Crossword SNITCH

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

Times Cryptic Crossword 29067

Date 06 November 2024
Number 29067
Day of week Wednesday
NITCH 66
Count of ref solvers 52
Ref solvers excluded with errors 13
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 29067

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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 03:45 78 118
Nathan Panning 05:51 05:21 91 137
hilarym 07:07 06:37 92 139
cmjhutton 07:14 02:59 41 62
Sreffej 07:18 07:51 107 162
fshephe 09:23 10:30 111 168
markdobell 09:36 09:03 94 142
AlanS 10:18 06:14 60 90
chindit 10:19 08:18 80 121
glheard glh 10:19 07:08 69 104
KenD51 10:24 06:17 60 90
HoneyBadger 10:31 06:09 58 87
Deane Short Deane Short 10:47 08:09 75 113
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:58 08:12 74 112
Heyesey 11:27 10:09 88 133
miked1961 11:29 10:21 90 136
David Crooks dcrooks 11:36 09:38 83 125
neilr neilr 11:37 07:40 65 98
scrabbler 11:42 07:12 61 92
edwards.robert1 11:47 10:24 88 133
andy 11:55 05:34 46 69
Sue Sweeper 11:55 04:55 41 62
Morphosis 11:58 11:14 93 140
chriswords 11:58 08:13 68 103
tilbee 12:09 08:30 69 104
ChuckB 12:22 11:27 92 139
Ciolf 12:24 07:14 58 87
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 12:48 07:25 57 86
John Walsh 12:52 13:23 104 157
d.middleton 12:52 10:31 81 122
michaelbell53 12:57 13:30 104 157
Golvellius 12:59 09:26 72 109
March (JeffCollins) mch1 13:04 10:49 82 124
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 13:16 08:33 64 96
Freemers 13:21 69:51 523 792
njnclarke 13:22 10:38 79 119
Silva 13:25 06:46 50 75
Paul Bacon 13:26 11:00 81 122
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 13:44 09:40 70 106
Valance 13:44 09:29 69 104
Tibthorpe 13:57 13:46 98 148
Peponi13 14:04 11:45 83 125
franceslc11 14:13 10:14 71 107
Groucho 14:13 13:19 93 140
hatterboy 14:16 06:05 42 63
cdb_100 14:18 13:13 92 139
gabrojak 14:20 10:50 75 113
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 14:22 12:24 86 130
myles 14:37 11:18 77 116
GeorgeTz 14:49 12:54 87 131
BlackburnRover 15:05 11:43 77 116
Looch 15:09 10:48 71 107
JezWoolfrey 15:14 12:35 82 124
zinzan 15:20 12:26 81 122
andrewlake 15:26 10:33 68 103
phthisis 15:29 13:47 89 134
Finzi 15:31 13:36 87 131
MK76 15:45 16:54 107 162
tapbarker 15:50 08:44 55 83
RobR RobR 15:52 14:13 89 134
DunPangolin 16:09 18:33 114 172
robinh 16:25 16:01 97 146
chriswestontour 16:31 11:22 68 103
ajcauk1 16:45 11:09 66 100
Achernar 16:51 16:27 97 146
Galspray (Rabbitoh) galspray 16:55 09:19 55 83
Encota 17:02 10:31 61 92
ilan 17:05 14:47 86 130
PGooden 17:14 12:00 69 104
Crossiant 17:14 11:50 68 103
cmcnsmith 17:18 15:10 87 131
Cookincats 17:20 16:38 95 143
GMcD 17:43 10:31 59 89
Colin2355 17:46 11:05 62 93
KET 18:04 10:33 58 87
Gallion Fish 18:17 18:17 100 151
LuckOfLucien 18:19 12:22 67 101
pterodactyl 18:20 13:51 75 113
Adelaider 18:24 09:02 49 74
Curarist Curarist 18:27 17:11 93 140
valerian1967 18:29 12:35 68 103
MrChumley MrChumley 18:30 14:05 76 115
SeamusX 18:34 09:05 48 72
McBeakLives 18:35 13:58 75 113
John Arnold 18:39 14:33 78 118
julian_w 18:51 12:28 66 100
SBQuick 18:57 11:08 58 87
hopkinb hopkinb 19:01 11:18 59 89
rrricharrrd 19:03 11:12 58 87
martinede 19:06 18:02 94 142
Zabadak3 Zabadak 19:07 12:54 67 101
pc8 19:08 12:31 65 98
Dvynys dvynys 19:16 13:22 69 104
daniel.faith 19:21 16:44 86 130
uvofiz 19:41 13:46 69 104
TB22 19:50 07:26 37 56
mjsaunders9 19:56 13:53 69 104
DamienKnapma 20:02 15:13 75 113
Hamish.S 20:05 14:27 71 107
andrewfeist96 20:09 14:26 71 107
squark 20:16 12:47 63 95
hugh schofield Leskoffer 20:45 11:39 56 84
george.garlick 20:47 18:03 86 130
Onelug 20:58 13:20 63 95
Nangle 21:06 08:52 42 63
Rod B 21:20 15:24 72 109
david_ch 21:24 15:20 71 107
Waterloo 21:25 14:11 66 100
Tudds 22:22 17:35 78 118
Corymbia Corymbia 22:55 13:58 60 90
goblin 23:04 17:19 75 113
richardCV22 23:18 19:28 83 125
tony the butcher montana 23:46 15:45 66 100
medodd 23:55 18:11 76 115
Fidelio 23:55 17:57 75 113
The Caffeine Kid 24:14 19:51 81 122
klamery4 24:15 17:41 72 109
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:30 17:21 70 106
Crippens1 24:36 19:38 79 119
jimancliffe 24:39 16:17 66 100
timbo 25:12 21:59 87 131
chris661554 25:13 18:57 75 113
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 25:18 13:32 53 80
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 25:21 18:12 71 107
Deezzaa Deezzaa 25:52 15:40 60 90
SlumdogEngineer 26:12 14:09 54 81
Aldus 26:28 23:22 88 133
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 26:37 11:57 44 66
Yatton50 26:54 19:18 71 107
ulaca ulaca 27:17 16:04 58 87
crucihacker 27:19 17:08 62 93
barracuda barracuda 27:23 17:59 65 98
infinitejest 27:33 16:31 59 89
Grumpole Grumpole 27:44 15:25 55 83
Gussie 28:23 10:59 38 57
gbestanley 29:49 22:05 74 112
NAPASAI napasai 29:55 24:45 82 124
nekabue 30:05 18:07 60 90
JGP 30:27 23:55 78 118
symbenall2 30:29 28:38 93 140
Cryptique 31:24 40:27 128 193
simjt simjt 32:38 27:53 85 128
annikins 33:23 13:53 41 62
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 33:45 15:33 46 69
Birdingbob 34:25 20:49 60 90
ofarrell 34:36 17:27 50 75
koro kororareka 35:01 22:12 63 95
kapietro kapietro 35:29 22:17 62 93
Shushannah 36:35 21:49 59 89
rv_1 37:50 22:31 59 89
piltdown man 39:23 26:46 67 101
HanS 39:57 37:13 93 140
maryht 40:10 39:47 99 150
empty 45:22 32:18 71 107
intentional rounding 46:24 30:20 65 98
Steve Wood 46:40 24:17 52 78
The Real Steve Snackman 46:42 32:30 69 104
paulmcl paulmcl 55:15 111:46 202 306
profsjpayne 59:21 40:24 68 103

A guide to the solver status

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 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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