WordStats for Comp. 2218 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 2213 | 2220 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2218 | Dec 2014 | FOREIGNER | normal | 24 |
Competition 2218’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 1 below the average for 9-letter words)
9.5 words per clue (0.1 below the archive average, and 0.1 below the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 618th longest normal clue in the archive)
Fine bit of oratorio ‘half German’ composed – start of Record One from Israel in Egypt?
68 letters, 15 words, by G. I. L. Grafton
Shortest clue (the 350th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Jumbly, if green, or alien?
20 letters, 5 words, by Dr E. Young
Competition 2218 has contributed 16 unique words to the clue archive:
R. J. Whale | blustering |
C. M. Edmunds | faringee |
P. L. Stone | Gambia |
D. Appleton | goddamn |
J. G. Booth | Irene’s |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | irking |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | migrating |
P. L. Stone | Nigeria |
R. J. Whale | Nige’s |
G. I. L. Grafton | oratorio |
K. J. Williams | Portrayal |
T. C. Borland | referring |
D. F. Manley | scrounger |
R. Zara | Sea-beat |
M. Barley | slicing |
J. G. Booth | welcomed |