WordStats for Comp. 766 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 764 | 770 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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766 | Jan 1987 | GUBBINS | normal | 26 |
Competition 766’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 3 below the average for 7-letter words)
8.1 words per clue (1.5 below the archive average, and 1.1 below the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clue (the 618th longest normal clue in the archive)
Refuse white wine in case overtopping the margin of safety should thereby result
68 letters, 13 words, by T. E. Sanders
Shortest clue (the 124th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Red or white wines
15 letters, 4 words, by V. G. Henderson
Competition 766 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
J. J. Moore | authors |
E. J. Burge | bib’s |
S. Goldie | bobs |
C. G. Millin | breakdowns |
J. Campbell | busing |
C. W. Laxton | containers |
J. Campbell | deregulation |
D. M. McCall | Eavesdropper |
C. G. Millin | gremlins |
W. Jackson | keels |
F. D. Gardiner | LEM |
F. R. Palmer | oppresses |
T. E. Sanders | overtopping |
J. J. Moore | Penguins |
E. Dawid | Thingumbob’s |
L. May | undefined |
D. M. McCall | window-catch |