WordStats for Comp. 1856 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1853 | 1858 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 | Xmas 2007 | LITAS | Printer’s Devilry | 25 |
Competition 1856’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average, and 6 above the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
9.8 words per clue (0.2 above the archive average, and 0.8 above the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 5th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Although some people were ill after eating the freshly caught herring, sal/ted were fine
73 letters, 14 words, by E. C. Lance
Shortest clue (the 33rd shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Spicy hot da/te Di’s a little tart!
26 letters, 7 words, by B. Jones
Competition 1856 has contributed 28 unique words to the clue archive:
| E. Cross | accounts |
| H. Freeman | capon |
| P. A. Cash | chambermaid |
| R. J. Heald | co-operated |
| D. F. Manley | conceived |
| A. S. Everest | detest |
| M. P. Young | Diocletian’s |
| A. Whittaker | doosra |
| K. Rae | ethereal |
| K. Rae | flavours |
| P. A. Cash | goings-on |
| D. J. Short | goodwill |
| J. Glassonbury | hospitalized |
| D. H. Tompsett | lenders |
| D. H. Tompsett | Markets |
| A. Whittaker | Murali’s |
| E. Cross | onwards |
| N. C. Dexter | paedophiles |
| R. A. Norton | proffer |
| M. Barley | public’s |
| R. S. Morse | redone |
| D. R. Robinson | reporters |
| E. C. Lance | salted |
| E. Cross | Self-advertising |
| D. Parfitt | Slavering |
| Dr E. Young | takers |
| D. Parfitt | tenderloin |
| N. C. Dexter | under-age |