ordStats homepage| Name | No of clues | First Prizes | Other Prizes | VHCs | HCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Barnes | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 35 |
M. Barnes’s average clue lengths over 16 clues:
53 letters per clue (8 above the archive average of 45)
10.9 words per clue (1.3 above the archive average of 9.6)
Longest clue
‘Mary, Joseph and Jesus’ Caspar swore
As he banged his head on the stable door.
‘Good thinking, your majesty’, Mary said,
‘I’d almost decided to call him Fred.’
120 letters, 28 words, in competition 143 Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR (A jingle)
Shortest clue
Someone walking on grave – get shivery
31 letters, 6 words, in competition 904 VOETGANGER
M. Barnes has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
| 1648 | cine-art |
| 2395 | Crucible |
| 1741 | defeating |
| 473 | Hern |
| 1648 | Lang’s |
| 143 | majesty |
| 452 | Minster’s |
| 1700 | Mouldy |
| 1741 | outgunned |
| 1700 | owd |
| 473 | O’Brien |
| 1741 | Piquet’s |
| 384 | pseudo-grin |
| 2508 | roundhead |
| 1741 | tracking |
| 1741 | Villeneuve |
| 904 | walking |