WordStats for Comp. 2049 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 2045 | 2053 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2049 | Sep 2011 | PARTY-POOPER | normal | 22 |
Competition 2049’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for 11-letter words)
9.7 words per clue (0.1 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 11-letter words)
Longest clue (the 166th longest normal clue in the archive)
Press release with one line in it containing misprint, one that could put a dampener on things
77 letters, 17 words, by C. Ogilvie
Shortest clues (the 2,265th shortest normal clues in the archive)
Person spiritless round flushed people?
34 letters, 5 words, by C. J. Brougham
Property OAP renovated becoming damper
34 letters, 5 words, by M. A. Macdonald-Cooper
Competition 2049 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive:
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | damper |
R. Gilbert | discontent |
N. G. Shippobotham | encyclical’s |
Rev Canon C. M. Broun | evangelical |
P. F. Henderson | humourless |
R. Gilbert | LibDems |
T. J. Moorey | Micawber’s |
J. R. Tozer | Pater’s |
D. K. Arnott | pro-Pope |
G. H. Willett | rave-up |
P. W. Marlow | receptions |
Rev Canon C. M. Broun | reverends |
T. Anderson | Topper |