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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 298 | Dec 1977 | NOSER | normal | 30 |
Competition 298’s average clue lengths over 30 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for 5-letter words)
8.6 words per clue (1 below the archive average, and 0.1 below the average for 5-letter words)
Longest clue (the 217th longest normal clue in the archive)
Small number attending first of ‘supertests’ – indication of hesitancy or hostile reaction?
75 letters, 12 words, by D. F. Manley
Shortest clue (the 350th shortest normal clue in the archive)
One’s very curious – right?
20 letters, 4 words, by T. Anderson
Competition 298 has contributed 28 unique words to the clue archive:
| E. Akenhead | aperitif |
| D. F. Manley | attending |
| M. D. Laws | blood-letter |
| T. E. Sanders | discomfits |
| M. D. Laws | Elsinore |
| D. P. M. Michael | facer |
| N. N. Inglis | head-wind |
| J. G. Hull | headwind |
| G. Aspin | heady |
| Rev C. D. Westbrook | Inquisitor |
| B. Franco | invokes |
| S. Goldie | northeaster |
| W. Jackson | Occupational |
| W. K. M. Slimmings | O’d |
| D. C. Williamson | pappy |
| L. May | precludes |
| Mrs E. J. Shields | prying |
| A. D. Legge | questioner |
| A. D. Legge | rebuff |
| S. Goldie | rebuffs |
| P. R. Clemow | redeal |
| T. E. Sanders | seriously |
| P. R. Best | serous |
| G. Aspin | snifter |
| T. E. Sanders | solano |
| D. P. M. Michael | sop |
| S. Goldie | sou’wester |
| D. F. Manley | supertests |