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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
1753 Jan 2006DIAGONAL normal 28

 

Competition 1753’s average clue lengths over 28 clues:

43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and 2 below the average for 8-letter words)

9.1 words per clue (0.5 below the archive average, and 0.3 below the average for 8-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 905th longest normal clue in the archive)

See New Orleans given little Government help, reflecting North/South’s divide?

65 letters, 11 words, by T. J. Moorey

 

Shortest clues (the 545th shortest normal clues in the archive)

Obliquely I go and a line I am

23 letters, 8 words, by M. Coates

 

Bias: a loading that’s skewed

23 letters, 5 words, by C. A. Clarke

 

Competition 1753 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:

J. R. TozerAga
M. BarleyAngling
C. J. Morseaslant
R. Deanback’s
C. A. ClarkeBias
C. J. & M. P. ButlerCanting
N. G. Shippobothamcontrols
R. Heskethdeacons
B. BurtonDeacon’s
I. Morganengages
R. J. Hooperinternational’s
J. P. LesterLagonda
M. J. HanleyLagonda’s
J. C. Leylandlamely
N. C. Dexteroblong’s
T. J. MooreyOrleans
C. A. Clarkeskewed
Mrs S. G. Johnsonsubsidy
J. P. Lesterswerved