WordStats for Comp. 1949 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1945 | 1953 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1949 | Oct 2009 | PALFRENIER | normal | 23 |
Competition 1949’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 10-letter words)
10.1 words per clue (0.5 above the archive average, and 0.4 above the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 166th longest normal clue in the archive)
For one accustomed to curry, concocting a bit of flavour with Lea & Perrins won’t have succeeded
77 letters, 16 words, by R. J. Whale
Shortest clue (the 1,119th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Helper farin’ badly if horse bolts?
28 letters, 6 words, by D. F. Manley
Competition 1949 has contributed 20 unique words to the clue archive:
V. Dixon | betray |
C. J. Brougham | bores |
R. J. Whale | concocting |
C. J. Brougham | curried |
D. F. Manley | farin’ |
M. Hodgkin | fettling |
P. D. Gaffey | hoss |
P. F. Henderson | Jeweller’s |
C. J. Morse | like’s |
J. R. Tozer | massaged |
M. Hodgkin | mounts |
A. Plumb | paler |
P. L. Stone | pelage |
R. J. Whale | Perrins |
P. D. Gaffey | plier |
T. Anderson | praline |
P. F. Henderson | shaping |
G. H. Willett | shareholder |
C. J. Brougham | trotter |
J. Grimes | Unveiling |