Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for June 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 27292 05:45 83 (18) 102 (19) 102 (15) 101 (19) 110 (18)
2 Eamon Ryan 45644 06:47 91 (24) 104 (25) 97 (22) 96 (25) 109 (26)
3 Jason 48700 07:07 77 (23) 102 (25) 100 (25) 98 (25) 118 (26)
4 Lettuceleaf 25298 07:16 88 (17) 96 (13) 100 (10) 102 (14) 114 (14)
5 Bogota Eagle 30833 08:33 82 (10) 98 (16) 94 (13) 101 (16) 116 (15)
6 verlaine 58540 09:33 75 (23) 103 (24) 99 (21) 95 (21) 126 (23)
7 DaddyM 49376 09:47 76 (18) 100 (24) 69 (19) 123 (15) 137 (18)
8 auchiedollie 54470 10:05 86 (22) 101 (24) 105 (21) 105 (20) 103 (13)
9 aphis99 62083 10:27 80 (21) 100 (25) 94 (21) 107 (20) 115 (22)
10 richard 58068 10:38 86 (21) 97 (22) 107 (16) 99 (22) 111 (20)
11 tiggis 18830 10:49 88 (9) 98 (7) 119 (6) 91 (9) 110 (8)
12 AlanS 69588 10:50 83 (24) 95 (22) 100 (22) 97 (23) 121 (26)
13 Peter Fowler 31979 11:06 97 (12) 102 (14) 99 (11) 97 (9) 101 (12)
14 Tom Stubbs 75447 11:38 88 (25) 95 (26) 94 (22) 99 (23) 124 (22)
15 retiarius 36536 11:42 83 (15) 103 (13) 101 (12) 105 (15) 119 (7)
16 lickert 71264 11:45 84 (22) 97 (23) 93 (21) 97 (21) 124 (24)
17 chindit 81419 12:00 83 (24) 95 (23) 102 (25) 100 (26) 116 (25)
18 tonysever 78676 12:08 84 (23) 110 (24) 96 (24) 94 (22) 112 (25)
19 Heyesey 34019 12:19 100 (13) 79 (9) 95 (13) 102 (8) 116 (13)
20 glheard 54290 12:23 89 (20) 109 (17) 95 (15) 100 (18) 108 (13)
21 alanconnor 41465 12:33 73 (12) 92 (13) 105 (13) 93 (15) 137 (12)
22 Denis 52497 13:15 82 (14) 93 (16) 100 (13) 105 (15) 114 (18)
23 Topical Tim 87028 13:33 75 (24) 101 (25) 105 (20) 98 (24) 120 (24)
24 keriothe_ 55583 13:37 96 (18) 98 (17) 99 (16) 110 (16) 93 (11)
25 Stavros 91112 13:48 86 (21) 105 (26) 93 (23) 102 (25) 109 (25)
26 aphasic 50861 13:53 90 (18) 95 (11) 103 (16) 93 (14) 121 (12)
27 Silva 82783 13:56 81 (22) 99 (23) 100 (21) 104 (22) 115 (21)
28 mikegrocott 66848 14:06 90 (17) 102 (16) 93 (17) 102 (17) 107 (22)
29 neilr 94384 14:10 85 (25) 98 (24) 99 (22) 96 (25) 119 (25)
30 Ben Staveley 33299 14:13 97 (10) 98 (10) 82 (8) 100 (13) 121 (8)
31 mchalen 96117 14:18 86 (24) 101 (26) 100 (23) 102 (24) 107 (25)
32 Tibthorpe 88154 14:50 78 (21) 91 (24) 104 (18) 91 (22) 130 (24)
33 AndyOwl 25842 14:51 87 (8) 103 (8) 90 (8) 112 (7) 108 (8)
34 SimonAnthony 43248 15:01 90 (12) 94 (11) 89 (12) 102 (12) 125 (11)
35 jjp 62400 15:04 91 (17) 93 (19) 99 (13) 102 (17) 116 (13)
36 fshephe 95261 15:24 89 (22) 100 (22) 97 (20) 100 (23) 110 (26)
