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Competition 1988’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:

46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average, and 2 above the average for 7-letter words)

9.7 words per clue (0.1 above the archive average, and 0.5 above the average for 7-letter words)

Longest clue (the 540th longest normal clue in the archive)

This American cause of pollution spied at sea could come from broken pipes? – queried

69 letters, 14 words, by Rev Canon C. M. Broun

Shortest clues (the 350th shortest normal clues in the archive)

Piper’s quote, ‘——’s top blend’

20 letters, 5 words, by R. C. Teuton

Snout’s turned on in stir

20 letters, 5 words, by A. J. Wardrop

Competition 1988 has contributed 16 unique words to the clue archive: