WordStats for Comp. 393 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 388 | 397 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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393 | Oct 1979 | INTRACARDIAC | normal | 26 |
Competition 393’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
49 letters per clue (4 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for 12-letter words)
10.6 words per clue (1 above the archive average, and 0.8 above the average for 12-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,028th longest normal clue in the archive)
Like the cockles in a barrow wheeled by road twisting about Ireland’s capital
64 letters, 13 words, by M. D. Laws
Shortest clue (the 2,265th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Rancid raca – it spread inside claret pump
34 letters, 7 words, by G. S. Prentice
Competition 393 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
L. K. Edkins | actinic |
R. Dean | aortic |
D. H. Tompsett | arrant |
F. R. Palmer | atria |
Mrs R. Herbert | cicatrix |
F. R. Palmer | components |
H. L. Rhodes | Dracontic |
R. H. Adey | egoism |
D. P. M. Michael | Locating |
L. K. Edkins | modulates |
N. C. Goddard | pace-maker |
G. S. Prentice | raca |
E. W. Burton | Racin’ |
N. C. Goddard | tricar |
L. K. Edkins | valve |