WordStats for Comp. 371 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 366 | 375 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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371 | May 1979 | GRADIN | normal | 26 |
Competition 371’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 2 above the average for 6-letter words)
9.7 words per clue (0.1 above the archive average, and 0.8 above the average for 6-letter words)
Longest clue (the 699th longest normal clue in the archive)
Boxing promotion in ring that’s rough held bloodthirsty spectators enthralled
67 letters, 10 words, by R. J. Palmer
Shortest clues (the 1,428th shortest normal clues in the archive)
Order seat on this to see tragedians
30 letters, 7 words, by F. B. Stubbs
See this – it’s a form of raised seating
30 letters, 7 words, by A. J. Wardrop
Competition 371 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
R. J. Palmer | bloodthirsty |
D. R. Armitage | Callaghan’s |
J. P. H. Hirst | degrading |
J. Lawrence | digit |
J. Lawrence | encircles |
D. F. Manley | gladiator |
V. G. Henderson | Gladiator’s |
F. R. Palmer | half-complete |
B. Franco | outdoor |
B. Franco | rumps |
A. D. Legge | sits |
E. W. Richart | sparing |
H. Rainger | systematically |
J. Lawrence | tentatively |
A. J. Wardrop | this-it’s |