Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for January 2017

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 31079 05:53 88 (21) 99 (22) 99 (17) 110 (21) 102 (17)
2 Jason 45574 06:58 91 (24) 99 (24) 98 (22) 98 (25) 112 (24)
3 Eamon Ryan 50176 07:20 90 (26) 102 (25) 101 (25) 104 (24) 101 (24)
4 Ludo 34104 07:28 102 (15) 93 (19) 102 (17) 99 (18) 103 (17)
5 Bogota Eagle 30261 08:41 88 (11) 96 (13) 103 (14) 108 (16) 98 (14)
6 auchiedollie 51043 09:14 89 (18) 96 (23) 98 (21) 105 (19) 109 (21)
7 verlaine 50838 09:44 78 (22) 92 (22) 113 (15) 111 (21) 112 (17)
8 aphis99 53556 10:08 80 (18) 107 (20) 91 (20) 100 (19) 117 (21)
9 richard 54618 11:06 83 (20) 106 (19) 107 (16) 98 (18) 106 (19)
10 Tom Stubbs 71814 11:23 90 (24) 103 (24) 91 (18) 95 (25) 117 (24)
11 tonysever 74374 11:28 87 (25) 102 (24) 92 (20) 103 (25) 112 (24)
12 Peter Fowler 61943 11:35 97 (20) 98 (18) 106 (18) 98 (21) 100 (22)
13 lickert 70206 11:35 88 (24) 100 (23) 101 (22) 107 (22) 103 (20)
14 Heyesey 54808 12:30 78 (20) 95 (17) 94 (19) 111 (13) 135 (14)
15 AlanS 71477 12:32 81 (21) 95 (22) 103 (21) 107 (20) 112 (21)
16 chindit 75537 12:35 90 (23) 103 (20) 93 (19) 103 (22) 108 (26)
17 Quizimodo 74689 12:42 94 (21) 101 (22) 97 (22) 102 (21) 103 (22)
18 Ben Staveley 28706 13:17 74 (10) 100 (10) 103 (9) 121 (8) 107 (9)
19 Silva 76085 13:20 98 (22) 102 (20) 93 (17) 103 (24) 100 (22)
20 Topical Tim 71162 13:37 82 (20) 100 (19) 104 (15) 104 (22) 108 (21)
21 mikegrocott 62114 13:48 80 (19) 110 (11) 99 (18) 107 (20) 108 (17)
22 Denis 79270 13:54 91 (21) 91 (21) 100 (22) 112 (21) 103 (20)
23 glheard 67698 13:55 85 (19) 98 (16) 104 (18) 98 (19) 112 (19)
24 KenTurner 66206 13:58 100 (19) 95 (16) 101 (20) 106 (17) 94 (17)
25 Toffer 68632 14:07 88 (18) 111 (19) 90 (15) 93 (20) 112 (19)
26 mchalen 97059 14:11 87 (25) 97 (26) 100 (26) 109 (23) 106 (24)
27 neilr 83569 14:12 90 (23) 97 (23) 99 (17) 99 (22) 112 (23)
28 Stavros 83802 14:15 89 (22) 95 (20) 103 (21) 108 (22) 101 (23)
29 Tibthorpe 86419 15:00 74 (19) 104 (22) 98 (20) 103 (23) 115 (22)
30 aphasic 49643 15:02 78 (12) 95 (14) 106 (11) 111 (16) 104 (12)
31 fshephe 89533 15:42 92 (20) 101 (22) 95 (22) 103 (19) 106 (22)
32 Sue Sweeper 67182 15:46 77 (21) 107 (19) 110 (15) 106 (14) 110 (12)
33 AndyOwl 94846 15:58 82 (23) 94 (21) 108 (21) 112 (22) 103 (22)
34 phthisis 96622 16:25 91 (22) 101 (22) 102 (23) 98 (19) 106 (22)
35 OliviaRhineb 108738 16:37 83 (25) 96 (24) 104 (24) 101 (24) 116 (22)
36 robinh 96930 16:39 87 (21) 103 (21) 91 (19) 103 (23) 112 (23)
37 RHB 68418 16:46 77 (15) 112 (18) 99 (17) 101 (16) 108 (12)
38 sotira 83208 16:54 88 (19) 98 (19) 99 (17) 107 (20) 106 (17)
39 earlylight 75046 17:08 90 (17) 91 (18) 101 (14) 110 (18) 106 (16)
40 rpb 93159 17:38 93 (22) 101 (23) 99 (17) 101 (18) 105 (18)
41 nesbitt 40273 17:39 86 (12) 91 (9) 106 (12) 110 (9) 114 (6)
42 ChuckB 95517 17:41 82 (18) 91 (21) 107 (22) 107 (19) 109 (20)
43 pterodactyl 57411 17:43 88 (17) 91 (14) 108 (7) 107 (12) 112 (14)
44 Margaretlarb 78192 17:51 96 (17) 97 (18) 107 (17) 109 (14) 90 (17)
45 mark oshin 61838 18:04 75 (9) 99 (15) 101 (14) 102 (13) 109 (16)
46 subbswamysg 38968 18:33 80 (6) 97 (10) 93 (9) 113 (10) 104 (10)
47 Bernard S 76158 19:31 77 (13) 112 (16) 117 (14) 94 (17) 95 (15)
48 sampson 86855 19:33 91 (23) 100 (17) 97 (18) 103 (15) 119 (11)
49 Werm 106074 19:38 77 (18) 93 (21) 104 (20) 110 (21) 111 (20)
50 GMcD 129515 19:59 85 (22) 104 (24) 102 (26) 99 (25) 107 (21)
51 David Crooks 136901 20:00 86 (24) 100 (25) 103 (25) 105 (26) 104 (24)
52 MickinEly2 66091 20:01 91 (17) 106 (12) 99 (14) 104 (12) 102 (10)
53 David P 113564 20:21 82 (21) 102 (23) 105 (17) 102 (20) 107 (22)
54 peter wild 133140 20:21 87 (25) 100 (25) 98 (23) 105 (25) 109 (21)
55 reindeer 100391 20:39 95 (18) 96 (19) 103 (18) 102 (18) 101 (18)
56 Carol 55277 20:56 93 (10) 98 (13) 95 (11) 106 (11) 108 (9)
57 Helly Welly 83491 21:05 99 (14) 97 (17) 89 (13) 104 (19) 106 (13)
58 AnneGinger 83352 21:22 90 (14) 102 (16) 90 (10) 107 (18) 102 (17)
59 Ben Ganly 94006 21:45 79 (14) 95 (17) 117 (20) 97 (15) 102 (16)
60 Big Mick 104803 21:50 91 (19) 100 (18) 101 (21) 103 (17) 104 (15)
61 alanjcannon 116281 22:01 86 (19) 98 (21) 104 (22) 103 (18) 107 (18)
62 NJeagle 96139 22:15 85 (18) 101 (16) 95 (15) 103 (16) 115 (17)
63 Zabadak 117776 22:18 85 (17) 106 (20) 90 (20) 108 (19) 106 (22)
64 Galspray 102097 22:41 88 (17) 98 (18) 100 (20) 105 (16) 109 (14)
65 barracuda 137152 22:51 80 (22) 104 (22) 103 (23) 103 (22) 107 (21)
66 Eylesie 60732 23:00 93 (11) 101 (12) 100 (12) 107 (11) 96 (8)
67 zythum 145236 23:03 93 (23) 99 (23) 103 (25) 97 (21) 104 (23)
68 Groucho 105582 23:09 89 (19) 97 (16) 99 (16) 105 (20) 109 (15)
69 Bobb 97667 23:15 88 (17) 105 (18) 95 (19) 117 (10) 102 (16)
