WordStats for Comp. 878 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 874 | 882 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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878 | Mar 1989 | MOUSEPIECE | normal | 25 |
Competition 878’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 6 below the average for 10-letter words)
9.5 words per clue (0.1 below the archive average, and 0.2 below the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 699th longest normal clue in the archive)
Some clue (cryptic, not long) snatching prize – something meaty from Dexter, perhaps
67 letters, 12 words, by P. F. Henderson
Shortest clues (the 74th shortest normal clues in the archive)
Black eye patch?
13 letters, 3 words, by W. M. Orriel
Black eye patch?
13 letters, 3 words, by D. Pendrey
Competition 878 has contributed 14 unique words to the clue archive:
R. Jacks | Budges |
T. J. Moorey | buttock |
C. W. Laxton | cues |
C. J. Brougham | epicure |
T. E. Sanders | epicures |
T. J. Moorey | exploit |
P. F. Henderson | meaty |
C. J. Morse | paw |
P. D. Stonier | penetrates |
D. F. Manley | piggy |
T. J. Moorey | rule-book |
Mrs E. J. Shields | shiner |
D. F. Manley | squeaking |
C. A. Clarke | Weakling |