Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for August 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 29235 06:05 81 (17) 101 (20) 104 (16) 100 (20) 111 (17)
2 Eamon Ryan 44307 06:32 94 (24) 100 (25) 101 (22) 96 (26) 106 (26)
3 Lettuceleaf 33020 06:52 91 (21) 94 (17) 109 (14) 105 (19) 101 (19)
4 Jason 49476 07:14 78 (23) 105 (25) 98 (26) 94 (25) 120 (25)
5 DaddyM 41590 08:21 91 (19) 103 (22) 93 (19) 115 (16) 98 (17)
6 Bogota Eagle 18879 08:44 79 (6) 97 (9) 91 (10) 98 (11) 122 (10)
7 verlaine 55444 09:14 77 (23) 98 (25) 96 (21) 98 (21) 132 (20)
8 auchiedollie 56030 10:09 87 (23) 98 (22) 110 (20) 99 (23) 108 (14)
9 aphis99 62218 10:22 82 (21) 97 (25) 95 (22) 109 (19) 114 (23)
10 AlanS 67368 10:35 83 (25) 97 (23) 96 (22) 94 (21) 126 (25)
11 richard 56890 10:39 81 (20) 98 (22) 104 (16) 101 (21) 114 (20)
12 Tom Stubbs 78368 11:46 87 (26) 96 (26) 98 (23) 96 (24) 124 (22)
13 glheard 50394 11:49 84 (19) 110 (18) 103 (16) 91 (17) 117 (11)
14 alanconnor 35563 12:05 68 (12) 99 (12) 103 (13) 92 (11) 138 (11)
15 lickert 75791 12:08 81 (23) 98 (24) 98 (21) 92 (23) 129 (23)
16 tonysever 68687 12:10 84 (20) 112 (21) 97 (22) 89 (20) 115 (21)
17 chindit 86563 12:19 81 (25) 96 (25) 102 (25) 101 (26) 117 (26)
18 Heyesey 31895 12:21 94 (13) 97 (8) 99 (13) 87 (7) 114 (12)
19 Denis 26931 13:12 84 (8) 90 (10) 103 (7) 95 (9) 121 (10)
20 Topical Tim 83729 13:17 74 (24) 98 (25) 107 (20) 97 (23) 124 (23)
21 aphasic 40075 13:21 87 (14) 103 (10) 104 (12) 98 (15) 114 (9)
22 keriothe_ 70538 13:59 82 (23) 100 (19) 101 (18) 109 (17) 113 (17)
23 Silva 83343 14:01 81 (23) 101 (25) 97 (20) 109 (22) 112 (19)
24 neilr 97960 14:19 84 (25) 100 (25) 98 (23) 99 (25) 116 (26)
25 Stavros 93623 14:34 82 (21) 109 (26) 91 (22) 99 (24) 113 (24)
26 mchalen 101018 14:46 81 (24) 99 (26) 103 (23) 100 (25) 113 (26)
27 mikegrocott 63920 14:47 92 (15) 97 (15) 95 (15) 98 (17) 111 (20)
28 jjp 62910 15:11 90 (18) 94 (18) 105 (14) 100 (16) 116 (13)
29 Tibthorpe 95108 15:14 78 (23) 91 (23) 105 (20) 90 (23) 131 (25)
30 Toffer 76349 15:19 82 (19) 93 (20) 104 (18) 101 (18) 120 (18)
31 fshephe 102348 15:30 87 (23) 97 (25) 101 (22) 100 (24) 111 (26)
32 earlylight 53067 15:31 92 (15) 99 (14) 110 (10) 94 (12) 104 (16)
33 Sue Sweeper 66178 15:32 87 (18) 85 (19) 97 (15) 100 (14) 135 (15)
34 SimonAnthony 58292 15:55 78 (13) 82 (15) 89 (12) 94 (14) 141 (17)
35 phthisis 75253 16:17 82 (16) 98 (18) 100 (18) 105 (17) 112 (18)
