WordStats for Comp. 1914 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1910 | 1918 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1914 | Feb 2009 | VE(S)TAL | Letters Latent | 23 |
Competition 1914’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and 2 below the average for Letters Latent competitions)
8.7 words per clue (0.9 below the archive average, and 0.6 below the average for Letters Latent competitions)
Longest clue (the 24th longest Letters Latent clue in the archive)
This darling fiancé is moved to give gal valentine card if no one’s given her one
65 letters, 16 words, by J. A. Elliott
Shortest clue (the 19th shortest Letters Latent clue in the archive)
—— chose career in chaste love
23 letters, 5 words, by R. C. Teuton
Competition 1914 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
L. Ward | arouses |
R. Gilbert | Bulgarian |
Dr E. Young | consigned |
M. Coates | electric |
Dr S. J. Shaw | elsewhere |
J. A. Elliott | fiance |
D. K. Arnott | Jive |
R. Hesketh | maculate |
W. Ransome | oil’s |
R. J. Hooper | rumpy |
Dr S. J. Shaw | subsequently |
D. K. Arnott | Talkin’ |
D. H. Tompsett | unremembered |
D. & N. Aspland | Virginal |
P. F. Henderson | weaker |