ordStats homepage| Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Also listed as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. A. Pike | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 34 | B. Pike |
B. A. Pike’s average clue lengths over 13 clues:
48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average of 45)
10.3 words per clue (0.7 above the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
It’s pointless to wish you
A merry Christmas day:
While we’re all rejoicing
You’re still on your way.
It’s ironic that your majesties,
Bringing your gifts in state,
Will unfailingly, for evermore,
Be twelve days late!
171 letters, 36 words, in competition 143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
Shortest clue
Rum pose-taker, oddly positioned
27 letters, 4 words, in competition 508 POSTURE-MAKER
B. A. Pike has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive:
| 679 | disconcerting |
| 143 | evermore |
| 506 | ex-cons |
| 161 | fleecing |
| 300 | Loins |
| 306 | mother-love |
| 508 | pose-taker |
| 263 | Sacha |
| 506 | sentry |
| 306 | Smike |
| 300 | stillborn |
| 143 | twelve |
| 143 | unfailingly |