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Competition 1797’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:

36 letters per clue (9 below the archive average, and 6 below the average for 5-letter words)

7.7 words per clue (1.9 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for 5-letter words)

Longest clue (the 1,935th longest normal clue in the archive)

In fantastic form, Atherton strikes 100 – it sure gets the blood pumping

58 letters, 12 words, by R. J. Heald

Shortest clue (the 17th shortest normal clue in the archive)

Meat balls

9 letters, 2 words, by C. A. Clarke

Competition 1797 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive: