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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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414 | Mar 1980 | UNBOSOMER | normal | 26 |
Competition 414’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
44 letters per clue (1 below the archive average, and 2 below the average for 9-letter words)
9.8 words per clue (0.2 above the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 334th longest normal clue in the archive)
One commonly has certain touch of reticence about B.O. – I’d tell friend what the trouble is
72 letters, 17 words, by R. J. Palmer
Shortest clue (the 644th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Gossip like Agatha’s butcher?
24 letters, 4 words, by R. E. Gillson
Competition 414 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
R. E. Gillson | Agatha’s |
S. Goldie | Bosun |
C. J. Morse | Bunnies |
T. E. Sanders | Bust-reducing |
Dr J. F. Grimshaw | confide |
S. Goldie | confidence |
D. E. Poole | double-O’s |
F. B. Stubbs | hormone |
S. Goldie | Mae |
Mrs E. M. Phair | number’s |
E. Chalkley | padding |
A. J. Bulman | Penitent |
R. J. Palmer | reticence |
R. S. Caffyn | rubs |
Dr I. S. Fletcher | sub |