WordStats for Comp. 900 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 895 | 904 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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900 | Aug 1989 | (C)HARLATANIS(M) | Letters Latent | 22 |
Competition 900’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average, and 3 above the average for Letters Latent competitions)
10.1 words per clue (0.5 above the archive average, and 0.8 above the average for Letters Latent competitions)
Longest clue (the 17th longest Letters Latent clue in the archive)
Endless great cheer all round, but second 900 perhaps is promising the impossible!
68 letters, 13 words, by T. J. Moorey
Shortest clue (the 24th shortest Letters Latent clue in the archive)
What a liar at NHS might turn to
25 letters, 8 words, by J. P. H. Hirst
Competition 900 has contributed 22 unique words to the clue archive:
W. K. M. Slimmings | advocacy |
M. Earle | assumption |
C. J. Morse | aureoles |
Mrs K. Bissett | beguilement |
J. F. Grimshaw | Bottom’s |
E. J. Burge | cheated |
F. R. Palmer | Empiricism |
F. R. Palmer | ensured |
Ms H. Grayson | flax |
E. J. Burge | halts |
D. F. Manley | Harley |
F. D. Gardiner | harlot |
M. H. E. Watson | Healing |
J. F. Grimshaw | knavery |
Dr E. Young | lint |
F. D. Gardiner | Pretending |
J. G. Hull | quackery |
R. A. Mostyn | scarlatina |
W. K. M. Slimmings | snake-oil |
C. J. Morse | Tusitala |
R. A. Mostyn | unethical |
A. J. Wardrop | unprofessional |