WordStats for Comp. 666 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 662 | 670 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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666 | Feb 1985 | Any word; subsidiary indication omits an animal | Beasts | 26 |
Competition 666’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
40 letters per clue (5 below the archive average)
8.3 words per clue (1.3 below the archive average)
Longest clues (the longest Beasts clues in the archive)
Margaret’s cut by half and disorganised an essential part of English education
66 letters, 12 words, by Mrs M. P. Webber
A heartless courtier of female affection, one assiduous in amorous adventures
66 letters, 11 words, by D. J. Webb
Shortest clue (the shortest Beasts clue in the archive)
Haunt old cromlech
16 letters, 3 words, by I. A. Herbert
Competition 666 has contributed 21 unique words to the clue archive:
D. J. Webb | assiduous |
F. R. Palmer | behalf |
R. S. Caffyn | classically |
D. J. Webb | courtier |
F. D. Gardiner | crippled |
I. A. Herbert | cromlech |
W. Laxton | dare |
F. R. Palmer | Ecumenical |
D. M. Stanford | engines |
D. S. Nagle | Heavens |
F. D. Gardiner | jingle’s |
F. R. Palmer | mankind |
D. W. Arthur | money-grubber |
A. W. Hill | Murrayfield |
D. M. Stanford | notices |
S. Holgate | Planed |
F. P. N. Lake | port’s |
T. E. Sanders | riches |
R. J. Hooper | supplement |
E. J. Burge | Toulon |
A. W. Hill | whet |