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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197 | Xmas 1975 | CAMERA | Printer’s Devilry | 32 |
Competition 197’s average clue lengths over 32 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
8.5 words per clue (1.1 below the archive average, and 0.5 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 16th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Successful Palace scheme – Rover/s put in grim struggles, were finally quelled
64 letters, 11 words, by R. J. Hooper
Shortest clue (the 12th shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
I be/t her bra’s hand-inflated!
23 letters, 5 words, by J. F. N. Wedge
Competition 197 has contributed 31 unique words to the clue archive:
| D. F. Manley | Ames |
| R. Jacks | Bedi |
| W. K. M. Slimmings | Betty |
| J. F. N. Wedge | bra’s |
| J. G. Stubbs | bull-ring |
| D. Hawson | Cashing |
| A. D. Scott | entwine |
| F. B. Stubbs | epoch-making |
| L. W. Jenkinson | Examiners |
| L. E. Thomas | Flood-waters |
| W. Islip | Geisha’s |
| J. P. Murphy | gunman |
| J. F. N. Wedge | hand-inflated |
| J. G. Stubbs | handmade |
| J. P. Murphy | hired |
| E. A. Free | infectious |
| M. J. Balfour | Kumari’s |
| W. K. M. Slimmings | lashings |
| E. A. Free | maddeningly |
| J. G. Stubbs | Manuela |
| D. Hawson | martyred |
| P. J. Woods | musician |
| R. J. Hooper | quelled |
| M. J. Balfour | Rajah |
| W. Islip | request |
| J. D. Ede | sanity |
| W. Islip | sen |
| Mrs K. Bissett | Shewed |
| J. D. Ede | sobered |
| C. P. Rea | Temporal |
| Mrs K. Bissett | would-be |