WordStats for Comp. 866 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 862 | 868 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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866 | Dec 1988 | NECTAREOUS | normal | 28 |
Competition 866’s average clue lengths over 28 clues:
36 letters per clue (9 below the archive average, and 11 below the average for 10-letter words)
7.6 words per clue (2 below the archive average, and 2.1 below the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 618th longest normal clue in the archive)
Bond? Drop Unknown for actor with bit of experience, versatile, delighting the gods
68 letters, 13 words, by W. K. M. Slimmings
Shortest clue (the 124th shortest normal clue in the archive)
So ‘E’ No.’s are cut out?
15 letters, 7 words, by H. J. Bradbury
Competition 866 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:
N. C. Dexter | Ares |
R. R. Greenfield | courtesan |
Dr J. Burscough | curate’s |
W. K. M. Slimmings | delighting |
C. J. Brougham | effluence |
D. M. Duckworth | Euro-scent |
Mrs M. Pepin | excitation |
T. W. Mortimer | Foster’s |
C. J. Brougham | insulated |
F. R. Palmer | laced |
R. R. Greenfield | Luscious |
R. A. Mostyn | Mellifluous |
C. J. Brougham | oozing |
C. S. Ellis | ounces |
P. Cargill | quench |
P. F. Henderson | Reause |
S. C. Ford | Sauternes |
P. Cargill | tea’s |
C. J. Morse | Un-acetose |