WordStats for Comp. 792 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 788 | 796 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 792 | Jul 1987 | DISTHENE | Printer’s Devilry | 30 |
Competition 792’s average clue lengths over 30 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
9.0 words per clue (0.6 below the archive average, and equal to the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 3rd longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Brash Australian la/w champion crushing top-ranking opponent in dramatic court encounter
76 letters, 11 words, by C. A. Clarke
Shortest clue (the 12th shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
What is in Paris? Len i/s there
23 letters, 7 words, by M. E. Ventham
Competition 792 has contributed 26 unique words to the clue archive:
| Dr V. G. I. Deshmukh | Amis |
| G. H. Willett | amoral |
| P. D. Hinchliffe | deciding |
| Sir David Willcocks | dorm |
| D. B. Smith | fines |
| P. F. Henderson | flagellant |
| R. C. Dale | gems |
| M. Coates | giraffe |
| A. P. Vincent | Gower |
| H. J. Bradbury | Guardian |
| J. F. Grimshaw | hover-flies |
| J. H. Dingwall | inescapable |
| S. Goodie | judgments |
| M. H. E. Watson | minx |
| Mrs I. G. Smith | mis-serve |
| G. H. Willett | naiad |
| E. J. Burge | Overhauling |
| Sir David Willcocks | prefects |
| R. J. Palmer | romances |
| R. C. Dale | ruby-spinels |
| D. H. Tompsett | Sighs |
| J. H. Dingwall | soled |
| C. A. Clarke | top-ranking |
| J. F. Grimshaw | Traveller’s |
| M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | truthfully |
| M. Coates | zoo |