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Competition 272’s average clue lengths over 28 clues:

43 letters per clue (2 below the archive average, and 4 below the average for 10-letter words)

9.3 words per clue (0.3 below the archive average, and 0.4 below the average for 10-letter words)

Longest clue (the 794th longest normal clue in the archive)

Pain and shivering lead to return of initial signs of attack – may cause sneezing

66 letters, 14 words, by J. H. Dingwall

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

Pepper upset gut at a meal

21 letters, 6 words, by A. A. J. Griffiths

Competition 272 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive: