WordStats for Comp. 1858 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1856 | 1862 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1858 | Jan 2008 | HUMONGOUS | normal | 24 |
Competition 1858’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 9-letter words)
9.4 words per clue (0.2 below the archive average, and 0.2 below the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clues (the 1,028th longest normal clues in the archive)
Banishment order heartless Uranus placed on mortal showing love for a Titan
64 letters, 12 words, by M. Hodgkin
Extra-large sumo thong, not a little tight, looks funny around Oriental mister
64 letters, 12 words, by R. J. Heald
Shortest clue (the 859th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Great big hug? No – sumo wrestling
26 letters, 6 words, by D. J. Short
Competition 1858 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
M. Hodgkin | Banishment |
J. R. H. Jones | Brobdingnagian |
P. Coles | burden’s |
D. Parfitt | colt’s |
R. Gilbert | contestant |
A. G. Fleming | discomposed |
T. J. Moorey | excused |
D. Parfitt | gaucho’s |
E. C. Lance | Gigantic |
R. D. Anderson | howling |
D. J. Short | hug |
J. R. Tozer | journey |
P. McKenna | mug-house |
J. R. H. Jones | NG |
D. Parfitt | Patagonian |
V. Dixon | Tremendous |
M. Hodgkin | Uranus |