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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1715 | Apr 2005 | RELEASE / RASPING | Right and Left | 21 |
Competition 1715’s average clue lengths over 21 clues:
62 letters per clue (17 above the archive average, and 11 below the average for Right and Left competitions)
11.8 words per clue (2.2 above the archive average, and 2.9 below the average for Right and Left competitions)
Longest clue (the 9th longest Right and Left clue in the archive)
With date changed for start of election, worried leaders authorise publication of harsh policy, given a favourable slant in downmarket paper
118 letters, 21 words, by F. J. B. Wheen
Shortest clue (the 2nd shortest Right and Left clue in the archive)
Harsh slant in tabloid on rental issue
32 letters, 7 words, by R. Dean
Competition 1715 has contributed 28 unique words to the clue archive:
| J. R. Tozer | aspirin’s |
| F. J. B. Wheen | authorise |
| M. Coates | constantly |
| R. R. Greenfield | cuckoo’s |
| A. J. Wardrop | disclose |
| N. G. Shippobotham | Dissolve |
| F. J. B. Wheen | downmarket |
| E. Cross | exasperated |
| C. J. Morse | Exodus |
| F. J. B. Wheen | favourable |
| M. Coates | fields |
| C. D. S. & E. A. Field | Goneril’s |
| J. P. Guiver | grasses |
| E. Cross | hoarsely |
| C. J. Brougham | husky |
| M. Hodgkin | issuing |
| C. M. Edmunds | miserly |
| E. Cross | parings |
| A. Plumb | pars |
| Dr J. Burscough | pike |
| C. D. S. & E. A. Field | Regan’s |
| R. Dean | rental |
| J. R. Tozer | respite |
| Dr J. Burscough | rotating |
| J. R. Tozer | Soluble |
| C. J. Morse | sprang |
| Dr J. Burscough | swivel |
| E. Cross | uttering |