jones | Dickens |
| A. H. Jones | Dingley |
| B. Franco | diversification |
| J. R. Kirby | Dramatics |
| A. H. Jones | Eatanswill |
| Cdr H. H. L. Dickson | Hostess |
| C. J. Morse | interrupts |
| L. H. Stewart | merging |
| B. Franco | pastime |
| L. H. Stewart | plots |
| D. A. Smith | reappear |
| Rev C. D. Westbrook | salon |
| D. V. Harry | sequentially |
| R. Jacks | sin’s |
| L. H. Stewart | speculation |
| D. A. Smith | syllable |
| R. Jacks | teasin’s |
| Col P. S. Baines | Torquemada |
| N. Gambier | upside |