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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 439 | Sep 1980 | LINGA | Printer’s Devilry | 36 |
Competition 439’s average clue lengths over 36 clues:
42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and equal to the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
9.1 words per clue (0.5 below the archive average, and 0.1 above the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 29th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Damaged ’plane lands, with dang/er of oil on undercarriage causing anxiety
61 letters, 11 words, by R. V. Dearden
Shortest clue (the 26th shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
A nice axe is needed for sca/lps
25 letters, 7 words, by E. H. Furnival
Competition 439 has contributed 36 unique words to the clue archive:
| D. J. Hennings | advisable |
| R. Stephenson | baby’s |
| R. Stephenson | contented |
| W. H. Pegram | cyclone |
| D. J. Hennings | dishonestly |
| W. J. M. Scotland | Evans |
| E. M. Holroyd | feeble-bodied |
| E. M. Holroyd | feeble-minded |
| J. G. Stubbs | flute |
| J. B. Graham | functions |
| C. J. Morse | hams |
| C. J. Morse | hardened |
| C. J. Morse | hocks |
| F. P. N. Lake | Housemaid |
| F. P. N. Lake | Ida |
| T. E. Sanders | joys |
| B. Franco | luckier |
| E. M. Holroyd | Mens |
| C. Pearson | Missis |
| J. G. Stubbs | nugget |
| Mrs B. Simmonds | Pam’s |
| C. Frean | pounced |
| R. Gregory | Purdy |
| T. A. J. Spencer | roll-on |
| W. D. Wigley | roll-ons |
| E. M. Holroyd | sana |
| E. H. Furnival | scalps |
| E. J. Burge | secretaries |
| M. R. Wetherfield | Smithers |
| W. H. Pegram | tandem’s |
| Mrs A. Boyes | Tintometer |
| M. Coates | Transplant |
| E. J. Burge | typing |
| R. V. Dearden | undercarriage |
| J. G. Stubbs | vends |
| F. P. N. Lake | zips |