WordStats for Comp. 978 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 974 | 982 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978 | Feb 1991 | DOUBLE-CENTURY | normal | 24 |
Competition 978’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
41 letters per clue (4 below the archive average, and 4 below the average for 13-letter words)
9.3 words per clue (0.3 below the archive average, and 0.2 below the average for 13-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,935th longest normal clue in the archive)
What coarse cricketer, especially, might relish – knock by cultured one
58 letters, 10 words, by A. J. Wardrop
Shortest clue (the 350th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Mixing Cure, loud – by 10 cc?
20 letters, 6 words, by A. Logan
Competition 978 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive:
| N. C. Dexter | Boney |
| J. C. Leyland | cavity |
| R. W. Hawes | Compilation |
| N. C. Dexter | conned |
| Mrs P. C. Carmichael | counted |
| T. W. Mortimer | Croe |
| R. J. Hooper | cutey |
| J. C. Leyland | denture |
| Dr I. S. Fletcher | Fletcher |
| R. W. Hawes | tenacity |
| T. W. Mortimer | tun |
| R. E. Kimmons | tun’s |
| D. Ashcroft | uncrudely |

