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Competition 97’s average clue lengths over 21 clues:

50 letters per clue (5 above the archive average, and 4 above the average for 9-letter words)

10.6 words per clue (1 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 9-letter words)

Longest clue (the 397th longest normal clue in the archive)

This reinforced early bombardments upon castles, having elastic tension initially

71 letters, 10 words, by Dr J. G. Booth

Shortest clue (the 1,802nd shortest normal clue in the archive)

Was used to pepper yet upset the b—— cruet

32 letters, 9 words, by J. P. Lester

Competition 97 has contributed 14 unique words to the clue archive: