ordStats homepage| Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Also listed as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. Dixon | 120 | 5 | 12 | 103 | 165 | V. Dixon (Ireland) V. Dixon (Republic of Ireland) |
V. Dixon’s average clue lengths over 120 clues:
48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average of 45)
9.5 words per clue (0.1 below the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
Make a Herculean effort each month to dash off the grid, then compose a super-original (not too smartass) clue of genuine interest – not a mechanical contrivance that’s ‘for the birds’.
146 letters, 30 words, in competition 1810 HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE (DLM)
Shortest clue
Face down?
8 letters, 2 words, in competition 1021 BEARD
V. Dixon has contributed 91 unique words to the clue archive:
| 1363 | advisor |
| 1367 | Amalgamating |
| 1589 | angst |
| 1152 | Anodyne |
| 1689 | anyone’s |
| 1506 | articulate |
| 2351 | artillery |
| 2010 | athletic |
| 2395 | athletically |
| 1901 | Auntie’s |
| 1775 | belto |
| 1949 | betray |
| 2226 | blamed |
| 1637 | blanks |
| 1758 | Brainless |
| 1967 | busily |
| 1338 | C-stream |
| 2351 | Cadiz |
| 2116 | calmed |
| 1659 | Cissy |
| 1741 | commands |
| 1242 | confound |
| 1927 | Conservative’s |
| 2116 | cooling |
| 1927 | counters |
| 1775 | Covent |
| 1659 | dares |
| 1519 | Degraded |
| 1524 | denatured |
| 1277 | denial |
| 1277 | deviance |
| 1641 | doodads |
| 2006 | dopamine |
| 1788 | embarking |
| 1056 | Esprit-style |
| 1273 | expatiation |
| 2183 | fabulist |
| 2270 | fancifully |
| 1654 | February’s |
| 1728 | Fenland |
| 1494 | fifteen |
| 1000 | firmness |
| 1871 | fleeting |
| 1480 | foil |
| 1589 | Franticly |
| 1897 | Galliano’s |
| 1724 | gorblimey |
| 2343 | Haven’t |
| 1810 | Herculean |
| 2376 | identity |
| 1646 | illegitimate |
| 1030 | Illinois |
| 1932 | implying |
| 1406 | infantryman |
| 1804 | inserting |
| 1450 | irresolute |
| 1589 | jests |
| 1598 | juggles |
| 1242 | Kevin |
| 1411 | Kosovans |
| 1862 | limitlessly |
| 2010 | marry |
| 1733 | masquerading |
| 1866 | meanders |
| 2012 | middle’s |
| 1108 | Mightn’t |
| 1637 | minders |
| 1367 | Nissan |
| 1476 | Oaks |
| 1728 | olid |
| 1541 | overcome |
| 1615 | prunes |
| 2226 | quadruple |
| 2244 | raved |
| 1927 | reliable |
| 1363 | relocating |
| 1450 | repent |
| 1945 | seized |
| 2395 | self-control |
| 1897 | show’s |
| 1810 | smartass |
| 1927 | spurning |
| 1810 | super-original |
| 1419 | swampy |
| 1741 | tenacious |
| 2010 | toward |
| 1858 | Tremendous |
| 2244 | trend |
| 1524 | unkinde |
| 1654 | weathering |
| 1728 | will-o’-the-wisps |