WordStats for Comp. 456 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 454 | 460 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | Jan 1981 | BALADINE | normal | 23 |
Competition 456’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
40 letters per clue (5 below the archive average, and 5 below the average for 8-letter words)
9.0 words per clue (0.6 below the archive average, and 0.4 below the average for 8-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,431st longest normal clue in the archive)
Twister possibly anyone might see as an old mischief, lying about a racket
61 letters, 13 words, by D. P. M. Michael
Shortest clues (the 242nd shortest normal clues in the archive)
Spring in bed à la Nana?
18 letters, 6 words, by J. J. Murtha
Alma or Belinda a go-go?
18 letters, 5 words, by Mrs D. B. Jenkinson
Competition 456 has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:
| J. D. Moore | Albi |
| Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | Alma |
| J. D. Moore | ane |
| F. R. Palmer | Bani |
| E. A. Beaulah | Baptist’s |
| C. Allen Baker | Barnum |
| J. B. Sweeting | bedaine |
| Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | Belinda |
| A. Johnstone | belly-dancer |
| J. D. Moore | d’Albi |
| G. Wilson | gyrations |
| G. Wilson | Laban |
| P. Drummond | Mountebank |
| J. J. Murtha | Nana |
| D. A. Crossland | panto’s |
| H. W. Massingham | patter |
| E. A. Beaulah | Salome |
| F. R. Palmer | Show-biz |
| D. V. Harry | topples |

