Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for May 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 28189 05:52 84 (20) 96 (20) 100 (14) 112 (19) 108 (17)
2 Eamon Ryan 46529 06:55 88 (24) 98 (25) 106 (23) 96 (24) 109 (26)
3 Lettuceleaf 23341 07:04 93 (16) 94 (12) 96 (9) 103 (15) 110 (13)
4 Jason 48160 07:10 78 (23) 94 (25) 107 (24) 97 (24) 118 (26)
5 Bogota Eagle 32707 08:56 82 (9) 98 (16) 101 (14) 98 (17) 111 (15)
6 verlaine 57382 09:33 81 (24) 97 (24) 100 (18) 98 (21) 123 (23)
7 auchiedollie 55036 09:58 84 (21) 96 (25) 112 (21) 102 (19) 106 (16)
8 richard 55471 10:37 85 (21) 98 (20) 107 (15) 101 (21) 109 (20)
9 aphis99 61928 10:45 79 (19) 96 (23) 101 (21) 104 (21) 116 (22)
10 tiggis 19616 10:53 87 (10) 96 (7) 111 (7) 99 (10) 116 (6)
11 AlanS 70638 11:06 84 (24) 92 (22) 108 (22) 99 (22) 114 (26)
12 Peter Fowler 43503 11:30 101 (16) 101 (15) 98 (15) 95 (13) 102 (14)
13 lickert 70945 11:42 85 (22) 97 (22) 99 (21) 97 (20) 116 (26)
14 Tom Stubbs 73867 11:43 90 (25) 92 (26) 95 (18) 100 (23) 123 (23)
15 retiarius 40878 11:44 84 (16) 102 (15) 101 (14) 102 (15) 122 (8)
16 DaddyM 59855 12:01 69 (17) 90 (23) 75 (19) 118 (16) 150 (18)
17 tonysever 77334 12:02 85 (24) 104 (25) 99 (21) 92 (22) 116 (25)
18 chindit 78452 12:06 87 (24) 87 (22) 110 (21) 96 (26) 119 (25)
19 alanconnor 42760 12:30 71 (12) 93 (15) 107 (11) 93 (17) 139 (12)
20 glheard 61219 12:54 90 (22) 97 (17) 114 (16) 91 (17) 109 (17)
21 Denis 67311 13:30 84 (16) 90 (19) 106 (17) 104 (19) 110 (22)
22 Topical Tim 88797 13:49 75 (24) 96 (24) 111 (22) 95 (23) 122 (24)
23 aphasic 48216 13:51 92 (19) 92 (11) 106 (14) 94 (13) 119 (11)
24 keriothe_ 50021 13:53 102 (15) 94 (16) 94 (15) 101 (15) 113 (9)
25 Silva 81126 13:56 87 (22) 93 (23) 100 (19) 107 (22) 112 (21)
26 Heyesey 41366 14:04 76 (14) 71 (9) 146 (13) 82 (8) 105 (15)
27 mikegrocott 65147 14:06 82 (16) 104 (13) 97 (18) 104 (19) 107 (21)
28 Stavros 94126 14:15 86 (22) 99 (26) 101 (23) 105 (25) 106 (24)
29 mchalen 94947 14:23 88 (24) 92 (26) 109 (22) 102 (23) 109 (25)
30 neilr 91494 14:31 89 (24) 90 (23) 100 (19) 95 (24) 122 (25)
31 Ben Staveley 34422 14:42 94 (10) 94 (9) 93 (8) 99 (13) 117 (9)
32 Tibthorpe 86302 14:49 75 (20) 90 (24) 113 (16) 94 (24) 127 (23)
33 jjp 43525 15:06 90 (12) 92 (15) 103 (9) 97 (12) 125 (10)
34 SimonAnthony 38812 15:24 90 (10) 91 (10) 94 (10) 94 (12) 129 (10)
35 Toffer 80541 15:47 85 (16) 92 (19) 99 (19) 89 (19) 125 (22)
36 phthisis 90716 15:54 83 (20) 100 (21) 106 (21) 96 (19) 110 (24)
37 Sue Sweeper 69254 16:01 78 (20) 98 (19) 107 (13) 103 (15) 122 (15)
38 fshephe 93234 16:01 91 (21) 98 (21) 100 (19) 98 (21) 109 (25)
39 robinh 87119 16:07 83 (20) 100 (21) 103 (18) 108 (22) 103 (19)
40 sotira 91728 16:15 79 (19) 97 (22) 103 (20) 103 (22) 114 (21)
41 AndyOwl 51809 16:17 84 (13) 95 (13) 108 (13) 107 (12) 105 (12)
42 OliviaRhineb 115691 17:12 81 (26) 98 (25) 104 (22) 102 (24) 114 (25)
43 Margaretlarb 56008 17:17 97 (11) 94 (14) 99 (11) 103 (13) 103 (15)
44 RHB 88769 17:36 74 (18) 107 (21) 100 (22) 90 (14) 120 (19)
45 mark oshin 78064 17:49 76 (16) 104 (15) 104 (17) 98 (16) 112 (19)
46 ChuckB 116522 17:58 81 (24) 91 (24) 109 (21) 108 (26) 109 (23)
47 pterodactyl 73997 18:08 83 (17) 86 (17) 105 (9) 100 (18) 126 (17)
48 earlylight 75132 18:08 88 (16) 92 (18) 113 (13) 102 (15) 106 (17)
49 nesbitt 59370 18:19 79 (17) 94 (17) 125 (11) 101 (11) 124 (8)
50 noidea 77950 18:49 96 (14) 92 (17) 100 (12) 91 (17) 116 (19)
51 Bernard S 83461 19:03 84 (14) 101 (17) 108 (14) 107 (18) 96 (20)
52 rpb 100784 19:05 76 (22) 101 (22) 96 (17) 103 (17) 123 (20)
53 GMcD 126293 19:51 78 (23) 98 (23) 94 (23) 96 (24) 132 (23)
54 David Crooks 126354 19:52 87 (24) 95 (24) 105 (21) 99 (22) 111 (25)
55 reindeer 102709 19:54 84 (18) 98 (20) 107 (18) 100 (19) 108 (21)
56 David P 111861 20:02 92 (21) 92 (17) 104 (18) 91 (22) 116 (25)
57 Ron's mum 86670 20:20 87 (16) 107 (15) 108 (17) 78 (17) 119 (16)
58 sampson 77211 20:25 92 (17) 95 (15) 101 (15) 93 (14) 121 (12)
59 peter wild 122370 20:36 85 (24) 96 (23) 101 (20) 102 (23) 116 (19)
60 Carol 78325 20:43 88 (16) 92 (15) 114 (13) 86 (12) 115 (17)
61 John Arnold 67236 20:45 90 (15) 96 (12) 115 (14) 84 (10) 107 (13)
62 AnneGinger 96444 21:09 82 (20) 97 (20) 112 (12) 97 (16) 116 (18)
63 Big Mick 110918 21:14 87 (19) 99 (25) 109 (21) 87 (17) 118 (15)
64 Zabadak 123537 21:26 80 (18) 98 (19) 101 (22) 101 (23) 112 (24)
65 alanjcannon 114297 21:38 78 (21) 94 (21) 105 (20) 104 (17) 120 (19)
66 barracuda 125143 21:57 81 (23) 99 (22) 104 (21) 98 (19) 118 (20)
67 Werm 80570 22:00 80 (12) 94 (16) 107 (18) 103 (15) 114 (10)
68 Kevin Gregg 92767 22:05 82 (17) 92 (17) 105 (17) 105 (16) 119 (13)
69 Helly Welly 95708 22:09 91 (16) 90 (18) 94 (16) 110 (18) 116 (14)
70 Groucho 106747 22:14 81 (22) 98 (16) 103 (17) 100 (19) 123 (16)
71 zythum 150762 23:03 88 (23) 100 (24) 97 (23) 96 (23) 115 (26)
72 Eylesie 37942 23:25 101 (8) 95 (8) 107 (9) 92 (6) 99 (6)
73 Ben Ganly 109710 23:26 80 (12) 96 (21) 112 (18) 100 (18) 103 (19)
74 Edprof 138634 23:34 82 (21) 94 (24) 119 (22) 95 (22) 108 (19)
75 PeterMabey 114055 24:03 82 (18) 92 (12) 97 (18) 96 (22) 127 (19)
76 Son of Smug 104647 24:33 78 (15) 100 (19) 99 (16) 108 (15) 112 (16)
77 anthea 108790 25:10 100 (13) 95 (18) 107 (15) 96 (16) 101 (20)
78 crosswordian 145079 25:11 90 (21) 93 (21) 102 (20) 97 (22) 114 (22)
79 Chadwick 90132 25:27 86 (13) 95 (16) 104 (11) 94 (16) 121 (13)
80 KarenR 116135 25:28 76 (18) 91 (16) 116 (16) 100 (16) 113 (20)
81 Galspray 119184 25:28 69 (18) 98 (20) 97 (18) 101 (17) 141 (15)
82 benedick 109081 25:58 83 (15) 99 (13) 97 (19) 92 (15) 121 (18)
83 burrowz1b 80132 26:11 109 (10) 119 (10) 96 (11) 93 (12) 91 (18)
84 leonora 122777 26:14 85 (18) 87 (18) 109 (13) 104 (18) 113 (21)
85 me_phobete 132706 26:19 85 (19) 93 (20) 98 (17) 97 (20) 127 (18)
86 NAPASAI 72066 26:41 87 (9) 89 (8) 102 (15) 91 (11) 119 (12)
87 Smiler 97731 26:42 86 (15) 84 (16) 105 (14) 99 (13) 130 (13)
88 Bobb 93673 26:55 84 (11) 105 (12) 96 (14) 95 (15) 113 (16)
89 Julian West 126826 27:27 71 (18) 92 (16) 141 (15) 82 (21) 123 (17)
90 Solver52 65397 27:56 93 (12) 98 (12) 100 (10) 107 (8) 106 (7)
91 oldpalace 107489 28:26 96 (12) 100 (16) 97 (12) 102 (14) 101 (19)
92 Manveru 65879 28:53 91 (12) 93 (13) 129 (7) 86 (8) 114 (8)
93 Barry Smith 120406 29:30 84 (17) 94 (16) 107 (13) 102 (14) 112 (18)
94 Moles 64281 29:45 88 (7) 92 (9) 103 (8) 104 (11) 106 (11)
95 dec 73648 29:56 92 (9) 104 (8) 97 (10) 90 (13) 116 (11)
96 ccy23 110208 30:06 70 (13) 88 (17) 128 (14) 88 (14) 125 (13)
97 Jefe 94332 30:14 81 (16) 85 (18) 93 (9) 167 (7) 119 (12)
98 rjr520 47239 31:29 86 (6) 93 (6) 102 (9) 98 (8) 119 (6)
99 stockynige 59068 31:45 67 (6) 90 (10) 92 (8) 90 (9) 153 (8)
100 Prytherch 139478 31:50 91 (11) 90 (20) 106 (14) 99 (18) 110 (20)
101 rosselliot 113110 31:57 91 (13) 91 (14) 95 (12) 93 (14) 123 (16)
102 lesbunch 79643 33:11 89 (10) 95 (10) 96 (9) 91 (11) 127 (10)
103 nekabue 104074 34:00 79 (15) 98 (13) 97 (12) 101 (8) 126 (13)
104 Glyndwr 105593 34:30 82 (14) 93 (10) 95 (11) 101 (12) 124 (14)
105 Jeeves 137960 34:50 90 (12) 86 (16) 111 (15) 92 (17) 117 (16)
106 koro 152706 35:20 86 (17) 86 (15) 102 (17) 103 (17) 120 (16)
107 fudgiebates 86398 36:55 90 (11) 97 (11) 110 (7) 101 (10) 105 (10)
108 Clovis 112652 38:19 69 (12) 71 (11) 143 (12) 107 (11) 105 (13)
109 1234 77575 39:10 82 (6) 107 (9) 81 (6) 87 (10) 119 (12)
110 cassandra 166162 40:43 90 (16) 88 (14) 113 (14) 102 (16) 105 (18)
111 JerryR 95588 40:50 76 (13) 98 (10) 107 (7) 97 (11) 142 (8)
112 ulaca 122139 42:24 86 (6) 90 (10) 94 (13) 98 (15) 117 (14)
113 Bobchapman 71240 47:29 41 (7) 54 (6) 197 (9) 94 (7) 56 (6)
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