WordStats for Comp. 2569 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 2564 | 2573 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2569 | Sep 2021 | BILBO | normal | 17 |
Competition 2569’s average clue lengths over 17 clues:
55 letters per clue (10 above the archive average, and 13 above the average for 5-letter words)
10.6 words per clue (1 above the archive average, and 1.9 above the average for 5-letter words)
Longest clue (the 24th longest normal clue in the archive)
Is it sharp, pointed, penetrating? What Boris wrote concerning Churchill’s absorbing life’s bunkum primarily
90 letters, 14 words, by E. Hall
Shortest clue (the 859th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Sting? That was his ‘extra’ in life
26 letters, 7 words, by R. Gilbert
Competition 2569 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
Ms S. Wallace | batches |
S. J. J. Tiffin | brands |
A. Gerrard | Breviary |
E. Hall | Churchill’s |
S. J. J. Tiffin | fat-free |
J. R. Tozer | hoarding |
J. A. Butler | lagging |
K. & J. Wolff | lapel’s |
P. L. Stone | leg-before |
A. Gerrard | liturgical |
K. Thomas | lobbies |
R. J. Heald | Mattel’s |
J. C. Leyland | Obbligato’s |
J. A. Butler | riposte |
J. R. Tozer | shortages |
A. Gerrard | Tierce |
P. L. Stone | whipping |