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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
688 Jul 1985CUCURBITAL normal 22

 

Competition 688’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:

52 letters per clue (7 above the archive average, and 5 above the average for 10-letter words)

11.4 words per clue (1.8 above the archive average, and 1.7 above the average for 10-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 293rd longest normal clue in the archive)

Badly swung club cut air, resulting in this fruity epithet (you won’t find it in my Chambers)

73 letters, 17 words, by C. M. Edmunds

 

Shortest clue (the 2,028th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Clubs organised a curl, but I like squash

33 letters, 8 words, by H. R. Sanders

 

Competition 688 has contributed 21 unique words to the clue archive:

T. W. MortimerArab’s
L. RogersBurial
L. Rogerschamber’s
G. JohnstoneCinderella’s
J. R. C. MichieClydesdale’s
R. J. Hoopercoot
C. J. Morsecucumber
H. R. Sanderscurl
R. J. Hooperdefined
D. F. Manleydisintegrates
K. Aaronovichforearm’s
L. Rogersgourd
J. J. Mooreloofah
E. W. Steelmelon
C. G. Millinmelons
M. Earlepumpkin
D. Buxtonretorts
A. J. Shieldssoft-hearted
D. R. Robinsonsquashy
A. J. ShieldsThick-skinned
D. F. Manleywondrously