WordStats for Comp. 908 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 904 | 913 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 908 | Oct 1989 | INDIGO | Printer’s Devilry | 27 |
Competition 908’s average clue lengths over 27 clues:
42 letters per clue (3 below the archive average, and equal to the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
9.3 words per clue (0.3 below the archive average, and 0.3 above the average for Printer’s Devilry competitions)
Longest clue (the 4th longest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Regarding grids, you’ll normally find a pla/n, although some ‘special’ puzzles lack symmetry
74 letters, 13 words, by R. F. Naish
Shortest clue (the 7th shortest Printer’s Devilry clue in the archive)
Beh/est? That spells it out!
21 letters, 5 words, by R. S. Morse
Competition 908 has contributed 31 unique words to the clue archive:
| R. J. Palmer | accent |
| E. Chalkley | backs |
| R. S. Morse | Behest |
| E. Chalkley | bunkers |
| V. G. Henderson | Captain’s |
| Mrs B. E. Henderson | crawl |
| P. Graystone | Disgusting |
| Dr J. Burscough | gatecrash |
| Mrs B. E. Henderson | gotta |
| M. Clarke | graver |
| R. F. Naish | grids |
| R. J. Whale | hing |
| J. D. Lockett | hosed |
| J. M. Brown | hurts |
| R. R. Greenfield | Invited |
| E. J. Griew | Minoan |
| R. R. Greenfield | Nepal |
| M. Freeman | Nora’s |
| R. J. Palmer | onto |
| Dr E. Young | patchily |
| J. M. Brown | Playboy’s |
| R. F. Naish | Regarding |
| Miss G. M. May | renal |
| R. J. Palmer | runal |
| F. B. Atkins | Scandinavian’s |
| R. J. Whale | smattering |
| H. Rutley | Stravinsky |
| M. Freeman | Surfers |
| D. F. Manley | swat |
| M. C. C. Rich | tight-head |
| R. R. Greenfield | wishing |