WordStats for Comp. 559 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 558 | 564 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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559 | Jan 1983 | EMBASE | normal | 27 |
Competition 559’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:
42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for 6-letter words)
9.4 words per clue (0.2 below the archive average, and 0.5 above the average for 6-letter words)
Longest clue (the 905th longest normal clue in the archive)
Bring down last piece of tree decoration about 5th of January – end of Christmas
65 letters, 14 words, by R. A. Mostyn
Shortest clue (the 151st shortest normal clue in the archive)
See Mab rock Bottom
16 letters, 4 words, by J. J. Murtha
Competition 559 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
R. F. Naish | beam |
G. H. Willett | booster |
D. J. Mackay | compositor’s |
N. C. Dexter | deer’s |
F. G. Illingworth | Demote |
B. Greer | Dishonour |
C. A. Clarke | embassy |
D. F. Manley | Energised |
N. C. Dexter | entrails |
D. V. Harry | Ill-placed |
B. Greer | losses |
G. H. Willett | mission-control |
S. M. Mansell | recoil |
D. V. Harry | stoop |
E. J. Burge | top’s |