WordStats for Comp. 434 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 430 | 439 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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434 | Aug 1980 | JARDINIÈRE | normal | 27 |
Competition 434’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:
51 letters per clue (6 above the archive average, and 4 above the average for 10-letter words)
11.0 words per clue (1.4 above the archive average, and 1.3 above the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 540th longest normal clue in the archive)
Holding flags? It could be – former England leader snatches a single with hesitation
69 letters, 13 words, by B. D. Smith
Shortest clue (the 1,428th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Type of vessel – with fancy reed in one?
30 letters, 8 words, by E. M. Holroyd
Competition 434 has contributed 20 unique words to the clue archive:
J. H. Dingwall | adoption |
M. D. Laws | Coe’s |
F. B. Stubbs | commited |
C. G. Millin | diameter |
V. G. Henderson | embellished |
R. J. Palmer | etcetera |
D. B. Williams | Ewings |
A. J. Crow | grasped |
A. J. Crow | improvident |
R. J. Palmer | irid |
R. V. Dearden | Jasmine |
G. M. Hornby | jeunesse |
R. J. Palmer | jonquil |
J. T. Price | juniors |
C. P. Rea | merchant |
N. O’Neill | Mobs |
A. J. Crow | pottage |
J. T. Price | Proust’s |
J. H. C. Leach | stock-holder |
V. G. Henderson | straits |