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Competition 974’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:

48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for 11-letter words)

10.3 words per clue (0.7 above the archive average, and 0.6 above the average for 11-letter words)

Longest clue (the 249th longest normal clue in the archive)

Something to start with – a pepper, its centre mixed with bits of rice and nuts, and spices too

74 letters, 18 words, by F. R. Palmer

Shortest clue (the 466th shortest normal clue in the archive)

See one in part Poos played?

22 letters, 6 words, by A. Lawrie

Competition 974 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive: