WordStats for Comp. 701 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 696 | 705 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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701 | Oct 1985 | BALUSTRADE | normal | 24 |
Competition 701’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
51 letters per clue (6 above the archive average, and 4 above the average for 10-letter words)
9.8 words per clue (0.2 above the archive average, and 0.1 above the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 334th longest normal clue in the archive)
This stood between a pair, patrician and star crossed, in undisguised extremity of love
72 letters, 14 words, by J. V. S. A. Davies
Shortest clue (the 17th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Bears cope?
9 letters, 2 words, by M. Barley
Competition 701 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
D. P. M. Michael | adulates |
P. F. Henderson | aeroplane |
R. V. Dearden | balcony |
T. W. Mortimer | Bates |
D. F. Manley | dab’s |
D. F. Manley | flanking |
W. K. M. Slimmings | flights |
C. J. Lowe | hold-ups |
D. A. Crossland | In-flight |
D. F. Manley | logodaedalic |
G. Johnstone | lust-breathed |
H. Freeman | parapets |
J. V. S. A. Davies | patrician |
D. P. M. Michael | rail-guard |
R. V. Dearden | staged |
J. F. Grimshaw | swamped |
T. W. Mortimer | terraces |