Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. L. Perkins | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 115 |
M. L. Perkins’s average clue lengths over 22 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average)
9.6 words per clue (equal to the archive average)
Longest clue
Oval, perhaps, where a rising ball may break up odd bits of the pitch which are out of true
71 letters, 19 words, in competition 1923 ELLIPTIC
Shortest clue
Concerning leap-years?
19 letters, 2 words, in competition 243 OLYMPIC
M. L. Perkins has contributed 8 unique words to the clue archive:
187 | bully’s |
1997 | characterised |
2070 | drubbing |
285 | Fetter |
229 | Imperialism |
243 | leap-years |
2070 | Newt-like |
27 | rainy |