WordStats for Comp. 774 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 770 | 779 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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774 | Mar 1987 | VICTORINE | normal | 23 |
Competition 774’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
35 letters per clue (10 below the archive average, and 11 below the average for 9-letter words)
8.0 words per clue (1.6 below the archive average, and 1.6 below the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,028th longest normal clue in the archive)
Might a variety of citron be entered here, in clapped-out attempt to win a prize?
64 letters, 15 words, by L. J. Davenport
Shortest clues (the 350th shortest normal clues in the archive)
Neckwear in civet or fox?
20 letters, 5 words, by N. C. Dexter
Peach – cover it in trifle
20 letters, 5 words, by M. S. Taylor & N. C. Johns
Competition 774 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive:
D. F. Manley | awry |
R. J. Hooper | chin |
L. J. Davenport | citron |
N. C. Dexter | civet |
D. F. Manley | civil |
L. J. Davenport | clapped-out |
H. Freeman | conserved |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | contrive |
J. D. D. Blaikie | Jam’s |
N. C. Dexter | Neckwear |
P. D. Gaffey | nitro |
J. C. Leyland | Trevi |
R. J. Palmer | vair |