Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword

Times Cryptic Crossword 29065

Date 04 November 2024
Number 29065
Day of week Monday
NITCH 55
Count of ref solvers 67
Ref solvers excluded with errors 5
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 29065

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Detailed solving results

Reference, Tracked and Blog solvers with error-free solutions to this puzzle are shown below.

We also show the solver's Personal NITCH, which is their result on this puzzle compared to their average time, and the Wavelength Index of Times Cryptic Hardness, the WITCH, which is the Personal NITCH compared to the SNITCH.

Name TfTT Name Average time This time Personal NITCH WITCH
mohn mohn2 04:46 02:47 58 105
Diskus 05:47 04:52 84 152
Nathan Panning 05:51 03:20 56 101
lili 06:10 03:12 51 92
verlaine Verlaine 06:28 03:34 55 100
Paul Gilbert 06:42 04:31 67 121
mistigris 06:56 04:30 64 116
hilarym 07:07 05:50 81 147
cmjhutton 07:14 02:51 39 70
aphis99 aphis99 07:19 04:52 66 120
boulemiche 08:52 08:52 100 181
Contrarian3 09:03 04:33 50 90
asaldanha 09:03 03:16 36 65
fshephe 09:23 09:11 97 176
Umpire 09:30 06:09 64 116
markdobell 09:36 08:34 89 161
AlanS 10:18 07:11 69 125
glheard glh 10:19 06:34 63 114
chindit 10:19 06:11 59 107
HoneyBadger 10:31 04:14 40 72
Topical Tim Topical Tim 10:41 07:32 70 127
Deane Short Deane Short 10:47 06:32 60 109
lickert 10:54 06:02 55 100
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:58 07:23 67 121
keriothe_ keriothe 11:07 06:06 54 98
miked1961 11:29 06:55 60 109
SimonAnthony 11:34 06:01 52 94
David Crooks dcrooks 11:36 07:49 67 121
neilr neilr 11:37 07:14 62 112
scrabbler 11:42 07:26 63 114
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 11:44 08:11 69 125
edwards.robert1 11:47 11:15 95 172
toots 11:47 10:39 90 163
andy 11:55 05:09 43 78
chriswords 11:58 07:16 60 109
Morphosis 11:58 07:52 65 118
Sheapey Sheapey 12:08 06:20 52 94
tilbee 12:09 08:43 71 129
canismiser 12:10 06:33 53 96
ChuckB 12:22 08:04 65 118
Ciolf 12:24 05:22 43 78
aphasic 12:25 06:23 51 92
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 12:48 08:10 63 114
John Walsh 12:52 09:21 72 130
d.middleton 12:52 10:24 80 145
Golvellius 12:59 07:30 57 103
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 13:16 07:26 56 101
Freemers 13:21 08:46 65 118
Silva 13:25 08:54 66 120
Paul Bacon 13:26 09:14 68 123
LouWeed LouWeed 13:27 08:23 62 112
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 13:44 09:45 70 127
Peponi13 14:04 12:16 87 158
Semillon 14:06 07:08 50 90
franceslc11 14:13 06:01 42 76
Groucho 14:13 07:53 55 100
howardwilde1 14:15 10:07 70 127
alexh 14:15 07:26 52 94
cdb_100 14:18 09:21 65 118
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 14:22 07:14 50 90
Crucifer Crucifer 14:30 09:17 64 116
myles 14:37 06:31 44 80
Amoeba 14:47 08:25 56 101
johninterred Johninterred 15:04 09:55 65 118
BlackburnRover 15:05 10:30 69 125
CentralLine CentralLine 15:05 09:58 66 120
daulbs 15:08 14:59 99 180
Looch 15:09 09:15 61 110
JezWoolfrey 15:14 07:51 51 92
zinzan 15:20 12:37 82 149
andrewlake 15:26 08:21 54 98
phthisis 15:29 09:39 62 112
Finzi 15:31 11:33 74 134
MK76 15:45 07:26 47 85
RobR RobR 15:52 07:55 49 89
DunPangolin 16:09 10:11 63 114
LJCN 16:09 09:23 58 105
Riche Riche 16:17 12:14 75 136
Jeremy S 16:19 12:23 75 136
robinh 16:25 15:23 93 169
chriswestontour 16:31 13:04 79 143
