WordStats for Comp. 1849 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1845 | 1853 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1849 | Nov 2007 | AUXESIS | normal | 24 |
Competition 1849’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
50 letters per clue (5 above the archive average, and 6 above the average for 7-letter words)
9.5 words per clue (0.1 below the archive average, and 0.3 above the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clue (the 905th longest normal clue in the archive)
Australia’s openers clobbered sixes, ‘going over the top’ in a manner of speaking
65 letters, 13 words, by R. S. Morse
Shortest clue (the 466th shortest normal clue in the archive)
A change from six EU’s shown?
22 letters, 6 words, by Dr I. S. Fletcher
Competition 1849 has contributed 24 unique words to the clue archive:
R. B. Harling | augmentation |
R. J. Hooper | Bayeux |
E. C. Lance | blighted |
G. McStravick | dossier |
T. J. Moorey | Enlargement |
J. C. Leyland | exorbitant |
E. C. Lance | Expansive |
R. M. S. Cork | exsanguineous |
C. J. Morse | extension |
J. C. Leyland | ex’s |
R. M. S. Cork | Guenon |
J. Grimes | Iceland |
C. A. Clarke | libido |
D. C. Williamson | oiseaux |
Mrs S. D. Johnson | overgrowth |
J. C. Leyland | Paul’s |
G. McStravick | rewrites |
G. McStravick | sexed |
E. J. Burge | taxpayer |
R. J. Heald | trope |
C. A. Clarke | tumescence |
T. J. Moorey | unchanged |
D. Arthur | under-secretary |
M. Sanderson | XI |