ordStats homepage| Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Also listed as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col P. S. Baines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | Maj Baines Lt CoI P. S. Baines Lt Col P. S. Baines Maj P. S. Baines |
Col P. S. Baines’s average clue lengths over 4 clues:
59 letters per clue (14 above the archive average of 45)
10.3 words per clue (0.7 above the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
Techniques, said Torquemada, without question quite mad, can literally compose these playful puzzles
85 letters, 13 words, in competition 146 CHARADES
Shortest clue
Animals all in purported pairs. The mere elk’s hard-hit!
44 letters, 9 words, in competition 14 Terrapin, hermit, elephant, armadillo, rhesus (Anagram)
Col P. S. Baines has contributed 6 unique words to the clue archive:
| 14 | elk’s |
| 105 | Ha-ha |
| 14 | hard-hit |
| 105 | oracle |
| 14 | purported |
| 146 | Torquemada |