WordStats for Comp. 547 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 543 | 552 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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547 | Oct 1982 | GLEEMAN | normal | 23 |
Competition 547’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for 7-letter words)
10.4 words per clue (0.8 above the archive average, and 1.2 above the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clue (the 69th longest normal clue in the archive)
Slippery customer, getting reverse, is held by criminal investigator. He’s associated with snatches
83 letters, 13 words, by E. J. Burge
Shortest clue (the 545th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Itinerant mélange chanter?
23 letters, 3 words, by A. F. Scott
Competition 547 has contributed 16 unique words to the clue archive:
S. Goldie | amass |
D. P. M. Michael | celebrity’s |
A. F. Scott | chanter |
D. R. Robinson | Charlemagne |
D. W. Arthur | harmonies |
E. J. Burge | investigator |
D. F. Manley | Lang |
R. Hooper | lays |
C. J. & M. P. Butler | menage |
M. G. Wilson | Mitchell’s |
C. P. Rea | rackets |
D. W. Arthur | rhimes |
M. J. Balfour | rozzer |
Dr I. S. Fletcher | scald |
R. VanLangen | serenader |
C. J. & M. P. Butler | Troubadour |