Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. P. H. Hirst | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 32 |
J. P. H. Hirst’s average clue lengths over 21 clues:
46 letters per clue (1 above the archive average of 45)
10.3 words per clue (0.7 above the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
After I’ve finished the books, they’re bound to fix prices; it’s daft with first drink then oil going up
81 letters, 19 words, in competition 478 BIBLIOPEGIST
Shortest clue
CLUPRUBIOUS
11 letters, 1 words, in competition 43 A neologism (Neologisms)
J. P. H. Hirst has contributed 15 unique words to the clue archive:
513 | Buckton |
43 | CLUPRUBIOUS |
371 | degrading |
521 | garret |
464 | Highness |
388 | injure |
568 | Oban |
521 | poseurs |
478 | prices |
14 | putrid |
482 | resurrectionist |
14 | Shem |
404 | sideways |
14 | stink’s |
627 | Zola’s |