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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 831 | Apr 1988 | COOLABAH | Spoonerisms | 25 |
Competition 831’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
52 letters per clue (7 above the archive average, and 6 above the average for Spoonerisms competitions)
10.8 words per clue (1.2 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for Spoonerisms competitions)
Longest clue (the 2nd longest Spoonerisms clue in the archive)
Free from tar compounds, satisfying, second only to Hamlet and leading whiffs of Benson and Hedges
81 letters, 16 words, by J. F. Grimshaw
Shortest clues (the 21st shortest Spoonerisms clues in the archive)
Suede for a shaggy, with-it adult? Pooh!
30 letters, 7 words, by D. P. Shenkin
Tigger’s drunk maybe – pleasing a Pooh!
30 letters, 6 words, by D. H. Tompsett
Competition 831 has contributed 25 unique words to the clue archive:
| C. J. Morse | AB |
| E. J. Burge | bead |
| B. W. Brook | beard |
| J. F. Grimshaw | Benson |
| Mrs E. J. Shields | Circuiting |
| J. F. Grimshaw | compounds |
| R. V. Dearden | contemptuous |
| Dr E. J. Miller | disdainful |
| C. J. Brougham | gorse |
| T. W. Mortimer | hob’s |
| G. H. Willett | interjections |
| C. J. Morse | inverted |
| J. F. N. Wedge | kola |
| B. W. Brook | Kurt’ll |
| Mrs E. J. Shields | loch |
| D. A. Ginger | love-making |
| T. W. Mortimer | meal-time |
| J. C. Leyland | popsies |
| J. F. N. Wedge | shockers |
| R. A. Hill | shouts |
| D. H. Tompsett | Tigger’s |
| C. J. Morse | triggers |
| J. F. Grimshaw | whiffs |
| D. P. Shenkin | with-it |
| W. J. M. Scotland | Woo |