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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | Jan 1980 | BOIL | normal | 29 |
Competition 406’s average clue lengths over 29 clues:
39 letters per clue (6 below the archive average, and 2 below the average for 4-letter words)
8.1 words per clue (1.5 below the archive average, and 0.3 below the average for 4-letter words)
Longest clues (the 2,129th longest normal clues in the archive)
McLaren’s a bit short about the round ball. Lancing object (rather sore)?
57 letters, 12 words, by E. J. Burge
Disturbance created by Albion, having both wings sent off after foul
57 letters, 11 words, by Mrs L. E. Pimlott
Shortest clues (the 91st shortest normal clues in the archive)
Gathering storm
14 letters, 2 words, by A. L. Freeman
Gathering steam
14 letters, 2 words, by D. R. Robinson
Competition 406 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
| Mrs L. E. Pimlott | Albion |
| G. B. Higgins | bellowed |
| Mrs E. Allen | blood-poisoning |
| J. H. C. Leach | Brouhaha |
| D. F. Manley | decade |
| D. F. Manley | decreases |
| R. Dean | effiuvia |
| R. J. Palmer | Egyptians |
| T. Anderson | eliminate |
| W. Woodruff | expands |
| G. B. Higgins | lanced |
| E. J. Burge | Lancing |
| R. J. Palmer | law-giver’s |
| D. F. Manley | liquidity |
| Mrs E. Allen | pin’s |
| R. J. Palmer | plague |
| R. Dean | pores |
| H. W. Massingham | trouter |