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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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572 | Apr 1983 | SNAKE-OIL | normal | 27 |
Competition 572’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:
33 letters per clue (12 below the archive average, and 12 below the average for 8-letter words)
7.6 words per clue (2 below the archive average, and 1.8 below the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 249th longest normal clue in the archive)
Mounting pride must be used to conceal old hurt? Not an effective recipe for the suffering
74 letters, 16 words, by D. S. Nagle
Shortest clues (the 45th shortest normal clues in the archive)
I slake no ill!
11 letters, 4 words, by D. J. Mackay
I slake no ill
11 letters, 4 words, by G. Johnstone
I slake no ill
11 letters, 4 words, by F. P. N. Lake
I slake no ill
11 letters, 4 words, by J. C. Leyland
Competition 572 has contributed 9 unique words to the clue archive:
Dr I. S. Fletcher | deteriorates |
E. R. Riddle | dogs |
J. D. Moore | hawks |
R. Dean | ingratiate |
R. F. Naish | quacks |
R. F. Naish | Serpentine |
C. J. Lowe | Specific |
H. F. Dixon | starkers |
C. J. Lowe | suckers |