WordStats for Comp. 66 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 62 | 70 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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66 | Jun 1973 | NONSENSE | normal | 27 |
Competition 66’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:
42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 8-letter words)
8.7 words per clue (0.9 below the archive average, and 0.7 below the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 699th longest normal clue in the archive)
Anne’s heart, full of love and understanding, didn’t dictate this unromantic reply
67 letters, 12 words, by E. Chalkley
Shortest clue (the 350th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Not classical, tenor, pop!
20 letters, 4 words, by R. E. Kimmons
Competition 66 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
F. D. H. Atkinson | Babel |
E. Robinson | balderdash |
D. V. Harry | BAM |
Mrs B. Lewis | bemonstered |
M. Newman | cored |
E. J. Burge | decimal |
E. Chalkley | dictate |
Mrs S. Hewitt | Fudge |
H. W. Massingham | grades |
Dr R. J. Palmer | Lambton |
J. H. C. Leach | Logician’s |
P. W. W. Leach | negatives |
S. Goldie | Pish-Tushery |
E. Robinson | Postulating |
C. O. Butcher | silliness |
Dr R. J. Palmer | snooper |
E. Robinson | south-east |