WordStats for Comp. 212 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 208 | 216 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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212 | Apr 1976 | SURCINGLES | normal | 25 |
Competition 212’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
40 letters per clue (5 below the archive average, and 7 below the average for 10-letter words)
8.1 words per clue (1.5 below the archive average, and 1.6 below the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,160th longest normal clue in the archive)
Girdles securing the middles of cassock and pillion, perhaps, when adjusted
63 letters, 11 words, by F. B. Stubbs
Shortest clue (the 124th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Tight clingers, us
15 letters, 3 words, by T. Anderson
Competition 212 has contributed 20 unique words to the clue archive:
Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | cassocks |
G. Johnstone | cinches |
D. A. Ginger | clings |
D. V. Harry | Cords |
R. H. Maynard | curliness |
W. K. M. Slimmings | cursing |
D. H. Tompsett | gins |
W. K. M. Slimmings | Lester |
M. Davenport | ligaments |
F. B. Stubbs | pillion |
D. A. Ginger | precariously |
W. L. Miron | racegoers |
P. Drummond | saddles |
C. J. Morse | schoolmaster |
L. May | screws |
C. J. Morse | selecting |
G. Johnstone | show-jumpers |
D. H. Tompsett | ulcers |
D. V. Harry | waists |
F. E. Newlove | youths |