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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | Jul 1976 | VALETA | normal | 25 |
Competition 225’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average, and 5 above the average for 6-letter words)
10.1 words per clue (0.5 above the archive average, and 1.2 above the average for 6-letter words)
Longest clue (the 128th longest normal clue in the archive)
See a radical Party-man scattering tea – could this accompany revolutionary activity in Boston?
79 letters, 13 words, by R. J. Hooper
Shortest clue (the 1,428th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Feature of older hops: brew in vat off
30 letters, 8 words, by Dr E. J. Miller
Competition 225 has contributed 20 unique words to the clue archive:
| C. E. Williams | activates |
| R. J. Palmer | amuse |
| E. A. Free | Ashe’s |
| W. K. M. Slimmings | Aviv |
| C. H. Hudson | Borotra’s |
| R. S. Caffyn | contemplated |
| E. A. Free | footwork |
| C. Allen Baker | gill |
| R. S. Caffyn | heat-wave |
| E. A. Free | hindered |
| S. L. Paton | hooking |
| Rev C. M. Broun | lavish |
| W. K. M. Slimmings | Mecca |
| R. J. Hooper | Party-man |
| Rev C. M. Broun | Senate |
| C. J. Morse | two-hundredth |
| R. Jacks | umpire’s |
| C. G. Millin | Vane |
| R. S. Caffyn | whew |
| R. S. Caffyn | wilts |