Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. R. Kirby | 29 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 27 |
J. R. Kirby’s average clue lengths over 29 clues:
50 letters per clue (5 above the archive average of 45)
10.8 words per clue (1.2 above the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
Wooden structure comprising a pivoted device turning round about the top of a tower
70 letters, 14 words, in competition 97 TREBUCHET
Shortest clue
I’m last in admitting a riot’s wrong
28 letters, 7 words, in competition 1 ORGIAST
J. R. Kirby has contributed 19 unique words to the clue archive:
190 | auguring |
165 | babbling |
92 | badger |
62 | bracing |
146 | Dramatics |
18 | genitive |
238 | hire |
165 | home’s |
100 | inherently |
229 | insist |
426 | mild’s |
229 | mimic |
123 | piling |
97 | pivoted |
118 | pongs |
165 | purple |
88 | semi-molten |
10 | striptease |
156 | wayfarer |