WordStats for Comp. 1953 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1949 | 1958 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1953 | Nov 2009 | TRAUMA (misprint of T) | Misprints | 23 |
Competition 1953’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
51 letters per clue (6 above the archive average, and 7 above the average for Misprints competitions)
9.6 words per clue (equal to the archive average, and 0.4 above the average for Misprints competitions)
Longest clue (the 4th longest Misprints clue in the archive)
Revolutionary Marat soaking in a tub’s content … one sees the scene for forthcoming shock
73 letters, 14 words, by G. Johnstone
Shortest clue (the 41st shortest Misprints clue in the archive)
Wound arm with gun’s second shot in LA
30 letters, 8 words, by A. Plumb
Competition 1953 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
C. Loving | cyclist |
A. Plumb | gun’s |
R. Gilbert | manager’s |
P. McKenna | metatarsus |
A. G. Fleming | mystification |
E. Cross | occasioned |
T. J. Moorey | packet |
T. J. Donnelly | Radium |
J. G. Booth | ramshackle |
R. Gilbert | rewiring |
P. McKenna | sews |
E. Cross | stashed |
W. F. Main | tapas |
A. G. Fleming | terrorised |
P. Coles | Thurman’s |
P. Coles | Travolta |
G. Johnstone | tub’s |