70 scouse1 67063 23:46 87 (11) 100 (13) 95 (7) 106 (15) 104 (11)
71 leonora 91875 23:55 87 (14) 100 (11) 101 (15) 98 (15) 107 (19)
72 PeterMabey 101213 24:26 87 (15) 96 (12) 95 (16) 110 (20) 104 (16)
73 Edprof 121757 24:26 90 (19) 91 (19) 110 (21) 95 (17) 112 (17)
74 KarenR 97948 24:44 82 (17) 99 (11) 102 (16) 108 (14) 108 (18)
75 Julian West 80703 24:54 81 (13) 107 (16) 117 (11) 105 (13) 87 (11)
76 benedick 112374 25:18 89 (15) 98 (15) 99 (20) 100 (16) 108 (18)
77 me_phobete 120687 25:47 90 (21) 100 (16) 96 (17) 107 (19) 107 (15)
78 crosswordian 133655 25:54 88 (19) 93 (23) 101 (21) 109 (15) 111 (18)
79 Chadwick 105748 26:18 88 (16) 90 (17) 104 (16) 102 (13) 116 (15)
80 Son of Smug 90796 26:32 83 (10) 108 (15) 90 (14) 101 (12) 109 (16)
81 NAPASAI 65701 27:22 74 (7) 106 (8) 97 (12) 109 (12) 102 (11)
82 Solver52 90626 27:27 84 (16) 99 (14) 103 (13) 111 (9) 110 (13)
83 Jefe 76038 27:33 74 (10) 90 (15) 103 (8) 112 (10) 118 (13)
84 burrowz1b 64781 27:41 80 (7) 87 (9) 92 (9) 100 (11) 121 (13)
85 oldpalace 93306 27:46 94 (14) 99 (13) 101 (9) 103 (15) 101 (15)
86 Ron's mum 68980 28:44 88 (9) 100 (9) 108 (13) 87 (10) 113 (9)
87 lesbunch 67527 28:51 90 (9) 106 (12) 91 (11) 99 (10) 115 (7)
88 Barry Smith 124079 29:07 82 (15) 98 (17) 107 (13) 102 (19) 108 (17)
89 DaddyM 68015 29:49 84 (8) 82 (10) 94 (10) 116 (8) 117 (12)
90 anthea 103780 29:49 101 (11) 97 (13) 106 (12) 93 (14) 101 (18)
91 dec 61099 29:57 81 (8) 105 (8) 98 (8) 99 (8) 108 (12)
92 Clovis 65206 30:11 91 (11) 103 (6) 95 (10) 113 (8) 101 (11)
93 nekabue 67178 30:15 76 (12) 85 (9) 135 (9) 100 (6) 109 (11)
94 Prytherch 103827 30:21 94 (9) 96 (15) 114 (13) 93 (18) 103 (12)
95 stockynige 61652 31:08 83 (8) 99 (9) 89 (9) 102 (9) 126 (8)
96 diogenes 80534 31:12 88 (11) 95 (9) 118 (11) 93 (15) 109 (7)
97 Big Nug 75090 32:05 85 (13) 120 (8) 84 (11) 101 (7) 120 (10)
98 rosselliot 63696 32:10 87 (8) 98 (6) 96 (9) 111 (10) 102 (10)
99 Glyndwr 63020 32:49 67 (6) 80 (7) 123 (7) 93 (10) 116 (12)
100 ccy23 65412 34:04 74 (10) 85 (8) 150 (8) 88 (9) 114 (7)
101 koro 118313 34:35 83 (11) 93 (10) 109 (14) 100 (16) 106 (16)
102 Jeeves 133602 35:20 87 (13) 91 (15) 115 (17) 94 (15) 107 (13)
103 Bobchapman 96610 35:46 60 (12) 62 (10) 158 (12) 128 (12) 75 (9)
104 ulaca 84689 39:12 69 (10) 77 (7) 107 (12) 103 (9) 141 (8)
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