Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for March 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 27924 05:44 80 (20) 102 (19) 104 (15) 106 (19) 108 (18)
2 Ludo 18825 06:49 107 (10) 90 (12) 95 (11) 103 (12) 104 (11)
3 Jason 47302 07:02 82 (23) 97 (24) 100 (25) 98 (24) 118 (26)
4 Eamon Ryan 47932 07:11 87 (24) 99 (25) 104 (24) 99 (23) 108 (25)
5 Lettuceleaf 16107 07:15 90 (12) 96 (9) 94 (6) 103 (10) 113 (10)
6 Bogota Eagle 35444 08:49 88 (13) 98 (15) 105 (16) 103 (17) 100 (16)
7 auchiedollie 46507 09:27 85 (18) 98 (22) 104 (20) 105 (15) 107 (17)
8 verlaine 52967 09:29 79 (23) 99 (23) 109 (17) 105 (22) 111 (18)
9 aphis99 56031 10:36 73 (17) 108 (22) 92 (20) 98 (18) 120 (21)
10 richard 51885 10:40 82 (19) 104 (20) 112 (14) 101 (20) 103 (18)
11 tiggis 22052 10:48 85 (10) 109 (8) 102 (11) 94 (9) 117 (6)
12 retiarius 44702 11:17 85 (19) 106 (18) 103 (19) 105 (14) 104 (6)
13 lickert 65143 11:25 86 (22) 105 (22) 95 (20) 102 (19) 109 (22)
14 AlanS 66958 11:30 80 (23) 95 (21) 103 (21) 104 (19) 116 (23)
15 Tom Stubbs 72527 11:30 82 (25) 101 (25) 92 (18) 100 (24) 122 (23)
16 Peter Fowler 54676 11:32 96 (18) 98 (18) 105 (18) 98 (16) 99 (19)
17 tonysever 73708 11:35 87 (23) 105 (24) 91 (21) 98 (23) 114 (25)
18 Heyesey 45425 11:49 79 (17) 92 (15) 102 (18) 94 (10) 134 (14)
19 chindit 72848 12:08 85 (22) 91 (20) 103 (21) 99 (22) 116 (25)
20 alanconnor 37354 12:27 81 (13) 91 (13) 112 (8) 92 (15) 135 (11)
21 Quizimodo 43289 12:53 98 (14) 103 (13) 98 (13) 97 (13) 101 (13)
22 glheard 64361 12:55 90 (21) 98 (19) 110 (17) 94 (18) 107 (18)
23 keriothe_ 34122 13:13 106 (8) 87 (14) 92 (11) 108 (11) 112 (9)
24 Denis 76514 13:25 86 (19) 96 (22) 103 (21) 106 (21) 106 (22)
25 Stavros 81628 13:44 89 (20) 98 (22) 100 (21) 107 (23) 102 (23)
26 Ben Staveley 33057 13:46 78 (11) 94 (8) 105 (11) 106 (9) 115 (11)
27 Silva 80447 13:49 92 (22) 97 (23) 97 (18) 106 (23) 105 (21)
28 Topical Tim 87683 13:55 75 (23) 103 (25) 103 (20) 96 (22) 119 (25)
29 mchalen 95458 13:57 87 (24) 96 (26) 100 (25) 107 (24) 107 (25)
30 mikegrocott 60888 14:05 78 (15) 117 (9) 98 (20) 107 (19) 103 (19)
31 jjp 28363 14:19 94 (6) 103 (12) 95 (9) 90 (10) 122 (6)
32 neilr 85331 14:30 92 (24) 94 (21) 102 (17) 94 (22) 115 (24)
33 aphasic 51187 14:42 81 (13) 97 (13) 105 (15) 108 (15) 105 (12)
34 Toffer 72503 14:44 81 (14) 108 (20) 97 (19) 93 (19) 111 (20)
35 Tibthorpe 88575 14:54 71 (19) 101 (23) 104 (19) 98 (25) 119 (23)
36 KenTurner 36412 15:10 100 (10) 94 (9) 101 (13) 109 (10) 90 (8)
37 fshephe 88149 15:37 89 (21) 102 (22) 103 (21) 99 (18) 103 (22)
38 AndyOwl 82863 15:52 84 (21) 98 (20) 106 (19) 108 (18) 104 (19)
39 Sue Sweeper 63223 15:57 75 (19) 110 (17) 110 (13) 105 (14) 107 (13)
40 sotira 82325 16:08 83 (17) 101 (19) 101 (20) 107 (21) 103 (18)
41 phthisis 94121 16:20 86 (20) 102 (22) 103 (23) 91 (18) 112 (23)
42 robinh 92295 16:32 82 (19) 102 (20) 94 (20) 106 (23) 110 (21)
43 OliviaRhineb 117639 17:02 81 (25) 98 (25) 104 (24) 101 (25) 114 (26)
44 RHB 76160 17:09 77 (15) 110 (21) 99 (20) 94 (15) 116 (13)
45 ChuckB 108044 17:28 80 (22) 98 (23) 106 (24) 99 (22) 114 (22)
46 mark oshin 70763 17:36 82 (14) 105 (15) 104 (16) 94 (15) 109 (17)
47 Margaretlarb 64995 18:03 101 (13) 97 (15) 101 (14) 110 (13) 92 (15)
48 noidea 48813 18:04 95 (8) 93 (11) 120 (8) 87 (11) 104 (17)
49 rpb 93498 18:07 80 (22) 108 (21) 99 (19) 101 (16) 113 (18)
50 pterodactyl 64282 18:28 79 (15) 86 (13) 112 (9) 100 (17) 126 (14)
51 Bernard S 71424 18:36 81 (13) 111 (16) 121 (13) 98 (15) 88 (17)
52 nesbitt 49204 18:38 84 (12) 93 (13) 107 (13) 103 (10) 129 (6)
53 earlylight 77112 18:54 95 (15) 92 (17) 107 (15) 102 (15) 102 (16)
54 John Arnold 54981 19:29 85 (13) 95 (10) 106 (14) 94 (8) 114 (12)
55 David Crooks 131540 19:34 86 (24) 98 (24) 103 (25) 102 (24) 108 (25)
56 MickinEly2 46462 19:51 89 (14) 104 (9) 104 (11) 101 (8) 109 (7)
57 GMcD 132333 20:03 81 (23) 107 (24) 97 (26) 97 (25) 117 (22)
58 sampson 80869 20:07 92 (18) 98 (16) 99 (18) 100 (14) 114 (11)
59 David P 111411 20:10 84 (20) 103 (20) 103 (18) 92 (21) 114 (23)
60 reindeer 105802 20:30 88 (19) 97 (20) 104 (19) 102 (18) 107 (20)
61 AnneGinger 89245 20:39 87 (19) 103 (17) 104 (12) 95 (17) 112 (17)
62 Kevin Gregg 64665 20:43 83 (15) 87 (13) 119 (13) 102 (13) 118 (8)
63 Carol 62427 20:48 91 (12) 91 (13) 113 (11) 98 (11) 106 (13)
64 peter wild 132689 20:51 86 (25) 102 (25) 100 (22) 102 (24) 111 (20)
65 DaddyM 85991 21:04 83 (13) 81 (18) 82 (17) 116 (14) 138 (16)
66 Werm 107088 21:14 79 (18) 94 (21) 110 (20) 101 (19) 117 (16)
67 Helly Welly 92453 21:24 94 (14) 94 (19) 95 (15) 107 (20) 106 (14)
68 alanjcannon 103048 21:28 80 (19) 99 (19) 104 (22) 99 (14) 117 (16)
69 Zabadak 124669 21:52 81 (17) 100 (18) 92 (24) 103 (22) 115 (24)
70 Big Mick 109236 21:56 86 (17) 100 (21) 104 (23) 94 (16) 113 (16)
71 Ben Ganly 94739 22:14 73 (10) 95 (19) 111 (19) 92 (16) 113 (17)
72 zythum 142334 22:35 88 (22) 101 (23) 102 (24) 95 (21) 110 (25)
73 barracuda 134869 22:42 76 (22) 106 (23) 104 (23) 99 (20) 112 (21)
