Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for May 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 14940 03:42 100 (17) 99 (13) 98 (13) 100 (16) 100 (18)
2 Magoo 34558 05:52 78 (20) 100 (23) 104 (18) 101 (25) 113 (22)
3 mohn 28749 06:44 85 (17) 104 (18) 100 (16) 100 (15) 110 (15)
4 Jason 43100 07:11 87 (22) 108 (22) 103 (22) 92 (23) 109 (21)
5 Lettuceleaf 16961 07:14 86 (9) 96 (9) 94 (10) 108 (13) 113 (8)
6 Eamon Ryan 48386 07:36 82 (22) 98 (23) 107 (24) 108 (24) 101 (23)
7 auchiedollie 22305 08:38 88 (14) 110 (12) 108 (9) 93 (9) 105 (9)
8 Bogota Eagle 49942 08:40 82 (24) 102 (23) 103 (19) 107 (20) 106 (20)
9 aphis99 50161 09:11 80 (18) 107 (21) 106 (22) 90 (23) 114 (17)
10 verlaine 55381 09:49 72 (20) 96 (20) 101 (20) 103 (20) 120 (24)
11 richard 49293 10:08 88 (18) 102 (20) 91 (14) 101 (21) 113 (18)
12 alanconnor 29301 11:05 85 (13) 93 (10) 121 (13) 106 (11) 83 (7)
13 lickert 69784 11:30 82 (24) 108 (24) 104 (21) 100 (20) 105 (22)
14 Tom Stubbs 69114 11:52 83 (21) 88 (22) 106 (19) 98 (22) 121 (23)
15 tonysever 78822 11:56 83 (25) 102 (25) 100 (22) 103 (23) 110 (25)
16 Peter Fowler 71869 12:13 95 (21) 100 (21) 100 (23) 102 (20) 100 (23)
17 retiarius 29455 12:16 79 (10) 100 (15) 105 (10) 108 (8) 113 (7)
18 chindit 70205 12:19 85 (21) 97 (22) 96 (20) 95 (22) 125 (20)
19 Heyesey 59296 12:30 73 (19) 106 (17) 128 (18) 92 (20) 102 (15)
20 Quizimodo 80811 12:35 79 (22) 105 (24) 103 (23) 104 (23) 105 (25)
21 Ben Staveley 34216 12:57 76 (10) 102 (12) 105 (9) 109 (16) 100 (7)
22 trux 23424 13:00 82 (7) 100 (11) 86 (7) 108 (9) 122 (6)
23 Toffer 59976 13:19 79 (17) 97 (19) 109 (20) 91 (15) 123 (14)
24 AlanS 76503 13:25 81 (25) 101 (22) 108 (19) 90 (17) 119 (22)
25 Silva 81457 13:34 83 (23) 107 (23) 98 (17) 98 (25) 112 (22)
26 mchalen 88404 13:38 82 (25) 99 (22) 96 (25) 101 (22) 121 (24)
27 Topical Tim 73839 13:40 73 (23) 96 (20) 120 (17) 95 (19) 120 (21)
28 Stavros 63581 13:45 87 (18) 107 (16) 98 (22) 89 (15) 118 (16)
29 KenTurner 71031 13:45 94 (18) 99 (23) 105 (19) 103 (18) 97 (18)
30 mikegrocott 57352 13:51 80 (19) 104 (18) 113 (17) 87 (11) 114 (14)
31 Denis 93925 13:58 80 (25) 99 (22) 102 (24) 103 (26) 114 (25)
32 neilr 82895 14:05 81 (23) 103 (22) 104 (20) 94 (20) 115 (23)
33 jjp 44950 14:41 79 (18) 119 (11) 92 (7) 97 (12) 120 (13)
34 Tibthorpe 89033 14:59 80 (20) 104 (22) 111 (21) 94 (23) 107 (23)
35 phineus 60437 15:15 85 (14) 126 (16) 102 (16) 77 (14) 102 (16)
36 AndyOwl 101553 15:58 78 (22) 103 (25) 100 (23) 103 (22) 112 (24)
37 robinh 77807 16:00 83 (19) 103 (21) 103 (16) 107 (18) 101 (17)
38 earlylight 84002 16:16 97 (18) 103 (17) 92 (19) 98 (21) 107 (21)
39 Sue Sweeper 57796 16:19 79 (16) 102 (12) 98 (14) 105 (15) 122 (12)
40 sotira 61904 16:38 83 (18) 110 (19) 89 (8) 94 (11) 114 (16)
41 subbswamysg 46124 16:42 82 (12) 94 (12) 110 (10) 110 (11) 105 (11)
42 nesbitt 57165 16:42 84 (19) 107 (16) 119 (10) 96 (16) 115 (6)
43 rpb 77166 16:42 77 (17) 110 (21) 112 (16) 88 (18) 111 (15)
44 OliviaRhineb 100730 16:47 79 (23) 103 (23) 105 (22) 99 (20) 112 (22)
45 Margaretlarb 51353 17:07 97 (12) 98 (12) 109 (10) 114 (10) 88 (16)
46 RHB 63853 17:26 77 (16) 106 (14) 108 (12) 103 (17) 109 (12)
47 phthisis 104780 17:38 85 (21) 99 (22) 106 (21) 98 (24) 110 (21)
48 fshephe 97835 18:07 72 (20) 100 (18) 111 (22) 105 (21) 110 (19)
49 Bernard S 71462 18:19 87 (15) 99 (15) 103 (13) 103 (18) 106 (14)
50 andyt 104592 18:44 90 (21) 101 (20) 101 (18) 101 (22) 105 (22)
