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No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
956 Sep 1990SPEAR-SIDE normal 22

 

Competition 956’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:

44 letters per clue (1 below the archive average, and 2 below the average for 9-letter words)

9.6 words per clue (equal to the archive average, and equal to the average for 9-letter words)

 

Longest clue (the 794th longest normal clue in the archive)

I hold kings and jacks but no queens: playing spades to East I must enter with king

66 letters, 17 words, by H. R. Sanders

 

Shortest clue (the 74th shortest normal clue in the archive)

The men in trees?

13 letters, 4 words, by R. C. Teuton

 

Competition 956 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:

R. R. Greenfieldagnates
D. Buxtonbarred
D. M. Stanforddespise
R. R. GreenfieldDispraise
Dr I. S. FletcherEdberg’s
C. J. BroughamFoolhardy
M. BarleyHussein
H. R. Sandersjacks
A. J. Shieldspedigree
J. C. Leylandperilously
D. Buxtonpissed
S. HolgatePistes
H. R. Sandersqueens
C. J. Morserape’s
A. C. Morrisonspeeds
R. F. Naishspeed’s
R. F. Naishspindle
Dr I. S. FletcherSuccessors
J. C. Leylandunsated