Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for April 2016

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 Eylesie 11902 03:44 101 (13) 98 (12) 98 (11) 100 (13) 100 (14)
2 Magoo 33781 05:55 80 (19) 100 (23) 103 (15) 106 (25) 106 (23)
3 mohn 28664 06:43 84 (17) 106 (20) 100 (14) 104 (16) 103 (14)
4 Jason 42275 07:07 88 (22) 112 (20) 99 (22) 96 (24) 105 (21)
5 Lettuceleaf 25060 07:35 85 (12) 90 (12) 94 (14) 120 (16) 102 (11)
6 Eamon Ryan 51533 07:52 79 (22) 98 (24) 106 (24) 109 (24) 104 (25)
7 Bogota Eagle 46064 08:37 80 (21) 103 (21) 101 (18) 110 (20) 105 (19)
8 auchiedollie 21883 08:41 88 (13) 116 (12) 104 (8) 95 (10) 95 (9)
9 aphis99 47312 09:16 79 (17) 107 (19) 111 (22) 90 (21) 109 (16)
10 verlaine 50654 09:35 74 (19) 99 (18) 102 (20) 102 (19) 119 (22)
11 richard 49612 09:57 91 (20) 103 (22) 90 (13) 104 (20) 106 (18)
12 alanconnor 30517 11:18 82 (16) 103 (9) 114 (12) 103 (9) 107 (9)
13 lickert 69304 11:26 81 (24) 111 (24) 102 (19) 101 (21) 104 (23)
14 Tom Stubbs 70234 11:49 86 (22) 90 (23) 106 (19) 103 (22) 113 (23)
15 tonysever 77394 11:56 81 (25) 104 (24) 103 (20) 105 (23) 106 (26)
16 Heyesey 59276 12:20 74 (18) 108 (16) 129 (18) 93 (22) 96 (16)
17 retiarius 33481 12:24 83 (10) 99 (15) 101 (11) 111 (10) 103 (9)
18 Quizimodo 81237 12:25 82 (22) 103 (24) 105 (24) 106 (24) 100 (25)
19 Peter Fowler 75077 12:30 95 (20) 102 (24) 101 (24) 103 (22) 97 (20)
20 chindit 70972 12:35 84 (22) 100 (21) 96 (19) 101 (23) 118 (19)
21 Ben Staveley 34047 12:36 77 (12) 107 (13) 108 (9) 112 (13) 92 (8)
22 mchalen 81855 12:37 77 (25) 101 (20) 98 (25) 104 (24) 119 (24)
23 BoxBrownie 32470 12:53 88 (15) 102 (12) 102 (6) 101 (6) 109 (13)
24 AlanS 72763 12:54 82 (25) 101 (22) 105 (18) 101 (16) 111 (23)
25 trux 21161 13:03 86 (6) 103 (9) 83 (6) 105 (10) 111 (6)
26 Toffer 63839 13:28 81 (18) 102 (19) 105 (21) 96 (15) 113 (16)
27 Topical Tim 72941 13:30 78 (23) 101 (20) 115 (15) 99 (20) 112 (22)
28 Silva 81523 13:35 85 (23) 109 (24) 95 (16) 97 (24) 110 (23)
29 mikegrocott 55741 13:39 83 (19) 101 (16) 116 (17) 89 (12) 109 (14)
30 Stavros 64006 13:40 90 (21) 108 (15) 96 (19) 100 (15) 108 (18)
31 Denis 92740 13:40 80 (26) 100 (23) 100 (24) 106 (25) 112 (25)
32 neilr 82727 14:12 84 (23) 102 (22) 102 (18) 100 (21) 111 (23)
33 KenTurner 68349 14:14 94 (17) 98 (22) 103 (18) 104 (16) 99 (17)
34 aphasic 40387 14:19 94 (15) 107 (12) 98 (10) 99 (12) 102 (8)
35 jjp 44087 14:59 77 (15) 115 (11) 103 (8) 93 (11) 116 (14)
36 Tibthorpe 93068 15:12 80 (23) 105 (22) 113 (21) 100 (23) 101 (23)
37 phineus 75810 15:13 80 (18) 122 (19) 100 (19) 87 (18) 106 (19)
38 Sue Sweeper 54420 15:22 81 (15) 97 (11) 91 (15) 111 (16) 119 (12)
39 subbswamysg 49770 15:57 82 (12) 99 (12) 104 (12) 110 (14) 100 (12)
40 robinh 78299 16:06 86 (20) 99 (20) 104 (18) 110 (17) 101 (16)
41 AndyOwl 104829 16:19 77 (22) 103 (25) 101 (23) 104 (24) 111 (23)
42 rpb 73233 16:29 82 (17) 108 (20) 106 (15) 90 (17) 113 (15)
43 OliviaRhineb 99852 16:38 79 (22) 103 (23) 103 (22) 106 (22) 107 (21)
44 nesbitt 61086 16:41 86 (20) 109 (16) 108 (11) 100 (18) 106 (6)
45 RHB 64212 16:43 79 (15) 104 (16) 105 (13) 105 (17) 105 (13)
46 sotira 57260 16:44 86 (18) 111 (19) 88 (8) 97 (9) 110 (13)
47 earlylight 88918 17:02 96 (18) 104 (17) 87 (20) 103 (20) 107 (22)
48 Margaretlarb 47160 17:28 97 (10) 100 (11) 109 (9) 113 (9) 89 (16)
49 phthisis 103280 17:33 88 (21) 100 (23) 106 (19) 101 (24) 104 (21)
50 kath 28666 17:41 94 (10) 92 (8) 102 (6) 108 (7) 110 (6)
51 fshephe 95622 17:42 74 (21) 102 (18) 108 (21) 107 (21) 107 (19)
