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Competition 1940’s average clue lengths over 21 clues:

45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 2 below the average for Wrong Number competitions)

9.4 words per clue (0.2 below the archive average, and 0.2 below the average for Wrong Number competitions)

Longest clue (the 42nd longest Wrong Number clue in the archive)

Pinch: character Pecksniff takes to heart with hypocritical platitudes

61 letters, 9 words, by M. Barker

Shortest clue (the 8th shortest Wrong Number clue in the archive)

Barely has time to nip to store

25 letters, 7 words, by A. Plumb

Competition 1940 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive: