WordStats for Comp. 354 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 352 | 358 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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354 | Jan 1979 | SHEER-HULK | normal | 23 |
Competition 354’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
49 letters per clue (4 above the archive average, and 3 above the average for 9-letter words)
10.4 words per clue (0.8 above the archive average, and 0.8 above the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 334th longest normal clue in the archive)
Here’s battered, shortened hull and quarter deck – could have been seen in a breaker’s yard
72 letters, 15 words, by G. H. Clarke
Shortest clue (the 990th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Stripped bark: clear green giant
27 letters, 5 words, by P. Cargill
Competition 354 has contributed 11 unique words to the clue archive:
G. H. Clarke | breaker’s |
D. H. Tompsett | bumpkin |
D. H. Tompsett | decked |
F. E. Newlove | documentary |
E. V. Defley | Haggard |
W. L. Miron | lurks |
W. L. Miron | strippers |
W. Rodgers | sulk |
R. H. F. Isham | sullen |
D. F. Manley | tanker |
B. Franco | waggling |