52 Bernard S 78873 18:15 88 (18) 96 (14) 101 (14) 105 (20) 108 (16)
53 mark oshin 50491 18:17 83 (11) 97 (9) 106 (11) 104 (9) 105 (16)
54 andyt 109094 18:21 91 (22) 100 (21) 99 (19) 103 (24) 104 (23)
55 pterodactyl 71572 19:14 80 (13) 96 (12) 105 (20) 99 (13) 112 (14)
56 sampson 82116 19:16 88 (19) 100 (12) 104 (16) 106 (20) 100 (14)
57 Zabadak 94943 19:17 84 (19) 109 (17) 101 (15) 98 (22) 107 (19)
58 David Crooks 116080 19:20 87 (24) 101 (22) 105 (21) 94 (24) 116 (19)
59 Kevin Gregg 58067 19:21 76 (13) 98 (10) 116 (15) 100 (11) 104 (11)
60 reindeer 92496 19:45 86 (18) 99 (18) 99 (17) 105 (18) 109 (17)
61 noidea 48925 19:53 78 (7) 102 (11) 99 (8) 91 (10) 111 (15)
62 GMcD 122781 20:15 85 (24) 100 (23) 110 (21) 94 (21) 110 (22)
63 AnneGinger 83042 20:21 84 (17) 105 (15) 110 (12) 102 (19) 100 (15)
64 peter wild 125971 20:23 79 (24) 102 (22) 108 (23) 103 (22) 106 (22)
65 David P 111227 20:49 86 (24) 102 (21) 92 (14) 108 (20) 110 (20)
66 Bobb 73777 20:50 84 (14) 103 (14) 92 (12) 111 (14) 106 (15)
67 MickinEly2 90968 21:03 97 (12) 100 (20) 105 (18) 97 (16) 97 (16)
68 alanjcannon 65892 21:32 88 (14) 90 (16) 106 (9) 92 (11) 130 (11)
69 Ben Ganly 84518 21:40 87 (15) 104 (14) 104 (17) 95 (14) 108 (15)
70 PeterMabey 99488 21:49 84 (18) 113 (17) 100 (17) 100 (19) 101 (15)
71 Groucho 69553 22:43 83 (14) 111 (13) 93 (11) 109 (11) 104 (12)
72 NJeagle 105051 22:44 79 (17) 102 (17) 111 (18) 98 (19) 107 (16)
73 Julian West 80618 22:46 76 (15) 103 (12) 112 (16) 90 (14) 120 (12)
74 Edprof 98487 22:47 87 (13) 91 (16) 97 (18) 106 (17) 112 (18)
75 barracuda 134682 23:37 77 (22) 101 (22) 112 (20) 95 (21) 114 (20)
76 Chadwick 52882 23:49 76 (12) 103 (10) 108 (7) 123 (7) 104 (11)
77 zythum 150713 23:55 78 (19) 101 (24) 102 (22) 102 (26) 109 (24)
78 Big Mick 118147 24:00 80 (20) 108 (19) 95 (16) 106 (17) 110 (20)
79 Bert Dove 43565 24:12 79 (11) 120 (9) 105 (6) 105 (8) 96 (6)
80 frost 87936 24:25 73 (12) 117 (14) 87 (15) 97 (15) 121 (14)
81 Galspray 100436 24:37 71 (19) 117 (13) 96 (20) 119 (14) 112 (12)
82 Jefe 81377 25:06 80 (15) 92 (11) 117 (14) 112 (11) 100 (13)
83 benedick 102480 25:07 77 (10) 105 (15) 107 (18) 94 (16) 103 (19)
84 me_phobete 110864 26:01 81 (18) 101 (18) 109 (12) 96 (17) 117 (16)
85 Solver52 104176 26:18 87 (13) 97 (16) 104 (16) 101 (14) 105 (17)
86 leonora 69777 26:25 81 (11) 114 (8) 102 (13) 93 (12) 114 (10)
87 Bobchapman 86347 26:39 56 (12) 107 (13) 110 (11) 111 (11) 110 (17)
88 Son of Smug 108357 26:57 79 (14) 110 (19) 95 (18) 104 (14) 108 (12)
89 tony13 60374 27:11 67 (8) 106 (15) 97 (11) 106 (6) 121 (7)
90 Mkgnao 39385 27:21 68 (6) 106 (7) 112 (6) 116 (8) 87 (7)
91 Pwil3058 101150 27:38 80 (16) 103 (17) 106 (10) 112 (13) 102 (15)
92 crosswordian 122107 27:52 82 (15) 106 (18) 101 (18) 108 (16) 97 (16)
93 Scoffer 36893 27:56 86 (7) 88 (6) 117 (7) 94 (6) 111 (6)
94 KarenR 106450 28:09 82 (16) 98 (17) 100 (15) 112 (12) 113 (13)
95 oldpalace 86847 28:22 105 (6) 102 (15) 96 (12) 98 (12) 100 (16)
96 Prytherch 81981 29:04 86 (8) 103 (11) 99 (12) 100 (13) 103 (13)
97 Moles 73605 29:12 82 (8) 105 (13) 99 (6) 103 (13) 100 (12)
98 stockynige 74308 29:29 75 (8) 100 (12) 88 (11) 117 (8) 112 (13)
99 rjr520 99523 30:43 72 (14) 108 (15) 90 (11) 109 (16) 127 (8)
100 koro 101634 35:17 75 (7) 106 (13) 97 (14) 102 (9) 105 (15)
101 Jeeves 90906 36:57 70 (6) 103 (14) 90 (9) 97 (12) 121 (10)
102 cassandra 85811 39:43 87 (6) 102 (9) 98 (12) 102 (9) 102 (10)
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