WordStats for Comp. 1576 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1572 | 1580 ▶ | Other competitions
Clue list |
ordStats homepage
Clue list |
ordStats homepage
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1576 | Aug 2002 | FACADE | normal | 25 |
Competition 1576’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 3 above the average for 6-letter words)
9.0 words per clue (0.6 below the archive average, and 0.1 above the average for 6-letter words)
Longest clue (the 249th longest normal clue in the archive)
Fancy architectural construction and decorative elements visible from the front only
74 letters, 11 words, by G. Higginbotham
Shortest clue (the 859th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Peter hooks drive at Troon. Fore!
26 letters, 6 words, by C. W. Thomas
Competition 1576 has contributed 28 unique words to the clue archive:
| G. Perry | Academy |
| J. R. Tozer | accountant’s |
| R. R. Greenfield | annihilated |
| G. Higginbotham | architectural |
| R. M. S. Cork | Brit |
| P. R. Lloyd | cadet |
| A. J. Wardrop | decaf |
| A. J. Dorn | delving |
| J. C. Leyland | dulling |
| B. Grabowski | Dumas |
| N. G. Shippobotham | Dumas’s |
| A. P. Vick | Edith’s |
| D. C. Williamson | Elevation |
| R. V. Dearden | faked |
| A. J. Wardrop | frappe |
| G. H. Willett | frontal |
| T. Smith | intensity |
| G. Perry | Montgomerie’s |
| L. K. Edkins | muton |
| T. Smith | occluding |
| W. Murphy | out’s |
| L. K. Edkins | powder |
| R. Phillips | rocking-horse |
| J. C. Leyland | shellac |
| C. W. Thomas | Troon |
| J. C. Leyland | veneer |
| A. J. Dorn | Walton’s |
| J. R. Tozer | window-dressing |