WordStats for Comp. 568 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 564 | 572 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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568 | Mar 1983 | TETHER | Printer’s Devilry | 29 |
Competition 568’s average clue lengths over 29 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
9.2 words per clue (0.4 below the archive average, and 0.2 above the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 65th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Local celebrity went to village and presented prizes for small fe/e
56 letters, 11 words, by V. G. Henderson
Shortest clue (the shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Don’t was/h in Oban, Kit
17 letters, 5 words, by J. P. H. Hirst
Competition 568 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
R. E. Kimmons | devils |
A. J. Wardrop | draughtsman |
R. J. Palmer | endangers |
B. Corrie | Extract |
R. Parry-Morris | filmgoer |
R. E. Kimmons | imps |
R. A. Mostyn | kedgeree |
R. Parry-Morris | manager |
G. H. Edwardson | nightdress |
J. P. H. Hirst | Oban |
Mrs J. Waldren | Organist |
R. A. Mostyn | plaice |
C. Allen Baker | raider |
J. C. Leyland | Subs |
R. J. Palmer | thrifty |
K. Thomas | Wagnerian |
E. A. Clarke | Waterloo |
R. N. Haygarth | Willis |