WordStats for Comp. 243 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 238 | 247 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243 | Nov 1976 | OLYMPIC | normal | 26 |
Competition 243’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
50 letters per clue (5 above the archive average, and 6 above the average for 7-letter words)
9.8 words per clue (0.2 above the archive average, and 0.6 above the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clue (the 397th longest normal clue in the archive)
Policy shifts encompassing ultimate in fascism; such events are anticipated in 1984
71 letters, 12 words, by A. J. Redstone
Shortest clue (the 295th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Concerning leap-years?
19 letters, 2 words, by M. L. Perkins
Competition 243 has contributed 21 unique words to the clue archive:
| W. K. M. Slimmings | ambience |
| C. G. Millin | champions |
| D. R. Appleton | Circe’s |
| M. Woolf | committee |
| H. Hancock | complimented |
| S. L. Paton | comply |
| H. Hancock | contests |
| A. J. Redstone | fascism |
| J. D. Moore | Jim’s |
| M. L. Perkins | leap-years |
| M. Woolf | medals |
| Mrs W. Fearon | Metric |
| C. J. Morse | Monopoly |
| J. H. Dingwall | Moscow’s |
| D. M. Duckworth | polychromatic |
| C. Loving | Polychromic |
| R. L. Vincent | qualifications |
| L. May | serum |
| A. J. Redstone | shifts |
| D. M. Duckworth | torch |
| L. May | unapproachable |