ordStats homepage| Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Also listed as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Appleton | 77 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 149 | D. R. Appleton |
D. Appleton’s average clue lengths over 77 clues:
47 letters per clue (2 above the archive average of 45)
9.9 words per clue (0.3 above the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
Stoneworker starts to maintain ancient structure on Naxos – ends in media storm when portico collapses in ruins
93 letters, 17 words, in competition 2325 MASON
Shortest clue
Too rude for me
12 letters, 4 words, in competition 2165 OUT OF ORDER
D. Appleton has contributed 62 unique words to the clue archive:
| 2551 | adversely |
| 1433 | Arne |
| 1797 | Authority’s |
| 2196 | battens |
| 1784 | Bogeys |
| 1380 | Borough |
| 1367 | Bosnia |
| 1596 | brownie |
| 1831 | calculate |
| 1174 | chandeliers |
| 243 | Circe’s |
| 2045 | Clarke |
| 1439 | Cohen’s |
| 1827 | coma |
| 2512 | Cosi |
| 1910 | cretin |
| 1910 | crisps |
| 1784 | Daly’s |
| 1169 | essayists |
| 2174 | etymologies |
| 2213 | fax |
| 1596 | Fuji |
| 1572 | Gerhilde |
| 2551 | ghillie’s |
| 2218 | goddamn |
| 2239 | gulped |
| 1831 | gutters |
| 2512 | half-stifled |
| 1220 | Hector |
| 1750 | holm |
| 1596 | Ilford |
| 2248 | kiltie |
| 1411 | Licensee |
| 2460 | lintie |
| 2213 | mess-up |
| 2325 | Naxos |
| 2174 | Nock |
| 1515 | nuffin’ |
| 1411 | oloroso |
| 1827 | Panda |
| 1229 | pianissimo |
| 2543 | pompom |
| 2325 | portico |
| 1380 | Premiership |
| 1831 | premiums |
| 1784 | recklessness |
| 2196 | renovation |
| 2390 | reordered |
| 1533 | Sea-captain |
| 1406 | Sedan |
| 1181 | slid |
| 1181 | Slochd |
| 1181 | slued |
| 2313 | spot-on |
| 2551 | stalking |
| 2325 | Stoneworker |
| 521 | Titian’s |
| 1459 | tizzy |
| 1247 | varies |
| 2551 | viable |
| 1750 | wending |
| 2434 | Willie |