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Competition 538’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:

46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for 7-letter words)

9.5 words per clue (0.1 below the archive average, and 0.3 above the average for 7-letter words)

Longest clue (the 334th longest normal clue in the archive)

Sporting rag tipped one horse, ‘Silver it’s not but it’s fast’ (though hopefully not running)

72 letters, 15 words, by C. M. Edmunds

Shortest clue (the 242nd shortest normal clue in the archive)

Soak rag in double dye

18 letters, 5 words, by N. C. Dexter

Competition 538 has contributed 16 unique words to the clue archive: