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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1633 | Sep 2003 | EMPATRON / WINTERLY | Right and Left | 23 |
Competition 1633’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
74 letters per clue (29 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for Right and Left competitions)
15.3 words per clue (5.7 above the archive average, and 0.6 above the average for Right and Left competitions)
Longest clue (the 32nd longest Right and Left clue in the archive)
What light from yonder window breaks? Dodging the —— hour, how dreary east softly enters at morn’s crack – perchance Juliet’s back
102 letters, 20 words, by M. Hodgkin
Shortest clues (the 37th shortest Right and Left clues in the archive)
Men cut short patrol at sea to help Arctic tern oiled in slick
50 letters, 13 words, by J. R. Beresford
Frequent toper, man crashes wetly in, runs shakily, cheerless
50 letters, 9 words, by Dr M. C. Whelan
Competition 1633 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
| D. J. Dare-Plumpton | astute |
| B. Burton | cheered |
| Dr M. C. Whelan | cheerless |
| J. C. Leyland | combed |
| D. F. Manley | Depressing |
| C. Boyd | giddily |
| M. Barley | gleefully |
| E. Cross | Lipton’s |
| L. K. Edkins | Mona |
| M. Hodgkin | morn’s |
| J. R. Beresford | patrol |
| D. J. Dare-Plumpton | Roma |
| L. K. Edkins | scant |
| C. G. Millin | sombre |
| M. Freeman | tavern |
| Dr M. C. Whelan | wetly |
| B. Burton | winery |
| M. Hodgkin | yonder |