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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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679 | May 1985 | ESTOVER | Printer’s Devilry | 30 |
Competition 679’s average clue lengths over 30 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
8.8 words per clue (0.8 below the archive average, and 0.2 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 13th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Within vit/ally important celebration for the old, soldiers will not be missed
65 letters, 12 words, by Mrs S. M. Felton
Shortest clue (the shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Nud/ge rare Jezebels
17 letters, 3 words, by D. L. Roberts
Competition 679 has contributed 29 unique words to the clue archive:
A. Lawrie | ant |
R. J. Hooper | ant-hill |
Mrs C. Firmin | Baltic |
Rev E. H. Pyle | carnal |
Mrs R. Herbert | clarify |
E. L. Hayward | dally |
B. A. Pike | disconcerting |
R. K. Lumsdon | downer |
R. A. Mostyn | Eiffel |
T. D. Freestone | Fortnight |
E. L. Hayward | gloriously |
N. C. Dexter | goallie’s |
T. W. Mortimer | goon |
Mrs C. Firmin | gust’s |
Mrs R. Herbert | impecunious |
D. L. Roberts | Jezebels |
P. B. Macdonald | landscapes |
M. H. E. Watson | merged |
D. L. Roberts | Nudge |
J. B. Hallissey | promenaders |
P. B. Macdonald | reclamation |
E. L. Hayward | ribbons |
T. W. Mortimer | sightseeing |
J. D. Moore | Thebes |
Mrs J. Waldren | undoes |
Mrs I. G. Smith | unhygienic |
J. D. D. Blaikie | Veterans |
R. A. Mostyn | vibrating |
Mrs J. Waldren | Whoever |