WordStats for Comp. 267 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 263 | 272 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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267 | May 1977 | MORRIS-DANCE | normal | 29 |
Competition 267’s average clue lengths over 29 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 11-letter words)
10.2 words per clue (0.6 above the archive average, and 0.5 above the average for 11-letter words)
Longest clue (the 166th longest normal clue in the archive)
Adjunct to Oxford’s spring symbolises first of May, to accompaniment of cries and/or jangling
77 letters, 15 words, by L. May
Shortest clue (the 151st shortest normal clue in the archive)
Twist car men do sir?
16 letters, 5 words, by C. J. B. Powell
Competition 267 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
C. O. Butcher | age-old |
S. Goldie | Alhambra |
M. A. Cooper | cadres |
M. E. Ventham | Comedians |
D. A. Nicholls | Cowley |
D. A. Nicholls | Fiesta |
L. May | jangling |
R. A. Mostyn | Lincoln-green |
E. J. Burge | Mayday |
F. R. Palmer | Mayday’s |
R. B. Harling | prance |
R. B. Harling | Revel’s |
R. J. Palmer | rods |
S. Goldie | tessellated |
Rev C. D. Westbrook | ushering |