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Competition 88’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:

41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 4 below the average for 8-letter words)

9.0 words per clue (0.6 below the archive average, and 0.4 below the average for 8-letter words)

Longest clues (the 334th longest normal clues in the archive)

Could be just the place for the Three Children to do some hymn-singing – ‘As plants…’ perhaps!

72 letters, 16 words, by Rev C. M. Broun

Derby, losing leader, confused about machinery for sacking – masses become heated there

72 letters, 12 words, by E. J. Burge

Shortest clue (the 9th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Hothouse?

8 letters, 1 word, by J. F. N. Wedge

Competition 88 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive: