Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. O. Butcher | 41 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 31 |
C. O. Butcher’s average clue lengths over 41 clues:
48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average of 45)
10.8 words per clue (1.2 above the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
May your Christmas be merry and bright!
Though room at the inn is so tight,
The landlord will laugh, we surmise,
When told that there’s more come and wise
121 letters, 29 words, in competition 143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
Shortest clue
Scratch runner in fabulous shape
28 letters, 5 words, in competition 203 BOGY
C. O. Butcher has contributed 22 unique words to the clue archive:
178 | abhorrently |
267 | age-old |
152 | amorist |
314 | bed-game |
62 | Bottoms |
70 | caresses |
53 | combo |
92 | consisting |
135 | defence’s |
114 | down’s |
92 | filmy |
36 | fought |
53 | improvisation |
152 | intriguing |
301 | ladylike |
238 | mirrored |
294 | mortar |
66 | silliness |
143 | surmise |
14 | thro |
23 | tiptop |
216 | Tropez |