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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
187 Oct 1975POWDERING-TUB normal 27

 

Competition 187’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:

38 letters per clue (7 below the archive average, and 9 below the average for 12-letter words)

9.2 words per clue (0.4 below the archive average, and 0.6 below the average for 12-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 1,028th longest normal clue in the archive)

Big undertow swirling abaft stern of ship. Salt maintains course of junk in it

64 letters, 14 words, by D. C. Williamson

 

Shortest clue (the 242nd shortest normal clue in the archive)

Jar, say, we’d pot grub in

18 letters, 6 words, by F. R. Palmer

 

Competition 187 has contributed 11 unique words to the clue archive:

D. C. Williamsonabaft
D. A. SmithBrine
M. L. Perkinsbully’s
J. A. Tyrrellde-bug
Dr J. D. Ogilviehypothermic
B. Stubbspickling
Mrs M. P. CrainePork-salting
E. J. Burgesalty
C. J. Morsesufferer
D. C. Williamsonundertow
W. K. M. Slimmingswell-preserved