WordStats for Comp. 631 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 627 | 635 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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631 | Jun 1984 | INTERLOCK | normal | 23 |
Competition 631’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
33 letters per clue (12 below the archive average, and 13 below the average for 9-letter words)
6.9 words per clue (2.7 below the archive average, and 2.7 below the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,935th longest normal clue in the archive)
Feature of the much publicised ‘Rings’ that does Tolkien little credit
58 letters, 11 words, by C. W. Laxton
Shortest clues (the 124th shortest normal clues in the archive)
Splice or link etc.
15 letters, 4 words, by R. J. Palmer
Buckle or link etc.?
15 letters, 4 words, by J. F. Grimshaw
Competition 631 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
L. K. Maltby | assemble |
J. F. Grimshaw | Buckle |
K. Thomas | change-ringer |
D. F. Manley | cine-talk’s |
Mrs A. G. Phillips | clasp |
K. Thomas | co-tinkler |
E. J. Burge | Coniophora |
T. E. Sanders | Engrave |
D. R. Robinson | entangle |
V. G. Henderson | Eric’s |
W. K. M. Slimmings | fly’s |
C. W. Laxton | publicised |
T. E. Sanders | ringlet |
N. C. Dexter | Synchromesh |
C. W. Laxton | Tolkien |