WordStats for Comp. 53 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 50 | 57 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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53 | Mar 1973 | ALEXANDERS | normal | 25 |
Competition 53’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 2 below the average for 10-letter words)
10.0 words per clue (0.4 above the archive average, and 0.3 above the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 249th longest normal clue in the archive)
It’s Brew Ten, and the last word in beers: builds great men? That’s something to chew on perhaps
74 letters, 18 words, by D. A. Nicholls
Shortest clue (the 1,119th shortest normal clue in the archive)
I used to follow the tarts of Paris!
28 letters, 8 words, by E. A. Beaulah
Competition 53 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
W. K. M. Slimmings | carrot-topped |
C. O. Butcher | combo |
Miss M. J. Patrick | confusingly |
Mrs S. Hewitt | ex-salad |
C. O. Butcher | improvisation |
Miss M. J. Patrick | Kex |
Miss M. J. Patrick | lex |
P. M. Newey | Phil |
E. J. Bushell | real-life |
Mrs C. Leach | rhythm |
Mrs N. Jarman | Rommel |
C. J. Morse | sax |
Mrs C. Leach | Slade |
Mrs C. Leach | syncopated |
F. E. Newlove | Thais |