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Competition 1823’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:

38 letters per clue (7 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 4-letter words)

8.1 words per clue (1.5 below the archive average, and 0.3 below the average for 4-letter words)

Longest clue (the 466th longest normal clue in the archive)

Is caught between Sarkozy’s heart and Ségolène’s head? Voter’s mark might signify this

70 letters, 13 words, by A. J. Wardrop

Shortest clue (the 151st shortest normal clue in the archive)

Wax (closing letter)

16 letters, 3 words, by C. J. Brougham

Competition 1823 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive: