Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for April 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 28918 05:48 83 (21) 96 (20) 101 (14) 108 (19) 112 (19)
2 Ludo 11288 06:43 100 (7) 92 (8) 101 (8) 107 (8) 98 (7)
3 Jason 47580 07:04 76 (23) 95 (25) 104 (24) 102 (24) 119 (26)
4 Eamon Ryan 47654 07:05 87 (24) 98 (25) 105 (23) 101 (24) 107 (26)
5 Lettuceleaf 22167 07:23 90 (15) 107 (12) 93 (8) 100 (13) 107 (12)
6 Bogota Eagle 33707 08:55 83 (11) 95 (13) 103 (17) 106 (17) 103 (15)
7 verlaine 52775 09:27 80 (23) 96 (23) 101 (15) 105 (21) 118 (21)
8 auchiedollie 55536 09:50 85 (21) 94 (25) 105 (22) 105 (18) 112 (18)
9 richard 50966 10:29 82 (20) 101 (20) 106 (13) 102 (19) 109 (19)
10 tiggis 21630 10:55 88 (11) 108 (8) 103 (9) 94 (9) 116 (6)
11 aphis99 59136 10:57 72 (16) 98 (23) 94 (19) 101 (20) 123 (22)
12 retiarius 38600 11:17 83 (16) 104 (15) 102 (16) 107 (14) 109 (6)
13 AlanS 68595 11:19 80 (23) 95 (22) 103 (22) 102 (20) 116 (24)
14 lickert 68661 11:26 86 (22) 100 (22) 94 (20) 102 (21) 114 (25)
15 Peter Fowler 50449 11:31 101 (19) 99 (18) 100 (16) 98 (14) 99 (16)
16 Tom Stubbs 73323 11:38 82 (25) 93 (26) 97 (18) 100 (23) 127 (23)
17 tonysever 75168 11:42 84 (24) 102 (25) 95 (20) 100 (23) 115 (25)
18 chindit 76121 12:11 87 (22) 90 (22) 103 (20) 99 (25) 117 (25)
19 Quizimodo 27941 12:35 96 (10) 97 (10) 98 (9) 106 (9) 101 (9)
20 alanconnor 40376 12:41 71 (12) 92 (13) 103 (10) 92 (17) 150 (11)
21 glheard 59892 12:57 90 (21) 96 (18) 115 (15) 95 (18) 107 (15)
22 Denis 73299 13:16 84 (19) 91 (21) 103 (19) 108 (21) 111 (22)
23 Heyesey 45174 13:26 74 (16) 75 (12) 145 (15) 83 (9) 110 (14)
24 Silva 75975 13:36 87 (21) 93 (22) 98 (18) 109 (22) 110 (20)
25 keriothe_ 43412 13:39 106 (11) 89 (16) 94 (14) 107 (13) 109 (9)
26 Stavros 88793 13:57 88 (22) 99 (26) 98 (21) 107 (24) 105 (23)
27 Topical Tim 90091 14:01 73 (24) 97 (25) 109 (21) 98 (23) 122 (24)
28 mchalen 95313 14:03 87 (24) 92 (26) 106 (24) 107 (24) 106 (25)
29 mikegrocott 64370 14:06 76 (16) 109 (12) 98 (18) 109 (20) 105 (20)
30 aphasic 51937 14:11 87 (16) 97 (14) 105 (16) 102 (15) 111 (10)
31 Ben Staveley 37695 14:16 90 (12) 90 (10) 93 (9) 105 (13) 120 (10)
32 neilr 87189 14:31 91 (24) 91 (22) 96 (16) 96 (23) 120 (25)
33 Tibthorpe 88003 14:40 72 (20) 95 (25) 107 (18) 101 (24) 121 (23)
34 jjp 32180 14:53 90 (8) 96 (13) 99 (8) 89 (9) 128 (8)
35 Toffer 78205 15:09 84 (16) 100 (20) 96 (20) 89 (19) 124 (21)
36 Sue Sweeper 65246 15:32 79 (20) 101 (19) 115 (13) 105 (15) 109 (13)
37 SimonAnthony 27500 15:48 99 (6) 82 (8) 94 (7) 96 (10) 127 (8)
38 phthisis 92088 15:49 83 (19) 99 (23) 106 (22) 96 (19) 109 (24)
39 AndyOwl 67552 15:51 82 (17) 97 (17) 105 (16) 112 (15) 104 (16)
40 DaddyM 73079 16:01 76 (16) 87 (20) 75 (18) 123 (15) 142 (17)
41 fshephe 91318 16:01 88 (21) 100 (21) 100 (20) 102 (19) 107 (24)
42 robinh 94019 16:29 83 (20) 100 (22) 96 (20) 110 (23) 106 (20)
43 sotira 91122 16:30 80 (18) 99 (22) 100 (19) 105 (22) 110 (21)
44 OliviaRhineb 115358 17:09 79 (25) 95 (25) 104 (22) 104 (24) 115 (26)
45 RHB 84226 17:19 80 (17) 105 (21) 102 (21) 93 (16) 116 (16)
46 Margaretlarb 65834 17:41 100 (12) 95 (16) 101 (13) 104 (15) 99 (16)
47 mark oshin 78368 17:53 81 (16) 105 (15) 101 (17) 101 (16) 109 (19)
48 nesbitt 54814 17:54 74 (14) 94 (16) 118 (12) 103 (11) 127 (8)
49 ChuckB 112875 17:55 76 (22) 91 (24) 104 (22) 112 (24) 112 (23)
50 pterodactyl 73197 18:12 79 (17) 87 (17) 102 (8) 102 (19) 130 (16)
51 rpb 96468 18:16 78 (22) 100 (22) 94 (19) 109 (16) 122 (19)
52 Bernard S 81477 18:21 81 (14) 104 (18) 112 (16) 109 (18) 88 (18)
53 earlylight 69900 18:29 90 (14) 95 (16) 109 (14) 104 (14) 101 (15)
54 noidea 64209 18:46 100 (11) 93 (14) 108 (10) 86 (13) 109 (19)
55 David Crooks 125691 19:34 84 (23) 96 (24) 103 (23) 104 (23) 111 (24)
56 John Arnold 61478 19:42 86 (15) 98 (11) 108 (14) 91 (10) 115 (12)
57 GMcD 127576 19:52 77 (23) 103 (23) 96 (24) 100 (24) 122 (23)
58 David P 115693 20:05 89 (22) 97 (20) 103 (18) 94 (22) 114 (24)
59 reindeer 102183 20:16 87 (18) 96 (19) 103 (18) 102 (19) 109 (20)
60 Carol 72554 20:29 89 (14) 94 (15) 110 (13) 94 (12) 110 (15)
61 sampson 78734 20:30 89 (18) 100 (15) 98 (17) 98 (13) 122 (11)
62 peter wild 130135 20:39 86 (25) 101 (25) 97 (21) 102 (24) 115 (20)
63 AnneGinger 94198 20:55 82 (19) 100 (20) 104 (13) 96 (15) 118 (18)
64 alanjcannon 103311 20:59 79 (21) 98 (20) 104 (20) 103 (15) 120 (16)
65 Kevin Gregg 75729 21:02 80 (16) 88 (16) 111 (15) 109 (13) 122 (10)
66 Big Mick 111545 21:07 86 (20) 97 (23) 107 (23) 93 (17) 118 (15)
67 Ron's mum 77610 21:33 80 (13) 107 (14) 113 (16) 89 (14) 104 (13)
68 Werm 103002 21:43 77 (16) 95 (20) 107 (21) 107 (18) 111 (14)
69 Helly Welly 100791 21:48 89 (16) 92 (19) 93 (17) 114 (20) 109 (15)
70 Zabadak 123588 21:54 82 (17) 96 (18) 96 (23) 106 (22) 111 (24)
71 barracuda 128989 22:09 76 (22) 103 (23) 102 (22) 102 (19) 115 (21)
72 NJeagle 37900 22:33 78 (7) 104 (9) 88 (7) 108 (9) 118 (6)
73 Groucho 112815 22:39 84 (22) 100 (15) 102 (18) 99 (20) 117 (18)
74 Ben Ganly 96588 22:40 73 (10) 101 (20) 111 (18) 96 (16) 102 (17)
75 zythum 144534 22:43 88 (22) 99 (23) 98 (23) 97 (22) 114 (26)
76 Edprof 131114 23:29 84 (21) 93 (22) 115 (22) 101 (20) 106 (18)
77 Eylesie 49887 23:45 100 (10) 92 (9) 107 (12) 99 (7) 95 (7)
78 PeterMabey 98690 23:50 85 (16) 87 (10) 95 (17) 98 (19) 126 (17)
79 Galspray 110006 24:07 65 (16) 98 (20) 101 (19) 112 (17) 123 (14)
80 Bobb 87483 24:42 86 (13) 101 (13) 92 (14) 102 (13) 114 (16)
81 benedick 104510 24:53 85 (15) 101 (13) 97 (20) 96 (15) 117 (17)
82 Smiler 77033 25:10 86 (13) 88 (15) 111 (13) 99 (11) 126 (9)
83 Son of Smug 105779 25:11 79 (13) 99 (17) 93 (17) 115 (15) 108 (18)
84 crosswordian 143567 25:11 89 (21) 95 (21) 101 (20) 97 (19) 113 (24)
85 burrowz1b 66668 25:15 102 (8) 98 (8) 102 (11) 98 (11) 98 (16)
86 Julian West 109197 25:16 74 (17) 101 (15) 131 (13) 91 (21) 112 (16)
87 KarenR 112844 25:24 76 (17) 91 (14) 109 (16) 103 (17) 115 (20)
88 scouse1 62706 25:29 87 (8) 95 (15) 99 (7) 104 (12) 112 (9)
89 leonora 113476 25:33 83 (18) 90 (16) 107 (14) 104 (16) 113 (20)
90 me_phobete 129915 25:46 83 (18) 98 (20) 98 (18) 98 (20) 121 (18)
91 Chadwick 105624 25:53 79 (14) 96 (18) 102 (14) 92 (16) 127 (16)
92 NAPASAI 62063 26:31 84 (7) 96 (7) 101 (12) 89 (11) 117 (12)
93 anthea 95071 26:51 104 (9) 92 (15) 109 (12) 98 (14) 99 (19)
94 Solver52 56915 27:53 84 (10) 93 (10) 99 (9) 119 (8) 112 (7)
95 oldpalace 105990 28:02 93 (11) 102 (16) 97 (10) 101 (15) 101 (21)
96 Manveru 59339 28:15 90 (10) 93 (12) 127 (7) 80 (7) 114 (9)
97 dec 56827 28:42 85 (7) 109 (7) 100 (8) 85 (10) 115 (11)
98 Barry Smith 123568 29:00 82 (18) 94 (15) 99 (14) 110 (16) 114 (18)
99 ccy23 91345 29:16 77 (12) 96 (14) 99 (13) 98 (12) 132 (11)
100 rjr520 50815 30:14 83 (7) 105 (6) 99 (11) 96 (6) 114 (8)
101 lesbunch 69916 30:39 97 (8) 102 (11) 84 (9) 99 (10) 113 (10)
102 Prytherch 115365 31:31 96 (9) 91 (17) 106 (13) 96 (15) 109 (17)
103 Glyndwr 79306 33:02 76 (11) 94 (9) 105 (9) 99 (9) 121 (12)
104 rosselliot 95431 33:08 91 (10) 86 (11) 94 (11) 98 (12) 120 (14)
105 nekabue 100166 33:23 74 (15) 99 (11) 100 (11) 103 (10) 126 (13)
106 Jeeves 132201 34:25 91 (10) 84 (15) 116 (15) 94 (18) 109 (16)
107 Clovis 82776 34:29 71 (11) 77 (8) 110 (12) 138 (8) 106 (11)
108 koro 130450 34:30 85 (13) 78 (12) 105 (15) 106 (17) 114 (16)
109 cassandra 129801 40:03 86 (12) 89 (10) 118 (12) 97 (14) 105 (16)
110 JerryR 80159 40:29 74 (11) 100 (8) 102 (6) 100 (10) 135 (8)
111 ulaca 104033 42:17 78 (6) 74 (6) 94 (12) 101 (15) 121 (12)
112 Bobchapman 89820 46:46 38 (9) 49 (8) 200 (9) 137 (9) 53 (7)
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