Squallaby 16:35 07:05 42 76
jimwetzler 16:35 13:13 79 143
ajcauk1 16:45 13:50 82 149
Achernar 16:51 13:57 82 149
Galspray (Rabbitoh) galspray 16:55 08:25 49 89
Encota 17:02 12:38 74 134
ilan 17:05 09:28 55 100
PGooden 17:14 08:20 48 87
Crossiant 17:14 07:57 46 83
cmcnsmith 17:18 13:03 75 136
Stavros Stavrolex 17:39 04:05 23 41
Foozler 17:40 14:29 81 147
GMcD 17:43 08:36 48 87
Craven 17:53 16:23 91 165
KET 18:04 12:38 69 125
DanSolo 18:04 09:44 53 96
Gallion Fish 18:17 09:23 51 92
pterodactyl 18:20 14:13 77 140
Adelaider 18:24 11:03 60 109
Curarist Curarist 18:27 09:08 49 89
valerian1967 18:29 13:41 74 134
tds 18:29 08:56 48 87
SeamusX 18:34 10:23 55 100
McBeakLives 18:35 07:29 40 72
John Arnold 18:39 15:47 84 152
Jeremy Kenyon 18:51 14:21 76 138
julian_w 18:51 10:45 57 103
hopkinb hopkinb 19:01 09:29 49 89
rrricharrrd 19:03 08:53 46 83
Zabadak3 Zabadak 19:07 10:04 52 94
pc8 19:08 08:01 41 74
Dvynys dvynys 19:16 12:49 66 120
James P Special_bitter 19:18 09:15 47 85
daniel.faith 19:21 08:45 45 81
TB22 19:50 05:30 27 49
David Bourne 19:53 09:31 47 85
mjsaunders9 19:56 16:36 83 150
Hamish.S 20:05 09:35 47 85
KarenR 20:10 08:40 42 76
Astonvilla1 20:29 10:59 53 96
kath 20:45 17:07 82 149
hugh schofield Leskoffer 20:45 08:56 43 78
george.garlick 20:47 10:29 50 90
Nangle 21:06 10:26 49 89
david_ch 21:24 16:00 74 134
drginacoco 21:37 11:33 53 96
Tudds 22:22 16:46 74 134
Leegoods 22:51 12:38 55 100
Corymbia Corymbia 22:55 12:46 55 100
goblin 23:04 14:02 60 109
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 23:11 12:26 53 96
Rowlie26 23:16 16:19 70 127
richardCV22 23:18 16:52 72 130
gsriordan52 23:53 10:14 42 76
medodd 23:55 19:05 79 143
1234 24:20 13:24 55 100
Crippens1 24:36 15:38 63 114
Mkgnao Mkgnao 25:09 20:53 83 150
chris661554 25:13 11:34 45 81
Dr_Bob 25:14 18:02 71 129
JayEm 25:15 10:02 39 70
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 25:18 15:37 61 110
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 25:21 22:03 86 156
Deezzaa Deezzaa 25:52 19:08 73 132
Brenk Brenk1 26:15 11:52 45 81
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 26:37 10:50 40 72
bobbb 26:46 12:45 47 85
Yatton50 26:54 15:32 57 103
eniamretrauq eniamretrauq 27:00 18:00 66 120
ulaca ulaca 27:17 17:35 64 116
crucihacker 27:19 09:20 34 61
infinitejest 27:33 12:16 44 80
Gussie 28:23 11:30 40 72
gbestanley 29:49 20:27 68 123
nekabue 30:05 18:25 61 110
JGP 30:27 15:28 50 90
Manveru 31:08 25:14 81 147
Cryptique 31:24 26:31 84 152
Lloyd 32:26 28:23 87 158
simjt simjt 32:38 22:06 67 121
BertieVII 33:27 24:44 73 132
dosbarth 33:36 28:16 84 152
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 33:45 26:39 78 141
starstruck starstruck_au 34:01 19:07 56 101
Rookie 34:08 23:17 68 123
vinyl12345 vinyl1 34:24 19:22 56 101
ofarrell 34:36 16:56 48 87
koro kororareka 35:01 21:55 62 112
kapietro kapietro 35:29 18:05 50 90
Maggot 36:14 23:52 65 118
clivejharlow 36:30 21:09 57 103
Shushannah 36:35 18:31 50 90
E Bradford 37:49 27:30 72 130
rv_1 37:50 24:27 64 116
gothick gothick 38:50 12:00 30 54
HanS 39:57 23:51 59 107
maryht 40:10 26:56 67 121
hydrochoos hydrochoos 41:30 26:00 62 112
E Bradford 43:32 27:30 63 114
empty 45:22 23:01 50 90
intentional rounding 46:24 20:39 44 80
Steve Wood 46:40 25:23 54 98
The Real Steve Snackman 46:42 23:09 49 89
Aidleys 48:07 65:00 135 245
MartinP MartinP1 49:38 18:26 37 67
kjbr 50:27 21:29 42 76
profsjpayne 59:21 50:15 84 152

