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Competition 249’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:

45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 2 above the average for 18-letter words)

10.1 words per clue (0.5 above the archive average, and 0.1 above the average for 18-letter words)

Longest clue (the 166th longest normal clue in the archive)

Stag party in the air? Office boss besieged by Deirdre, Ruth, Helen and little Penny, all furious

77 letters, 17 words, by F. E. Newlove

Shortest clue (the 407th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Red, he led per horrid tune

21 letters, 6 words, by P. D. Gaffey

Competition 249 has contributed 20 unique words to the clue archive: