WordStats for Comp. 1879 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1875 | 1884 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879 | Jun 2008 | LITTER BASKET | normal | 22 |
Competition 1879’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
49 letters per clue (4 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for 12-letter words)
10.2 words per clue (0.6 above the archive average, and 0.4 above the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 86th longest normal clue in the archive)
Cast here might be empty beer bottles abandoned by a couple of boozers, and one half-eaten takeaway
81 letters, 17 words, by I. Simpson
Shortest clue (the 1,119th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Bin set fire to? Better ask ruffian
28 letters, 7 words, by J. F. Grimshaw
Competition 1879 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
| P. F. Henderson | back-street |
| Mrs M. J. Cansfield | Baker |
| J. Baines | Bardot’s |
| Dr J. Burscough | Battlestrike |
| N. C. Dexter | bumf |
| D. R. Robinson | funnily |
| R. J. Heald | Garbo |
| G. H. Willett | Garbo’s |
| I. Simpson | half-eaten |
| D. R. Robinson | kilt’s |
| Rev Canon C. M. Broun | kite |
| P. F. Henderson | lamp-post |
| Dr J. Burscough | Recycle |
| R. J. Whale | remainder’s |
| J. F. Grimshaw | ruffian |