51 mark oshin 50867 18:50 80 (9) 93 (8) 106 (12) 104 (12) 105 (14)
52 pterodactyl 72057 19:22 76 (13) 89 (11) 111 (18) 98 (15) 115 (15)
53 David Crooks 118043 19:28 86 (25) 98 (22) 104 (22) 93 (23) 123 (19)
54 sampson 79942 19:35 88 (18) 94 (13) 105 (16) 106 (19) 104 (12)
55 Zabadak 99905 19:35 83 (20) 110 (18) 104 (16) 94 (22) 110 (19)
56 reindeer 94419 19:40 87 (18) 99 (18) 90 (17) 108 (19) 113 (18)
57 Kevin Gregg 53416 19:47 78 (12) 95 (11) 117 (14) 89 (10) 121 (8)
58 noidea 41671 19:50 77 (6) 94 (9) 94 (6) 89 (9) 117 (15)
59 GMcD 120799 20:07 82 (24) 99 (24) 113 (20) 93 (22) 116 (20)
60 David P 110753 20:44 81 (22) 100 (21) 93 (16) 106 (21) 118 (19)
61 peter wild 114480 20:44 77 (22) 99 (19) 111 (21) 101 (20) 111 (20)
62 AnneGinger 88785 20:50 83 (17) 104 (17) 109 (12) 99 (21) 107 (14)
63 MickinEly2 91820 20:57 96 (10) 99 (21) 104 (17) 95 (17) 102 (18)
64 Bobb 75489 21:41 83 (14) 105 (15) 94 (12) 99 (13) 115 (14)
65 Ben Ganly 87733 21:49 86 (18) 100 (14) 108 (16) 85 (14) 120 (15)
66 PeterMabey 100736 22:05 81 (19) 111 (17) 102 (19) 97 (18) 113 (13)
67 alanjcannon 85825 22:21 86 (18) 91 (19) 107 (11) 94 (12) 129 (14)
68 Edprof 94406 23:08 88 (12) 92 (17) 97 (16) 100 (16) 117 (17)
69 NJeagle 105564 23:09 77 (18) 103 (16) 116 (17) 95 (17) 107 (18)
70 barracuda 134986 23:11 75 (23) 103 (23) 112 (20) 93 (21) 118 (20)
71 zythum 147578 23:39 77 (20) 96 (24) 109 (21) 99 (25) 114 (24)
72 Groucho 81076 23:42 82 (15) 101 (16) 94 (10) 103 (13) 120 (13)
73 Julian West 82598 23:44 71 (13) 102 (13) 107 (15) 99 (16) 121 (11)
74 Big Mick 114046 24:22 78 (18) 108 (18) 96 (14) 102 (18) 111 (20)
75 frost 83807 24:30 71 (10) 118 (14) 87 (15) 98 (16) 120 (12)
76 Galspray 100685 24:40 72 (18) 115 (14) 93 (18) 110 (14) 120 (14)
77 Jefe 70211 25:26 78 (13) 89 (10) 122 (13) 102 (9) 105 (11)
78 Chadwick 70415 25:30 72 (12) 107 (13) 115 (9) 112 (10) 98 (12)
79 benedick 106494 25:43 77 (9) 98 (17) 117 (17) 91 (17) 102 (19)
80 Solver52 100691 26:13 84 (14) 99 (15) 102 (15) 94 (13) 114 (17)
81 me_phobete 113368 26:36 80 (20) 94 (19) 109 (11) 94 (14) 127 (17)
82 leonora 73565 26:39 77 (11) 107 (9) 102 (11) 98 (14) 115 (11)
83 Scoffer 43728 26:59 90 (6) 82 (9) 119 (8) 97 (7) 110 (7)
84 Son of Smug 113208 27:20 79 (14) 108 (20) 96 (16) 100 (15) 111 (14)
85 crosswordian 113696 27:27 84 (15) 107 (18) 102 (16) 101 (16) 100 (14)
86 Pwil3058 81298 27:39 76 (13) 102 (15) 107 (8) 118 (11) 100 (12)
87 oldpalace 80293 28:28 102 (6) 101 (12) 96 (12) 98 (10) 101 (17)
88 Bobchapman 94274 28:34 58 (12) 92 (16) 109 (11) 101 (10) 130 (16)
89 KarenR 115224 29:05 79 (18) 92 (17) 106 (14) 109 (14) 122 (13)
90 Prytherch 89263 29:45 83 (6) 103 (12) 100 (14) 96 (15) 106 (13)
91 stockynige 63756 30:21 82 (8) 100 (10) 82 (8) 114 (7) 113 (12)
92 Ron's mum 60218 30:24 81 (6) 105 (7) 84 (8) 101 (10) 112 (12)
93 rjr520 80268 31:06 69 (11) 107 (14) 84 (8) 110 (13) 133 (7)
94 diogenes 60637 31:34 73 (7) 87 (7) 94 (9) 108 (10) 124 (9)
95 MaxenEH 78857 32:03 70 (6) 99 (13) 116 (12) 94 (10) 100 (10)
96 Big Nug 76144 34:17 73 (6) 98 (10) 101 (8) 91 (11) 118 (12)
97 koro 110190 34:39 76 (8) 109 (13) 92 (14) 101 (11) 106 (17)
98 ulaca 75050 35:44 57 (7) 94 (10) 91 (8) 100 (7) 127 (13)
99 Jeeves 100636 38:07 69 (8) 99 (11) 97 (11) 99 (12) 121 (12)
100 cassandra 87689 39:29 90 (7) 102 (8) 96 (12) 99 (8) 106 (12)
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