WordStats for Comp. 2100 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 2096 | 2105 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2100 | Sep 2012 | A STITCH IN TIME | normal | 25 |
Competition 2100’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
56 letters per clue (11 above the archive average, and 11 above the average for 13-letter words)
10.4 words per clue (0.8 above the archive average, and 0.9 above the average for 13-letter words)
Longest clue (the 151st longest normal clue in the archive)
Surprisingly Mitt’s a hit since losing support initially – a good example of damage limitation!
78 letters, 14 words, by J. Vincent & R. Porter
Shortest clue (the 4,766th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Titchiest bit of needlework am I, cannily deployed
42 letters, 8 words, by M. Barley
Competition 2100 has contributed 22 unique words to the clue archive:
I. Simpson | avert |
R. Fentem | cautionary |
I. Simpson | cosh |
D. F. Manley | cosy |
A. J. Wardrop | hematinic |
P. A. Stephenson | incentive |
J. Vincent & R. Porter | limitation |
J. A. Butler | Misdirection |
R. H. Rooke | misread |
A. Plumb | mitts |
R. Fentem | moralist’s |
C. J. Morse | needle-and-thread |
M. Barley | needlework |
P. L. Stone | obtaining |
J. C. Leyland | recommending |
I. Simpson | Salmond |
R. J. Heald | slapstick’s |
L. Ward | tacking |
A. J. Wardrop | thalassemia |
M. Barley | Titchiest |
R. H. Rooke | titration |
Dr S. J. Shaw | unravels |