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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 744 | Aug 1986 | SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN / COFFEE-DISEASE | Right and Left | 23 |
Competition 744’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
84 letters per clue (39 above the archive average, and 11 above the average for Right and Left competitions)
17.7 words per clue (8.1 above the archive average, and 3 above the average for Right and Left competitions)
Longest clue (the 9th longest Right and Left clue in the archive)
Rejected Foreign Office stooge is sent in to stop threat to SA’s export trade? Sounds likely to fizzle – this ado could produce no apartheid links
118 letters, 25 words, by P. F. Henderson
Shortest clue (the 99th shortest Right and Left clue in the archive)
Sizzling heat? Sprinklin’ freely, a ton of fodder is free from leaf blight?
59 letters, 13 words, by W. H. Pegram
Competition 744 has contributed 29 unique words to the clue archive:
| C. G. Millin | affliction |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | blacks |
| J. F. Grimshaw | blasting |
| S. M. Mansell | Crackling |
| E. J. Burge | Curling |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | defies |
| T. J. Moorey | Defoe |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | Edinburgh’s |
| P. F. Henderson | export |
| E. Dawid | feed’s |
| P. F. Henderson | fizzle |
| C. J. & M. P. Butler | Fungoid |
| G. Johnstone | Guadeloupe |
| J. F. Grimshaw | Hark |
| E. Dawid | Lank |
| S. M. Mansell | leaf-blight |
| V. G. Henderson | mushy |
| H. J. Bradbury | nutrient’s |
| T. J. Moorey | O’Neill |
| V. G. Henderson | peas |
| C. J. & M. P. Butler | ravaged |
| E. J. Burge | rink |
| P. F. Henderson | SA’s |
| S. M. Mansell | seed-case |
| C. G. Millin | shade |
| W. H. Pegram | Sprinklin’ |
| C. J. Morse | transposing |
| C. Oliver | unwholesome |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | whites |