Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for December 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 33453 05:55 90 (22) 100 (24) 99 (19) 106 (21) 105 (18)
2 mohn 17218 06:31 75 (10) 100 (14) 112 (7) 102 (12) 111 (11)
3 Lettuceleaf 15771 06:55 87 (12) 100 (7) 97 (10) 122 (8) 100 (11)
4 Jason 46838 07:01 90 (25) 95 (24) 99 (22) 101 (25) 112 (25)
5 Eamon Ryan 49764 07:20 91 (27) 99 (25) 103 (24) 101 (23) 105 (24)
6 Ludo 39594 07:57 99 (17) 88 (19) 109 (20) 100 (19) 101 (18)
7 mistigris 17386 08:02 79 (7) 96 (10) 117 (8) 109 (13) 87 (8)
8 Bogota Eagle 28377 08:35 87 (10) 92 (11) 100 (15) 111 (14) 102 (15)
9 auchiedollie 53917 09:10 89 (19) 94 (23) 100 (23) 105 (19) 108 (24)
10 verlaine 49762 09:25 79 (22) 92 (22) 105 (15) 110 (21) 118 (18)
11 aphis99 56226 09:58 77 (20) 109 (20) 95 (20) 102 (22) 113 (22)
12 richard 53781 10:40 84 (20) 105 (21) 100 (17) 97 (17) 111 (19)
13 Tom Stubbs 73650 11:15 88 (26) 104 (25) 96 (19) 96 (24) 113 (25)
14 tonysever 76404 11:22 90 (26) 102 (25) 94 (20) 97 (26) 114 (25)
15 lickert 71460 11:27 85 (25) 106 (22) 102 (23) 105 (23) 101 (21)
16 Peter Fowler 70028 12:01 98 (22) 97 (18) 107 (20) 95 (23) 101 (24)
17 trux 19912 12:17 87 (7) 95 (10) 116 (8) 93 (6) 106 (6)
18 Heyesey 55087 12:24 75 (20) 97 (18) 95 (18) 104 (15) 143 (13)
19 Quizimodo 90769 12:36 92 (25) 104 (26) 97 (27) 100 (25) 104 (27)
20 AlanS 72479 12:42 79 (21) 97 (22) 104 (21) 105 (20) 112 (21)
21 chindit 79973 12:48 88 (25) 105 (21) 96 (18) 101 (23) 107 (27)
22 Topical Tim 67470 13:04 81 (20) 93 (18) 109 (14) 108 (22) 107 (22)
23 Silva 79943 13:11 97 (23) 105 (22) 92 (18) 104 (25) 98 (23)
24 Ben Staveley 24070 13:22 72 (10) 100 (7) 123 (7) 111 (7) 105 (9)
25 KenTurner 79633 13:32 98 (23) 96 (20) 102 (23) 107 (20) 95 (22)
26 Denis 80665 13:43 93 (22) 92 (22) 101 (22) 112 (21) 100 (21)
27 Toffer 68128 13:50 88 (20) 107 (18) 93 (13) 94 (21) 113 (20)
28 mikegrocott 62879 13:58 80 (19) 113 (10) 103 (16) 103 (23) 107 (17)
29 mchalen 100177 14:08 84 (25) 100 (27) 100 (27) 104 (24) 110 (25)
30 neilr 85963 14:11 88 (24) 102 (23) 96 (18) 102 (21) 109 (25)
31 jjp 43085 14:21 89 (14) 110 (13) 97 (14) 97 (12) 113 (7)
32 glheard 56868 14:21 83 (15) 99 (14) 106 (15) 96 (17) 115 (15)
33 Stavros 81378 14:35 87 (23) 97 (18) 106 (19) 107 (22) 102 (21)
34 aphasic 47907 14:47 76 (11) 101 (14) 102 (11) 109 (16) 104 (12)
35 Sue Sweeper 61521 14:51 79 (18) 102 (20) 113 (16) 98 (13) 109 (12)
36 Tibthorpe 87075 14:57 74 (20) 106 (21) 97 (20) 101 (23) 116 (23)
