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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2430 | Jan 2019 | CLERIHEW | normal | 21 |
Scroll down to create a wordcloud from the clues. Competition 2430’s average clue lengths over 21 clues: 56 letters per clue (11 above the archive average, and 11 above the average for 8-letter words) 11.1 words per clue (1.5 above the archive average, and 1.8 above the average for 8-letter words) Longest clue (the 26th longest normal clue in the archive) Warden Spooner/Would much sooner/Toast ‘our queer Dean’s’ health at dinner/Than rate this ‘hairy clue’ a winner 88 letters, 19 words, by C. & E. A. Field Shortest clue (the 633rd shortest normal clue in the archive) Form which Lear (Ed) had missed? 24 letters, 6 words, by H. Freeman Competition 2430 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:
| T. J. Moorey | anthology |
| T. Rudd | biog |
| A. H. Harker | celeb |
| R. J. Heald | Chucks |
| T. C. Borland | Crewe’s |
| Rev Prebendary M. R. Metcalf | Curate |
| T. Rudd | Effervescently |
| M. Coates | facet |
| T. Rudd | instanced |
| R. J. Heald | Nobu |
| Dr S. J. Shaw | personage |
| A. H. Harker | scansional |
| C. & E. A. Field | sooner |
| A. H. Harker | strictures |
| K. & J. Wolff | vicuna |
| Rev Prebendary M. R. Metcalf | vignette |
| Rev Prebendary M. R. Metcalf | well-cooked |
| M. Barley | well-known |
| A. H. Harker | writhe |
Create an & lit. Archive Wordcloud
Wordle is an external web application that creates a colourful image representing the distribution of words in a piece of text.
You can use the text from the box below to create a Wordle image from all the clues in this competition.
- Click the button above the text box below.
- This will take you to wordle.net.
- Wordle will automatically create a wordcloud from the clue words.
- Mess about with your Wordle until you’re happy with it.