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very few production cross bikes will clear a 40mm tyre at all.
The small surface area of the seat stays will collect less mud too. I'd bet the fork crown and/or bottom bracket junction would clog before the seat stays.
Jon.-
Yeah - the seat stays tend to clog/attract much less mud than the bottom bracket junction in my experience, especially if there is no brake attached there for it to cling to.
Also seat stays are one of the least stressed parts of a bike frame - hence why you can get away with pencil stays. When was the last time you saw a snapped seat stay?
danb
nice but: not nearly enough mud clearance on rear U stay
(having been mud-plugging on a caadx i now realise how important this is..)