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Competition 491’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:

49 letters per clue (4 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for 12-letter words)

10.9 words per clue (1.3 above the archive average, and 1.1 above the average for 12-letter words)

Longest clue (the 188th longest normal clue in the archive)

Ballesteros minus five near start of the round yet cracked. Some modern players can’t take it!

76 letters, 16 words, by J. P. H. Hirst

Shortest clue (the 466th shortest normal clue in the archive)

A ——? Yes, the vintage pressing

22 letters, 5 words, by D. C. Williamson

Competition 491 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive: