Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for November 2016

The following solvers are used as references for the NITCH calculations in this month. The time indicated is their average solving time for error-free puzzles during the prior six months. The solvers average NITCH for each day of week is also shown, with the number of solutions for that day.

RankSolverSolutions usedAverage time MonTueWedThuFri
1 Magoo 32935 05:50 92 (20) 102 (23) 98 (22) 100 (21) 107 (18)
2 mohn 19972 06:31 76 (11) 100 (15) 111 (9) 104 (14) 106 (12)
3 Lettuceleaf 13597 06:39 89 (10) 101 (7) 99 (10) 112 (6) 104 (11)
4 Jason 44717 07:01 90 (24) 103 (23) 92 (20) 99 (25) 113 (24)
5 Eamon Ryan 48818 07:32 93 (26) 100 (24) 97 (22) 103 (23) 105 (23)
6 Bogota Eagle 21864 08:05 90 (9) 99 (10) 96 (12) 108 (12) 102 (12)
7 Ludo 31194 08:07 100 (13) 87 (15) 109 (16) 100 (15) 101 (15)
8 mistigris 19627 08:10 77 (7) 91 (11) 115 (8) 106 (15) 102 (9)
9 auchiedollie 50786 09:06 93 (19) 97 (22) 95 (22) 107 (19) 105 (21)
10 verlaine 50070 09:28 75 (20) 95 (21) 104 (17) 111 (22) 115 (18)
11 aphis99 54476 09:39 80 (21) 110 (22) 94 (20) 103 (22) 110 (19)
12 richard 55695 10:40 84 (19) 101 (22) 101 (18) 93 (18) 116 (20)
13 Tom Stubbs 73664 11:22 89 (25) 97 (24) 101 (22) 90 (24) 122 (23)
14 tonysever 72392 11:36 90 (23) 102 (22) 99 (21) 93 (25) 114 (23)
15 lickert 71114 11:44 86 (24) 101 (22) 99 (22) 103 (23) 109 (20)
16 Peter Fowler 65241 11:56 97 (20) 100 (19) 108 (19) 96 (22) 98 (21)
17 trux 18118 12:04 88 (7) 96 (9) 108 (7) 100 (6) 108 (6)
18 Quizimodo 80352 12:24 91 (22) 106 (24) 96 (26) 98 (23) 105 (23)
19 Heyesey 50722 12:25 80 (20) 96 (19) 96 (16) 116 (14) 135 (9)
20 KenTurner 75405 12:57 98 (21) 97 (22) 96 (22) 105 (19) 102 (23)
21 AlanS 68140 13:03 77 (19) 100 (21) 96 (19) 107 (20) 118 (18)
22 Silva 75984 13:03 91 (22) 110 (21) 98 (18) 99 (23) 100 (23)
23 chindit 77684 13:04 86 (24) 108 (21) 95 (18) 104 (22) 105 (24)
24 Topical Tim 62955 13:06 83 (19) 99 (18) 105 (12) 112 (21) 100 (20)
25 Ben Staveley 21375 13:11 72 (7) 104 (6) 116 (6) 106 (9) 101 (9)
26 Denis 73925 13:32 94 (21) 98 (21) 93 (21) 111 (20) 102 (18)
27 Toffer 64394 13:45 88 (20) 107 (16) 101 (14) 98 (20) 107 (18)
28 neilr 77406 13:52 89 (23) 108 (22) 99 (20) 101 (19) 103 (19)
29 mikegrocott 64315 13:55 83 (20) 108 (13) 100 (15) 104 (22) 107 (17)
30 glheard 38952 14:06 83 (10) 105 (10) 90 (10) 100 (16) 119 (10)
31 Stavros 73140 14:10 87 (22) 97 (17) 102 (17) 106 (19) 107 (21)
32 mchalen 96922 14:25 83 (24) 104 (26) 98 (25) 103 (24) 109 (23)
33 jjp 55395 14:39 90 (16) 108 (16) 97 (16) 97 (15) 109 (10)
34 Eylesie 58115 14:54 92 (15) 102 (17) 121 (15) 98 (15) 81 (13)
35 Sue Sweeper 60175 14:58 80 (16) 100 (19) 113 (17) 94 (14) 114 (11)
36 AndyOwl 83003 15:12 82 (22) 96 (19) 101 (18) 110 (20) 109 (22)
37 Tibthorpe 84847 15:12 82 (21) 112 (19) 97 (21) 97 (21) 110 (21)
38 aphasic 53949 15:14 73 (10) 103 (17) 103 (13) 104 (18) 105 (11)
39 earlylight 75621 15:33 97 (19) 95 (19) 104 (16) 102 (17) 101 (20)
40 fshephe 87999 15:46 84 (20) 102 (25) 97 (20) 99 (18) 116 (20)
41 OliviaRhineb 100659 16:26 83 (23) 101 (22) 102 (23) 99 (23) 114 (21)
42 phthisis 96834 16:28 93 (22) 104 (24) 98 (22) 101 (22) 102 (18)
43 rpb 78197 16:42 94 (21) 102 (19) 101 (17) 96 (15) 105 (16)
44 RHB 57295 16:45 86 (13) 106 (17) 90 (14) 104 (13) 112 (10)
45 Margaretlarb 58734 16:52 93 (15) 104 (14) 110 (15) 109 (10) 84 (14)
46 sotira 79191 16:55 86 (20) 106 (19) 92 (14) 103 (17) 110 (18)
47 robinh 98632 16:56 89 (22) 97 (21) 94 (19) 100 (23) 116 (22)
48 ChuckB 53006 16:59 83 (10) 93 (13) 104 (15) 103 (10) 109 (14)
49 nesbitt 49263 17:06 95 (13) 95 (12) 100 (14) 112 (10) 98 (9)
50 subbswamysg 50427 17:30 88 (11) 96 (11) 94 (11) 106 (12) 110 (13)
51 Bernard S 56423 17:44 90 (10) 114 (14) 95 (11) 97 (15) 98 (13)
52 Werm 93653 17:44 81 (20) 101 (20) 89 (18) 108 (22) 119 (18)
53 andyt 50163 17:47 92 (12) 106 (11) 92 (10) 99 (12) 108 (12)
54 pterodactyl 50364 17:51 94 (15) 97 (14) 109 (8) 99 (9) 105 (11)
55 Kevin Gregg 49210 19:04 92 (11) 92 (9) 101 (9) 103 (14) 108 (10)
56 sampson 87207 19:22 92 (21) 104 (17) 97 (18) 101 (17) 109 (12)
57 GMcD 117144 19:31 83 (22) 108 (21) 96 (23) 101 (21) 110 (23)
58 David Crooks 120547 19:53 89 (22) 100 (22) 103 (23) 102 (22) 104 (22)
59 reindeer 98277 19:58 95 (18) 96 (18) 97 (18) 106 (20) 102 (18)
60 David P 108674 20:07 84 (22) 104 (21) 97 (16) 104 (21) 110 (20)
61 peter wild 134876 20:15 85 (25) 103 (25) 95 (22) 98 (25) 116 (24)
62 Ben Ganly 80385 20:17 87 (16) 103 (15) 102 (17) 102 (14) 105 (14)
63 MickinEly2 64567 20:18 95 (16) 102 (15) 99 (12) 102 (11) 102 (9)
64 Groucho 85481 20:57 86 (16) 98 (16) 101 (15) 102 (19) 113 (12)
65 AnneGinger 85422 21:14 85 (16) 104 (15) 92 (13) 116 (19) 97 (14)
66 Zabadak 115369 21:21 82 (17) 109 (21) 93 (20) 104 (20) 105 (22)
67 Bobchapman 48876 21:26 86 (10) 93 (8) 111 (13) 102 (11) 99 (6)
68 Big Mick 88898 21:47 91 (18) 98 (14) 96 (16) 107 (17) 108 (13)
69 Helly Welly 84507 22:00 84 (12) 97 (19) 88 (10) 104 (18) 116 (15)
70 NJeagle 98418 22:09 86 (16) 93 (18) 102 (15) 99 (15) 115 (20)
71 alanjcannon 106616 22:12 88 (18) 100 (19) 97 (17) 101 (19) 112 (17)
72 zythum 123923 22:56 91 (22) 98 (18) 104 (20) 97 (19) 108 (21)
73 barracuda 140553 22:57 79 (22) 106 (22) 101 (22) 101 (24) 111 (22)
74 Bobb 94271 23:06 84 (14) 102 (21) 92 (17) 114 (11) 109 (15)
75 Galspray 101631 23:31 91 (16) 92 (13) 88 (20) 103 (18) 127 (15)
76 leonora 85195 23:39 86 (16) 105 (11) 102 (16) 88 (13) 119 (14)
77 scouse1 51337 23:46 82 (8) 101 (10) 95 (8) 105 (11) 110 (9)
78 Edprof 112679 24:04 85 (19) 93 (15) 108 (17) 90 (17) 119 (20)
79 PeterMabey 102467 24:23 87 (16) 105 (13) 96 (18) 107 (20) 102 (13)
80 benedick 96817 24:26 92 (15) 101 (17) 90 (17) 105 (13) 111 (14)
81 KarenR 114121 25:01 82 (17) 100 (16) 97 (18) 108 (15) 110 (20)
82 crosswordian 124479 25:36 84 (20) 96 (20) 102 (20) 112 (14) 110 (17)
83 Julian West 70888 25:41 74 (11) 105 (15) 91 (12) 105 (8) 126 (10)
84 me_phobete 105521 25:51 87 (16) 106 (13) 94 (14) 105 (18) 105 (17)
85 Solver52 86949 25:52 86 (19) 109 (12) 97 (12) 99 (11) 116 (12)
86 NAPASAI 63233 26:20 76 (9) 114 (9) 92 (11) 115 (12) 96 (9)
87 Chadwick 108324 27:21 87 (16) 101 (14) 98 (18) 103 (13) 111 (15)
88 burrowz1b 85417 27:22 78 (9) 92 (14) 92 (13) 102 (12) 124 (14)
89 Son of Smug 79316 27:32 91 (9) 108 (12) 90 (12) 98 (12) 107 (13)
90 alexh 44978 27:45 75 (8) 110 (6) 111 (6) 106 (11) 99 (6)
91 Jefe 84306 28:40 71 (10) 93 (11) 100 (10) 96 (16) 132 (12)
92 nekabue 60544 28:49 82 (13) 86 (9) 131 (6) 101 (7) 119 (10)
93 oldpalace 88556 28:56 95 (13) 100 (13) 94 (9) 98 (12) 107 (14)
94 Barry Smith 118301 28:59 79 (15) 109 (18) 97 (10) 97 (19) 112 (16)
95 stockynige 64793 29:11 87 (12) 95 (7) 97 (10) 106 (9) 117 (9)
96 Prytherch 103841 29:20 96 (12) 103 (12) 105 (14) 92 (16) 103 (15)
97 anthea 98917 29:26 103 (8) 96 (12) 105 (11) 96 (16) 101 (19)
98 diogenes 82316 29:49 91 (13) 99 (9) 111 (11) 93 (13) 107 (10)
99 Moles 72474 30:11 86 (10) 104 (9) 108 (10) 94 (12) 109 (9)
100 rosselliot 60613 30:36 91 (9) 100 (8) 98 (7) 109 (8) 101 (11)
101 Big Nug 96841 32:16 80 (11) 107 (11) 84 (14) 102 (13) 130 (11)
102 rjr520 69858 32:20 78 (10) 118 (10) 87 (6) 94 (7) 109 (13)
103 Clovis 77909 33:17 85 (14) 99 (8) 75 (9) 104 (8) 139 (10)
104 Ron's mum 80010 33:20 81 (7) 95 (9) 91 (15) 80 (10) 155 (9)
105 koro 107109 33:40 86 (9) 105 (11) 101 (12) 100 (16) 102 (15)
106 Jeeves 128036 34:25 86 (13) 108 (15) 96 (15) 95 (13) 109 (16)
107 ulaca 80395 37:13 70 (12) 102 (10) 95 (10) 96 (6) 153 (8)
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