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Competition 1480’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:

46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 9-letter words)

9.7 words per clue (0.1 above the archive average, and 0.1 above the average for 9-letter words)

Longest clue (the 699th longest normal clue in the archive)

Lifesaver receiving a distress call: ‘Santa Maria foundering with one overboard’

67 letters, 11 words, by C. A. Clarke

Shortest clues (the 1,274th shortest normal clues in the archive)

Saint badly needed around one hurt

29 letters, 6 words, by J. R. Beresford

Unorthodox saint binding one hurt?

29 letters, 5 words, by C. J. Brougham

Competition 1480 has contributed 25 unique words to the clue archive: