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Competition 1771’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:

48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average, and 3 above the average for 8-letter words)

9.6 words per clue (equal to the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for 8-letter words)

Longest clue (the 188th longest normal clue in the archive)

Distinctive feature of palace garden party curtailed – the Queen’s beside herself, deranged!

76 letters, 12 words, by E. C. Lance

Shortest clue (the 1,622nd shortest normal clue in the archive)

Area with earth to render bloomers in?

31 letters, 7 words, by C. J. Brougham

Competition 1771 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive: