ordStats homepage| Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Also listed as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Dean | 61 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 137 | R. A. Dean |
R. Dean’s average clue lengths over 61 clues:
44 letters per clue (1 below the archive average of 45)
9.0 words per clue (0.6 below the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
Uranium ore and cobalt hazardous
From Africa’s parched acres deeply mined;
Accept them, elchi, orient ambassadors –
And may your names forever be enshrined
127 letters, 23 words, in competition 143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
Shortest clue
Mongolia-ish misbehaving?
22 letters, 2 words, in competition 917 HOOLIGANISM
R. Dean has contributed 43 unique words to the clue archive:
| 887 | aberrant |
| 521 | affectation |
| 143 | Africa’s |
| 393 | aortic |
| 1753 | back’s |
| 454 | Carsmiths |
| 143 | cobalt |
| 1628 | come-on |
| 1628 | Complimentary |
| 857 | congratulation |
| 300 | crawling |
| 263 | dissident’s |
| 1724 | Ebony |
| 406 | effiuvia |
| 143 | elchi |
| 887 | enormities |
| 603 | exquisite |
| 1615 | frugal |
| 430 | glider |
| 143 | hazardous |
| 600 | hidest |
| 1329 | hospitality |
| 572 | ingratiate |
| 183 | Insufferable |
| 495 | Itching |
| 1372 | lapped |
| 1724 | mag’s |
| 1737 | Maliciousness |
| 143 | mined |
| 917 | Mongolia-ish |
| 143 | parched |
| 1750 | plodded |
| 406 | pores |
| 1715 | rental |
| 1355 | salvation |
| 1563 | Sibyl’s |
| 473 | ski-lift |
| 1936 | Slum |
| 1823 | synonym |
| 521 | titian-suited |
| 943 | trickier |
| 263 | two-year |
| 486 | well-bred |