WordStats for Comp. 294 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 289 | 298 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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294 | Nov 1977 | HUMECT | normal | 26 |
Competition 294’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 2 below the average for 6-letter words)
8.5 words per clue (1.1 below the archive average, and 0.4 below the average for 6-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,028th longest normal clue in the archive)
Hull’s prop shows up in not inconsiderable list – boat’s stern only slightly wet
64 letters, 13 words, by E. J. Burge
Shortest clue (the 91st shortest normal clue in the archive)
Dab, cod, smelt etc.
14 letters, 4 words, by H. W. Massingham
Competition 294 has contributed 24 unique words to the clue archive:
J. D. Foster | aggravated |
R. F. Pardoe | Baptise |
K. Stewart | baptism |
E. J. Burge | boat’s |
R. F. Pardoe | catechumen |
K. Stewart | catechumen’s |
C. A. Clarke | crumbled |
M. D. Laws | Dutchmen |
C. S. F. Oliver | Dutchmen’s |
R. V. Dearden | generator |
E. J. Burge | Hull’s |
Dr R. E. Gillson | hydrophobia |
E. J. Burge | inconsiderable |
Mrs N. Jarman | mite’s |
C. O. Butcher | mortar |
E. J. Burge | prop |
R. F. Pardoe | Redeem |
J. D. Foster | rheumatics |
Brig R. F. E. Stoney | scantily |
P. Best | teetotalism |
D. F. Manley | twinge |
C. J. and R. S. Morse | umbrellas |
R. S. Caffyn | unkindly |
R. V. Dearden | voltage |