Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs | Also listed as |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. C. Lance | 36 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 74 | Dr E. C. Lance |
E. C. Lance’s average clue lengths over 36 clues:
53 letters per clue (8 above the archive average of 45)
10.3 words per clue (0.7 above the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
‘HM Treats Princess Disgracefully’ – the Mail may carry this gratuitous article some time in December
83 letters, 15 words, in competition 1128 CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Shortest clues
Scrap in beer garden set back accord
30 letters, 7 words, in competition 2305 AGREE def. PATCH (Wrong Number)
Tot crept towards nurse unsteadily
30 letters, 5 words, in competition 1927 TONSURE (Spoonerisms)
E. C. Lance has contributed 28 unique words to the clue archive:
1901 | Antiseptic’s |
1945 | Bastille |
1849 | blighted |
2272 | BMW |
1893 | disjointed |
2131 | Dorking |
1988 | exhaled |
1849 | Expansive |
1284 | foul-smelling |
1858 | Gigantic |
1733 | Graeco-Roman |
1128 | gratuitous |
1750 | Hun |
1945 | initiations |
1960 | malignant |
2318 | MEP |
2279 | mineral |
1750 | Mongol |
2244 | mouldering |
2532 | pandemic |
1840 | phone’s |
1750 | pillage |
2296 | prelim |
1856 | salted |
2250 | supremely |
2318 | tawdry |
1997 | tourism |
2006 | Transplanted |