WordStats for Comp. 2230 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 2226 | 2235 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2230 | Mar 2015 | GATES OF DEATH | normal | 23 |
Competition 2230’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and 4 below the average for 12-letter words)
9.1 words per clue (0.5 below the archive average, and 0.7 below the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 334th longest normal clue in the archive)
Dreadful stage characterized by start of decay and human body giving up last of vigour
72 letters, 15 words, by J. Vincent & Ms R. Porter
Shortest clue (the 350th shortest normal clue in the archive)
A fate the gods ordained
20 letters, 5 words, by N. Connaughton
Competition 2230 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive:
Mrs L. Davis | Acheron |
C. G. Millin | afterlife |
Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | asunder |
M. Barley | departing |
Mrs L. Davis | diabolical |
C. J. Brougham | Dotage’s |
D. Whisstock | flaps |
L. Ward | glorious |
D. F. Manley | heaven |
J. Fairclough | presiding |
P. W. Marlow | resorts |
C. Ogilvie | Spartans |
C. Ogilvie | Thermopylae |