36 Margaretlarb 34361 16:21 93 (9) 98 (10) 98 (9) 96 (8) 112 (9)
37 sotira 103174 16:41 80 (23) 95 (24) 100 (20) 104 (23) 120 (23)
38 robinh 89950 16:50 82 (20) 98 (21) 103 (17) 104 (22) 111 (19)
39 OliviaRhineb 107600 16:55 81 (25) 98 (26) 99 (20) 105 (24) 118 (21)
40 RHB 76167 17:23 84 (17) 98 (17) 99 (17) 90 (15) 125 (17)
41 nesbitt 66769 17:39 79 (16) 94 (19) 110 (15) 103 (12) 124 (11)
42 ChuckB 113403 17:39 79 (24) 92 (25) 103 (21) 111 (25) 114 (22)
43 Carol 66610 18:11 87 (17) 105 (17) 105 (11) 87 (13) 117 (13)
44 kath 47147 18:16 97 (19) 99 (11) 106 (9) 91 (8) 113 (6)
45 Bernard S 75731 18:17 84 (17) 101 (18) 78 (10) 104 (18) 122 (16)
46 rpb 87555 18:28 74 (20) 101 (19) 102 (16) 93 (16) 129 (18)
47 Groucho 92620 18:35 78 (22) 103 (18) 99 (17) 105 (20) 120 (16)
48 pterodactyl 72556 18:36 91 (18) 92 (17) 100 (11) 98 (17) 125 (12)
49 noidea 92824 18:38 86 (19) 94 (18) 91 (16) 101 (21) 123 (19)
50 mark oshin 54209 18:49 72 (14) 100 (11) 96 (9) 109 (12) 125 (12)
51 Ron's mum 106207 19:02 71 (22) 101 (21) 95 (20) 85 (20) 147 (20)
52 David Crooks 114017 19:23 87 (22) 97 (22) 95 (22) 101 (20) 117 (22)
53 sampson 84037 19:27 92 (18) 95 (16) 95 (14) 96 (18) 119 (16)
54 reindeer 111065 19:54 86 (20) 95 (22) 103 (19) 101 (22) 113 (20)
55 John Arnold 72537 20:08 89 (21) 95 (15) 119 (12) 90 (10) 113 (12)
56 David P 114802 20:08 84 (23) 95 (17) 97 (16) 95 (24) 122 (25)
57 Big Mick 110690 20:29 80 (23) 96 (25) 101 (20) 100 (17) 133 (15)
58 MickinEly2 38135 20:30 90 (8) 100 (10) 89 (7) 109 (9) 106 (7)
59 peter wild 106391 20:37 83 (21) 100 (21) 100 (17) 101 (19) 116 (18)
60 GMcD 132564 20:38 75 (24) 110 (24) 84 (21) 100 (24) 128 (24)
61 AnneGinger 84596 20:44 82 (19) 95 (17) 108 (15) 104 (15) 119 (12)
62 anthea 104411 21:13 100 (18) 97 (19) 100 (16) 103 (19) 98 (20)
63 Helly Welly 44782 21:19 89 (9) 91 (10) 103 (7) 87 (11) 139 (8)
64 barracuda 136478 21:39 80 (26) 96 (22) 100 (23) 100 (22) 125 (22)
65 alanjcannon 112871 22:07 89 (22) 91 (21) 102 (18) 105 (18) 118 (16)
66 Kevin Gregg 126902 22:44 85 (22) 96 (21) 98 (19) 103 (21) 118 (20)
67 Zabadak 115403 22:53 78 (19) 102 (18) 97 (19) 105 (19) 116 (19)
68 zythum 142472 23:16 84 (23) 94 (21) 94 (20) 103 (24) 121 (24)
69 PeterMabey 122051 24:12 81 (20) 96 (15) 95 (21) 103 (21) 126 (17)
70 Edprof 141359 24:32 77 (23) 96 (22) 109 (19) 97 (22) 124 (20)
71 Son of Smug 91344 24:57 71 (12) 97 (16) 103 (14) 112 (15) 108 (14)
