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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 238 | Oct 1976 | CRAMBOJINGLE | normal | 26 |
Competition 238’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 12-letter words)
10.2 words per clue (0.6 above the archive average, and 0.4 above the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clues (the 166th longest normal clues in the archive)
A composition following Cowper in outline in which The Task is mirrored? – Nothing so inspired
77 letters, 15 words, by C. O. Butcher
Get full employment back – individual with no opening is prescription for ‘trouble and strife’
77 letters, 14 words, by F. R. Palmer
Shortest clue (the 295th shortest normal clue in the archive)
E.g., ‘pack/black/ring/ting.’
19 letters, 6 words, by J. D. Moore
Competition 238 has contributed 26 unique words to the clue archive:
| Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | ca |
| M. D. Laws | Cockney’s |
| R. C. Reeves | composes |
| R. S. Morse | Conjugation |
| R. S. Morse | consonantal |
| Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | c’est |
| Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | deux |
| C. Allen Baker | Doggerel |
| Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | fois |
| A. J. K. Moult | G-men |
| Rear Adm W. T. C. Ridley | gambler |
| J. R. Kirby | hire |
| D. F. Manley | Imbecile |
| P. R. Clemow | jab |
| R. S. Morse | Jock’ll |
| D. C. Williamson | Lehar’s |
| D. V. Harry | MacRob |
| J. Coleby | McGonagall |
| C. O. Butcher | mirrored |
| R. J. Whale | poets |
| F. R. Palmer | prescription |
| D. C. Williamson | singsong |
| A. J. Bulman | Stap |
| R. H. Adey | strolling |
| D. C. Williamson | travestied |
| R. H. Adey | Tupman |