37 AndyOwl 90761 15:45 78 (23) 95 (20) 110 (20) 113 (21) 103 (22)
38 fshephe 91237 15:50 87 (21) 103 (25) 98 (21) 97 (18) 110 (21)
39 earlylight 82142 16:06 93 (21) 95 (20) 106 (18) 103 (18) 103 (18)
40 sotira 83782 16:37 84 (21) 107 (20) 96 (16) 106 (19) 105 (18)
41 OliviaRhineb 111953 16:39 82 (26) 98 (24) 107 (25) 100 (24) 114 (23)
42 robinh 94044 16:40 86 (21) 101 (20) 94 (19) 102 (22) 113 (22)
43 phthisis 102003 16:49 91 (22) 102 (24) 101 (22) 96 (21) 106 (22)
44 rpb 88973 16:51 93 (22) 104 (22) 98 (18) 98 (18) 105 (18)
45 RHB 61503 17:05 83 (14) 111 (17) 93 (16) 99 (12) 114 (11)
46 pterodactyl 50493 17:10 91 (16) 94 (14) 113 (6) 103 (11) 110 (12)
47 Margaretlarb 78146 17:21 94 (18) 101 (18) 110 (16) 111 (14) 87 (19)
48 subbswamysg 42120 17:33 83 (8) 101 (9) 91 (10) 109 (12) 106 (11)
49 andyt 41573 17:45 92 (12) 107 (10) 99 (8) 100 (10) 101 (9)
50 nesbitt 47006 17:48 88 (13) 101 (11) 104 (14) 113 (8) 95 (8)
51 ChuckB 80129 17:48 84 (15) 91 (18) 108 (19) 103 (15) 108 (18)
52 noidea 34725 18:05 90 (10) 99 (7) 119 (6) 85 (7) 107 (12)
53 Eylesie 63940 18:22 99 (14) 98 (14) 98 (15) 109 (13) 93 (12)
54 mark oshin 53513 18:34 77 (7) 98 (14) 100 (11) 103 (13) 108 (13)
55 Kevin Gregg 46230 18:47 92 (10) 95 (13) 105 (8) 108 (12) 100 (8)
56 Bernard S 67899 18:51 84 (11) 112 (15) 113 (15) 91 (16) 91 (13)
57 Werm 104054 19:16 80 (20) 98 (20) 105 (19) 104 (22) 111 (19)
58 sampson 90060 19:29 89 (22) 101 (18) 100 (19) 103 (16) 113 (12)
59 GMcD 131041 19:40 83 (23) 103 (24) 101 (27) 100 (24) 109 (23)
60 MickinEly2 66291 20:05 91 (17) 104 (13) 100 (13) 104 (11) 104 (11)
61 David Crooks 130520 20:08 88 (23) 100 (24) 108 (24) 102 (24) 99 (23)
62 peter wild 141839 20:22 87 (26) 102 (26) 100 (24) 98 (26) 111 (24)
63 reindeer 106865 20:28 92 (20) 96 (19) 103 (19) 106 (20) 100 (19)
64 Carol 42047 20:36 96 (8) 94 (10) 92 (9) 108 (10) 110 (7)
65 David P 123091 20:43 81 (23) 102 (24) 107 (18) 105 (21) 104 (23)
66 AnneGinger 89372 21:16 85 (15) 102 (17) 91 (12) 112 (19) 101 (17)
67 Helly Welly 87057 21:20 93 (14) 103 (18) 90 (12) 102 (19) 105 (15)
68 Zabadak 123469 21:39 83 (19) 107 (21) 94 (22) 106 (20) 106 (23)
69 Big Mick 103840 21:54 91 (20) 99 (16) 102 (19) 102 (17) 106 (17)
70 Groucho 108834 22:07 91 (21) 98 (17) 100 (17) 100 (21) 111 (16)
71 alanjcannon 114138 22:22 87 (18) 99 (20) 105 (20) 99 (19) 107 (18)
72 NJeagle 104946 22:42 84 (17) 98 (19) 102 (16) 100 (16) 111 (19)
73 barracuda 146111 22:45 78 (24) 104 (23) 106 (24) 102 (24) 109 (22)
74 zythum 144994 23:00 89 (25) 98 (21) 108 (25) 95 (20) 106 (24)
75 Galspray 103596 23:01 92 (18) 94 (16) 99 (19) 107 (17) 106 (15)
76 Bobb 106352 23:01 84 (16) 101 (21) 96 (19) 118 (13) 102 (18)
77 Edprof 121112 23:44 85 (20) 87 (17) 116 (21) 93 (18) 114 (19)
78 scouse1 65652 23:47 86 (10) 98 (12) 95 (8) 106 (15) 106 (11)
79 PeterMabey 106373 23:57 86 (16) 103 (13) 98 (19) 103 (20) 108 (16)
80 leonora 93993 24:06 86 (17) 100 (12) 99 (14) 102 (15) 111 (17)
81 Julian West 87404 24:41 77 (13) 108 (17) 106 (16) 101 (11) 101 (12)
82 benedick 118547 25:00 87 (19) 101 (17) 100 (20) 102 (16) 108 (17)
83 KarenR 112594 25:01 81 (18) 101 (14) 99 (18) 105 (16) 112 (19)
84 crosswordian 141368 25:36 86 (22) 95 (23) 106 (22) 105 (16) 109 (19)
85 me_phobete 119310 25:49 90 (20) 104 (14) 97 (18) 109 (19) 100 (16)
86 Chadwick 111671 26:35 89 (15) 93 (16) 100 (18) 103 (14) 111 (17)
87 Son of Smug 77443 26:53 87 (9) 109 (12) 90 (13) 98 (11) 109 (13)
88 NAPASAI 71066 26:55 69 (8) 105 (11) 100 (13) 112 (12) 100 (10)
89 Solver52 101881 26:57 85 (18) 101 (15) 103 (15) 103 (11) 110 (14)
90 oldpalace 87987 27:40 95 (15) 104 (13) 98 (9) 100 (13) 100 (13)
91 burrowz1b 70486 27:58 79 (7) 94 (11) 90 (11) 99 (10) 121 (13)
92 Jefe 84287 28:40 70 (11) 90 (13) 99 (9) 107 (14) 128 (12)
93 nekabue 56828 28:42 75 (13) 85 (7) 138 (8) 104 (6) 112 (9)
94 Barry Smith 129658 29:12 78 (16) 103 (19) 107 (13) 99 (19) 111 (17)
95 Moles 54706 29:24 83 (7) 105 (7) 107 (8) 96 (10) 105 (9)
96 Prytherch 116825 29:30 93 (11) 99 (15) 111 (16) 92 (18) 101 (16)
97 anthea 106688 29:38 104 (9) 96 (13) 104 (14) 93 (14) 101 (20)
98 Ron's mum 77435 30:00 87 (9) 96 (10) 106 (15) 87 (11) 124 (8)
99 stockynige 67199 30:16 81 (11) 93 (9) 101 (10) 103 (8) 124 (9)
100 Clovis 75138 30:32 88 (13) 108 (8) 87 (11) 117 (8) 108 (11)
101 rosselliot 61798 31:12 90 (8) 100 (8) 97 (8) 109 (8) 101 (11)
102 diogenes 88356 31:19 85 (13) 101 (9) 117 (12) 93 (13) 106 (10)
103 Big Nug 96009 32:00 85 (13) 116 (12) 84 (14) 107 (10) 113 (11)
104 Ben Ganly 140314 32:28 52 (15) 63 (18) 79 (19) 62 (13) 230 (17)
105 Glyndwr 60749 33:44 65 (6) 81 (7) 116 (7) 91 (8) 119 (12)
106 Bobchapman 97796 33:57 65 (12) 60 (10) 154 (14) 115 (12) 81 (10)
107 koro 119531 34:20 85 (10) 102 (10) 109 (14) 96 (17) 102 (17)
108 DaddyM 48672 35:16 82 (7) 97 (6) 115 (6) 95 (6) 108 (8)
109 Jeeves 144553 35:25 85 (13) 97 (18) 110 (19) 91 (12) 106 (16)
110 ccy23 78628 37:26 65 (13) 86 (7) 183 (8) 84 (10) 112 (7)
111 ulaca 82721 38:17 71 (11) 101 (8) 102 (12) 102 (7) 134 (8)
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