72 crosswordian 148234 24:57 89 (24) 96 (22) 97 (22) 98 (19) 118 (22)
73 benedick 100154 25:17 80 (15) 86 (13) 86 (17) 96 (14) 142 (17)
74 Galspray 162379 25:31 70 (24) 101 (24) 84 (24) 99 (22) 148 (22)
75 KarenR 121873 25:42 79 (19) 98 (19) 115 (20) 95 (16) 112 (15)
76 leonora 136315 26:43 86 (20) 89 (20) 97 (16) 102 (19) 124 (20)
77 Chadwick 101813 26:56 85 (16) 98 (17) 98 (12) 95 (14) 124 (14)
78 Smiler 111626 26:57 84 (18) 96 (18) 102 (14) 100 (16) 123 (13)
79 Solver52 77780 27:34 95 (15) 104 (13) 92 (11) 102 (10) 109 (8)
80 Julian West 153966 27:35 74 (22) 87 (20) 115 (19) 85 (20) 136 (22)
81 Barry Smith 127253 28:16 88 (19) 98 (17) 91 (17) 102 (15) 120 (17)
82 me_phobete 130319 28:34 83 (17) 96 (18) 91 (15) 95 (17) 128 (19)
83 Bobb 85527 29:05 81 (10) 108 (13) 86 (10) 100 (13) 114 (13)
84 Moles 90906 29:08 87 (11) 96 (12) 103 (11) 101 (15) 108 (13)
85 ccy23 115449 29:09 68 (12) 81 (16) 129 (16) 94 (16) 117 (16)
86 NAPASAI 118698 29:31 86 (14) 84 (17) 98 (14) 94 (14) 129 (18)
87 oldpalace 98752 29:55 106 (14) 103 (14) 93 (12) 97 (10) 97 (15)
88 Manveru 97871 30:12 88 (15) 92 (17) 113 (11) 88 (8) 119 (13)
89 burrowz1b 129268 30:46 113 (17) 133 (17) 82 (14) 72 (13) 88 (19)
90 Prytherch 164695 31:55 88 (18) 90 (19) 102 (17) 98 (19) 115 (23)
91 stockynige 65788 32:14 80 (8) 86 (11) 89 (7) 81 (7) 141 (11)
92 rosselliot 181043 32:47 96 (20) 91 (22) 95 (17) 98 (20) 115 (23)
93 dec 114774 32:58 116 (13) 98 (12) 91 (12) 93 (18) 101 (13)
94 koro 179305 33:34 88 (20) 94 (20) 100 (16) 103 (20) 112 (23)
95 Jeeves 170073 33:44 79 (17) 93 (20) 97 (14) 105 (21) 118 (22)
96 Jefe 154534 35:16 83 (19) 84 (20) 80 (15) 111 (13) 149 (16)
97 Glyndwr 183956 36:29 82 (24) 93 (20) 94 (14) 104 (16) 128 (20)
98 nekabue 186587 36:35 67 (22) 106 (21) 113 (21) 89 (14) 125 (17)
99 fudgiebates 167094 38:40 76 (16) 103 (20) 93 (13) 99 (17) 124 (16)
100 Ben Ganly 164740 39:13 57 (14) 84 (18) 69 (13) 205 (18) 59 (17)
101 1234 174063 40:17 72 (16) 104 (19) 97 (14) 100 (18) 125 (15)
102 lesbunch 102655 40:44 66 (13) 84 (9) 86 (7) 90 (11) 162 (12)
103 cassandra 239571 41:09 93 (24) 97 (21) 101 (18) 98 (20) 108 (24)
104 JerryR 205295 41:13 79 (21) 105 (19) 97 (15) 98 (19) 121 (19)
105 ulaca 182866 41:45 62 (10) 102 (18) 90 (17) 111 (18) 113 (20)
106 diogenes 197232 58:42 45 (14) 200 (14) 95 (14) 81 (14) 67 (10)
107 Clovis 359837 71:23 35 (20) 46 (20) 154 (17) 97 (18) 178 (19)
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