A guide to the solver status

Legend
 Reference solver used for SNITCH
 Other Reference solver
 Tracked solver
 Blog solver

Blog Solvers

Blog Solvers are those who have allowed their times to be taken from the Times for the Times blog.

Notes for Blog Solvers:

  • the most reliable format for reporting times is with format "mm:ss" or as "x minutes" in the title or at the start of the entry
  • only the first main comment for each blogger is used; responses to other comments or a second comment is ignored
  • to report errors, include "n errors" just after the time
  • If you just have a time it is assumed you have no errors unless you mention DNF or pink squares or giving up, etc, in the text
  • Examples of good time notifications are "38:30, 0 errors" and "39 minutes, 0 errors" in the comment title or as the first part of your comment

Notes

The definition of Reference and Tracked solvers is described on the Neutrinos page.

The results for Reference solvers are normally used to calcuate the SNITCH. When this happens they are shown in the list with a solid blue line to the left. In the previous SNITCH results listing for each crossword, these were the only entries shown.

The most common causes for Reference solver results not to be used are: (a) that they did not meet the criteria this month to be used as a reference (e.g. they may not have completed enough puzzles on each day of the week) or (b) they have been pushed out of the top 100 on the leader board. In these cases, the results are now shown, but their data is not used for the SNITCH calculation.

Where there is data for Tracked solvers, I show them also in this table. The solving data is not always available, as the Crossword Club site only shows the top 100 solvers to everyone. Logged-in users get their own leaderboard position and those around them, but this is not available to everyone. So the SNITCH site only gets data for those who have made the top 100 in the leaderboard at some point during the day.

As a result there are a few geographically advantaged solvers; those of us who solve early in the day (e.g. we in the Antipodes, those in Asia and those staying up late in North America) are more likely to hit the leaderboard even with slower times. Solvers who are just as capable but solve later in the UK day might not make the top 100 and I have no way to capture their results.

You may wonder why there are Tracked solvers (in red) with low average solving times, mixed in with the Reference solvers (in blue). These are usually those that, while they don't seem to be Neutrinos, are not well aligned to the SNITCH. So I don't use them as Reference solvers in the SNITCH calculation, but still show their overall results.

You might also notice that there's some inconsistency at the tail end of the Reference solver list. My cutoff point is an average solving time of 45 minutes. But if someone around this mark is chosen as a Reference solver, their next month's results might end up being over 45 minutes and they will still be used. Alternatively, a Tracked solver might creep in under 45 minutes on the next calculation, but didn't make the cut for the prior Reference list. It's on the to-do list to see if I can make this a bit more predictable.

Stored SNITCH Values

Here are the SNITCH values (stored on the day) from the crossword.

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