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Competition 139’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:

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

10.2 words per clue (0.6 above the archive average, and 0.6 above the average for 9-letter words)

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

In place of the market’s rough justice we have confusion over what’s hidden in a compact

71 letters, 16 words, by C. J. Morse

Shortest clue (the 1,274th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Rustic bench – otherwise period pew

29 letters, 5 words, by F. D. H. Atkinson

Competition 139 has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive: