Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Also listed as |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. G. Shippobotham | 70 | 2 | 9 | 59 | 143 | N. Shippobotham |
N. G. Shippobotham’s average clue lengths over 70 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average of 45)
9.6 words per clue (equal to the archive average)
Longest clue
‘Pale with hints of oriental oolong,’ says advert for transporter of Indian mint teas some Europeans order here?
91 letters, 18 words, in competition 1792 APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET (Right and Left)
Shortest clue
“Too rude” for this?
14 letters, 4 words, in competition 2165 OUT OF ORDER
N. G. Shippobotham has contributed 60 unique words to the clue archive:
1316 | bowlin’ |
1506 | Bran |
2239 | brooking |
2065 | carpet’s |
1602 | Casement |
2170 | choppy |
1606 | comms |
1654 | compels |
1753 | controls |
2517 | copybook |
1659 | cowardy |
1654 | crucifer |
1715 | Dissolve |
1576 | Dumas’s |
2049 | encyclical’s |
1792 | Europeans |
1602 | Fenian |
2196 | gongs |
1650 | haemoglobin |
2222 | Harrowing |
1654 | herbalist |
2019 | hoe |
2517 | imitate |
1827 | interference |
2222 | Job’s |
1906 | justes |
2122 | Justin |
1286 | Lech |
1818 | leg-pull |
2599 | longed |
1779 | mallet |
1888 | medallist |
1506 | Obese |
1792 | oolong |
1606 | orbital |
2539 | part-time |
2438 | petite |
1541 | plates |
2144 | polishing |
2065 | poo |
1906 | Primum |
1567 | quinquagesimal |
1758 | RADA |
1550 | reciter |
1971 | Redgrave’s |
1316 | reignin’ |
2318 | Ropey |
1866 | Sebring |
1906 | secundum |
1606 | SETI |
1506 | slimmest |
1515 | smears |
2053 | so-and-so |
1758 | theatre’s |
1792 | transporter |
2053 | tumbles |
2196 | vibe |
2122 | Welby’s |
1779 | wields |
2318 | Yo-heave-ho |