74 NJeagle 54847 22:51 76 (10) 96 (12) 102 (9) 106 (11) 124 (8)
75 Groucho 104517 22:55 87 (20) 98 (13) 102 (17) 102 (20) 111 (16)
76 Ron's mum 79660 23:17 86 (11) 114 (12) 106 (17) 88 (14) 102 (13)
77 Eylesie 50567 23:24 99 (10) 93 (9) 106 (12) 100 (8) 96 (7)
78 Edprof 128658 23:33 88 (20) 94 (20) 114 (23) 99 (20) 101 (18)
79 Galspray 99565 23:42 72 (15) 103 (18) 99 (19) 112 (16) 114 (12)
80 Bobb 78537 23:47 88 (12) 109 (13) 94 (15) 104 (10) 104 (15)
81 PeterMabey 93208 23:53 86 (15) 98 (9) 99 (17) 101 (19) 113 (15)
82 Julian West 94189 24:09 76 (14) 106 (15) 117 (14) 96 (18) 103 (14)
83 leonora 93607 24:22 84 (17) 99 (12) 106 (14) 101 (13) 108 (18)
84 Smiler 61899 24:33 96 (12) 83 (11) 109 (10) 103 (11) 112 (8)
85 KarenR 102301 24:42 78 (15) 105 (12) 107 (17) 97 (15) 107 (20)
86 benedick 104032 25:07 86 (15) 102 (12) 96 (21) 103 (14) 111 (17)
87 Son of Smug 107781 25:18 82 (14) 107 (18) 90 (16) 108 (14) 107 (19)
88 crosswordian 139504 25:33 86 (19) 97 (19) 103 (22) 102 (18) 107 (23)
89 Chadwick 99183 25:49 80 (13) 96 (17) 100 (14) 100 (15) 120 (15)
90 me_phobete 118322 25:56 85 (17) 98 (18) 99 (18) 100 (18) 118 (15)
91 Jefe 74545 27:00 68 (13) 91 (16) 102 (11) 125 (6) 142 (10)
92 NAPASAI 65699 27:22 75 (6) 101 (6) 100 (12) 96 (12) 109 (14)
93 Solver52 51069 27:27 80 (9) 95 (9) 98 (9) 120 (7) 113 (7)
94 oldpalace 94904 27:44 95 (11) 101 (12) 98 (10) 103 (14) 100 (20)
95 lesbunch 55455 28:00 89 (7) 107 (9) 93 (10) 96 (9) 113 (8)
96 dec 58848 28:01 74 (6) 112 (7) 101 (10) 94 (12) 110 (10)
97 ccy23 74656 28:16 84 (12) 101 (12) 96 (11) 100 (11) 130 (8)
98 Manveru 51043 28:21 88 (8) 99 (8) 134 (6) 81 (8) 105 (10)
99 Barry Smith 125910 28:44 80 (16) 95 (17) 103 (16) 108 (16) 110 (18)
100 anthea 97145 29:26 100 (9) 92 (14) 112 (12) 95 (12) 100 (18)
101 rjr520 62326 30:33 84 (8) 113 (9) 97 (11) 80 (6) 113 (10)
102 nekabue 67895 30:35 80 (13) 91 (8) 110 (9) 91 (7) 128 (10)
103 Prytherch 95319 31:09 97 (6) 91 (14) 110 (12) 94 (14) 104 (15)
104 Glyndwr 60130 31:19 64 (8) 100 (6) 105 (8) 104 (9) 116 (11)
105 stockynige 62427 31:31 81 (8) 85 (9) 92 (7) 95 (10) 140 (9)
106 rosselliot 74487 31:49 88 (8) 86 (8) 93 (10) 100 (12) 121 (11)
107 koro 113125 34:16 80 (10) 88 (11) 106 (15) 101 (15) 113 (14)
108 Jeeves 126490 34:33 88 (11) 90 (14) 112 (16) 94 (16) 109 (14)
109 Bobchapman 80384 39:24 52 (10) 56 (9) 163 (10) 159 (8) 64 (7)
110 cassandra 98209 39:55 80 (9) 84 (7) 122 (11) 97 (12) 103 (12)
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