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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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314 | Apr 1978 | MERIL | Spoonerisms | 25 |
Competition 314’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 1 below the average for Spoonerisms competitions)
9.9 words per clue (0.3 above the archive average, and 0.1 above the average for Spoonerisms competitions)
Longest clue (the 9th longest Spoonerisms clue in the archive)
Plan made on board for Morris, etc., marks beginnings of Michael Edwardes’ reign in Leyland
73 letters, 15 words, by R. J. Palmer
Shortest clue (the 14th shortest Spoonerisms clue in the archive)
It’s mumpin’ Doris, an idiot – go away!
27 letters, 7 words, by F. E. Newlove
Competition 314 has contributed 23 unique words to the clue archive:
Dr R. L. Wynne | Arcadian |
G. Johnstone | Barbaric |
C. O. Butcher | bed-game |
D. V. Harry | boozing |
J. J. Goulstone | chick’s |
F. R. Palmer | countrymen |
D. V. Harry | deprives |
F. E. Newlove | Doris |
R. J. Palmer | Edwardes |
G. Johnstone | Emir |
C. J. Morse | Geese |
A. L. Dennis | golf-ball |
A. L. Dennis | grooved |
J. J. Goulstone | ill-adjusted |
Mrs M. P. Webber | Larker |
J. H. Dingwall | leaven |
J. F. Grimshaw | Maying |
J. H. C. Leach | mayors |
F. E. Newlove | mumpin’ |
M. D. Laws | Songster |
A. C. Morrison | starker |
M. A. Forman | swirls |
G. Johnstone | tames |