WordStats for Comp. 460 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 456 | 464 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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460 | Feb 1981 | SWOOP | normal | 27 |
Competition 460’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:
39 letters per clue (6 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 5-letter words)
8.6 words per clue (1 below the archive average, and 0.1 below the average for 5-letter words)
Longest clue (the 334th longest normal clue in the archive)
Work will be needed, not half, after Shirley Williams and Owen initially take the plunge
72 letters, 15 words, by A. H. Jones
Shortest clues (the 91st shortest normal clues in the archive)
Zero in suddenly
14 letters, 3 words, by A. K. Gregory
Duck in suddenly
14 letters, 3 words, by J. B. Sweeting
Competition 460 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive:
Mrs A. R. Bradford | amorously |
Dr V. G. I. Deshmukh | busts |
L. C. Wright | CID |
V. G. Henderson | determining |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | MacD |
O. H. Frazer | outflanks |
D. Ashcroft | Peregrine’s |
A. H. Jones | Shirley |
O. H. Frazer | swiftly |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | Vanessa’s |
A. H. Jones | Williams |
E. M. Holroyd | winged |
N. C. Dexter | Woos |