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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
2386 Mar 2018PENNY-A-LINER normal 22

 

Competition 2386’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:

47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 11-letter words)

9.6 words per clue (equal to the archive average, and 0.1 below the average for 11-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 794th longest normal clue in the archive)

Who’s perennially working, getting peanuts essentially for a bit of literature?

66 letters, 11 words, by P. Tharby

 

Shortest clue (the 1,119th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Old hack, in pen, nearly, broken-down

28 letters, 6 words, by Dr P. W. Nash

 

Competition 2386 has contributed 10 unique words to the clue archive:

R. J. WhaleErn
C. G. Millinhacking
R. J. Whalehumorously
D. & N. Asplandinanely
K. & J. Wolffinlay
G. I. L. Graftonminimally
Dr J. Burscoughnon-literary
P. Tharbypeanuts
A. Whittakerpenury
L. Wardtaradiddle