37 Toffer 86590 15:41 82 (19) 97 (20) 97 (21) 95 (20) 122 (22)
38 phthisis 88753 15:44 82 (19) 105 (21) 96 (22) 95 (19) 116 (23)
39 Sue Sweeper 68693 16:21 78 (20) 94 (17) 103 (15) 112 (13) 121 (15)
40 sotira 100164 16:31 79 (21) 99 (24) 98 (20) 99 (23) 121 (23)
41 Margaretlarb 43820 16:35 98 (9) 93 (12) 101 (12) 101 (10) 105 (11)
42 robinh 98223 16:42 84 (21) 99 (23) 101 (19) 104 (24) 110 (21)
43 OliviaRhineb 112224 17:00 81 (26) 103 (25) 96 (21) 104 (25) 115 (23)
44 RHB 89628 17:10 83 (19) 103 (21) 96 (22) 92 (16) 122 (19)
45 earlylight 70018 17:25 90 (15) 94 (17) 111 (12) 99 (14) 106 (19)
46 nesbitt 72020 17:39 79 (18) 94 (20) 112 (14) 101 (14) 125 (12)
47 ChuckB 113525 17:40 80 (24) 94 (24) 103 (20) 107 (25) 114 (24)
48 Bernard S 84087 17:58 86 (17) 104 (18) 88 (12) 112 (18) 102 (23)
49 mark oshin 71630 18:05 77 (16) 108 (13) 98 (13) 99 (17) 115 (17)
50 pterodactyl 82363 18:33 89 (19) 89 (17) 103 (12) 100 (19) 119 (17)
51 rpb 101656 18:37 76 (24) 101 (21) 94 (18) 101 (17) 128 (21)
52 noidea 83933 18:39 91 (14) 95 (18) 93 (14) 96 (19) 116 (20)
53 David P 106716 19:19 89 (21) 94 (15) 93 (18) 93 (23) 123 (25)
54 Ron's mum 96574 19:23 74 (18) 114 (18) 103 (20) 76 (19) 132 (18)
55 David Crooks 123450 19:24 87 (24) 99 (24) 96 (22) 97 (22) 117 (24)
56 reindeer 97907 19:39 86 (17) 98 (19) 104 (17) 99 (19) 108 (21)
57 Carol 79497 19:46 89 (17) 100 (17) 109 (12) 88 (14) 112 (17)
58 GMcD 128426 20:00 73 (24) 110 (23) 84 (22) 97 (24) 132 (24)
59 John Arnold 69780 20:03 90 (18) 94 (12) 119 (13) 88 (11) 107 (14)
60 sampson 82309 20:10 93 (18) 100 (14) 97 (16) 91 (15) 118 (15)
61 peter wild 123267 20:32 83 (24) 100 (24) 93 (19) 107 (23) 116 (20)
62 Groucho 95370 20:38 75 (21) 106 (16) 100 (17) 104 (19) 123 (14)
63 AnneGinger 98823 20:50 82 (21) 98 (20) 110 (14) 97 (17) 117 (17)
64 Big Mick 112531 20:50 84 (20) 97 (25) 101 (21) 92 (19) 133 (15)
65 Werm 61144 21:13 80 (10) 98 (13) 96 (15) 106 (12) 126 (8)
66 barracuda 122615 21:17 83 (23) 102 (21) 95 (21) 98 (20) 121 (21)
67 alanjcannon 118989 21:47 82 (23) 95 (22) 97 (19) 111 (17) 117 (20)
68 Helly Welly 74489 22:10 86 (13) 86 (15) 93 (13) 117 (14) 120 (11)
69 Kevin Gregg 111541 22:23 86 (20) 97 (17) 97 (20) 103 (19) 116 (17)
70 Zabadak 134463 22:38 80 (20) 104 (20) 94 (21) 102 (24) 114 (24)
71 zythum 144447 22:42 87 (23) 101 (23) 91 (21) 99 (24) 118 (25)
72 anthea 110885 23:06 98 (15) 98 (21) 100 (14) 100 (19) 101 (21)
73 Edprof 140121 23:35 83 (23) 102 (24) 108 (21) 96 (22) 112 (19)
74 PeterMabey 129144 24:27 83 (20) 93 (14) 91 (20) 104 (24) 123 (20)
75 Son of Smug 125025 24:30 75 (16) 98 (22) 97 (18) 112 (19) 110 (20)
76 benedick 96688 24:47 85 (14) 92 (12) 89 (20) 95 (12) 132 (17)
77 crosswordian 142304 24:57 91 (21) 96 (20) 95 (20) 101 (23) 114 (21)
78 KarenR 123506 25:24 79 (19) 94 (18) 112 (18) 101 (16) 112 (20)
79 Galspray 139477 25:32 65 (21) 100 (21) 80 (22) 96 (19) 167 (18)
80 Smiler 104683 26:26 86 (15) 90 (17) 99 (14) 97 (15) 127 (15)
81 me_phobete 135100 26:29 80 (18) 98 (21) 92 (15) 97 (19) 122 (22)
82 Chadwick 84676 26:37 81 (13) 104 (14) 105 (10) 94 (14) 118 (12)
83 leonora 138983 26:37 84 (20) 89 (20) 96 (16) 100 (19) 124 (22)
84 NAPASAI 93988 27:00 89 (13) 91 (11) 92 (15) 98 (13) 121 (16)
85 Julian West 130257 27:08 72 (21) 93 (17) 118 (14) 86 (20) 139 (18)
86 Bobb 91738 27:18 85 (11) 106 (13) 87 (13) 96 (14) 118 (15)
87 burrowz1b 115353 28:41 103 (14) 137 (14) 90 (13) 83 (15) 90 (21)
88 ccy23 114432 28:53 67 (12) 87 (17) 121 (16) 94 (16) 122 (15)
89 oldpalace 111777 29:06 102 (12) 99 (17) 96 (13) 104 (13) 97 (19)
90 Moles 85687 29:08 88 (9) 92 (11) 101 (10) 104 (15) 106 (14)
91 Barry Smith 131166 29:08 85 (18) 97 (18) 93 (14) 101 (16) 119 (19)
92 Manveru 78209 29:37 91 (15) 91 (14) 106 (9) 92 (8) 135 (8)
93 Ben Ganly 149748 30:26 68 (16) 78 (20) 64 (17) 195 (20) 78 (19)
94 dec 87424 31:00 117 (13) 98 (8) 91 (9) 86 (16) 107 (11)
95 Jefe 117532 31:35 85 (18) 89 (19) 89 (11) 128 (9) 124 (15)
96 Prytherch 141369 31:50 89 (14) 92 (19) 103 (13) 98 (18) 113 (20)
97 stockynige 67008 31:54 64 (7) 87 (10) 93 (8) 86 (10) 152 (10)
98 rjr520 44451 32:12 77 (6) 97 (6) 88 (6) 97 (8) 132 (7)
99 rosselliot 150928 32:40 98 (17) 87 (18) 95 (14) 99 (18) 115 (20)
100 Jeeves 140503 33:27 84 (13) 97 (17) 90 (14) 100 (19) 121 (17)
101 koro 155653 33:41 86 (18) 89 (17) 100 (15) 102 (19) 120 (18)
102 nekabue 135926 34:51 77 (16) 113 (17) 88 (15) 95 (11) 121 (16)
103 fudgiebates 115555 35:39 84 (14) 106 (15) 100 (10) 103 (11) 105 (14)
104 Glyndwr 139097 35:39 81 (19) 88 (13) 88 (11) 108 (15) 129 (17)
105 diogenes 92118 38:22 68 (11) 121 (11) 124 (9) 86 (12) 111 (7)
106 lesbunch 92326 39:27 76 (10) 92 (9) 71 (7) 75 (10) 152 (13)
107 1234 110818 40:09 77 (10) 106 (13) 91 (8) 93 (13) 122 (12)
108 cassandra 187012 40:28 91 (19) 93 (18) 105 (13) 101 (17) 108 (20)
109 JerryR 135534 41:04 75 (15) 98 (14) 96 (9) 103 (14) 129 (13)
110 ulaca 130178 41:43 78 (6) 92 (12) 90 (13) 99 (16) 120 (15)
111 Clovis 214092 58:29 47 (14) 49 (15) 119 (13) 125 (14) 159 (15)
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