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Competition 1871’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:

47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 9-letter words)

9.9 words per clue (0.3 above the archive average, and 0.3 above the average for 9-letter words)

Longest clue (the 905th longest normal clue in the archive)

Cause of inflation unknown, government in collapse, money becoming worthless

65 letters, 10 words, by C. A. Clarke

Shortest clues (the 295th shortest normal clues in the archive)

Just yen, or funny money?

19 letters, 5 words, by D. A. Campbell

Pelf, when penniless, or ——?

19 letters, 4 words, by M. A. Macdonald-Cooper

Competition 1871 has contributed 16 unique words to the clue archive: