Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for November 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 29954 05:56 82 (17) 109 (18) 96 (17) 103 (24) 104 (18)
2 Eamon Ryan 44066 06:13 94 (26) 104 (26) 98 (24) 99 (26) 102 (26)
3 mohn 18403 06:40 85 (14) 113 (17) 87 (8) 99 (9) 109 (8)
4 Lettuceleaf 36285 06:52 95 (22) 97 (18) 105 (17) 99 (19) 102 (22)
5 Jason 46136 07:03 80 (24) 111 (24) 95 (24) 101 (24) 110 (23)
6 verlaine 51433 08:44 74 (24) 108 (25) 89 (20) 104 (24) 135 (15)
7 aphis99 58393 10:01 86 (21) 103 (21) 90 (23) 109 (20) 110 (22)
8 auchiedollie 53492 10:14 85 (22) 107 (21) 98 (19) 104 (21) 108 (14)
9 AlanS 67162 10:27 80 (25) 98 (24) 92 (22) 97 (23) 132 (23)
10 richard 46182 10:41 79 (18) 97 (12) 97 (16) 108 (18) 115 (18)
11 tiggis 24814 11:10 95 (12) 105 (7) 101 (7) 99 (13) 102 (8)
12 tonysever 23623 11:14 82 (9) 107 (9) 92 (9) 102 (9) 115 (9)
13 Peter Fowler 20491 11:23 100 (10) 100 (10) 94 (8) 105 (6) 99 (6)
14 DaddyM 48666 11:25 91 (17) 102 (17) 94 (17) 110 (15) 103 (15)
15 chindit 77856 11:41 78 (25) 104 (24) 92 (22) 110 (25) 113 (25)
16 lickert 78370 11:52 74 (26) 108 (25) 93 (21) 102 (26) 124 (22)
17 glheard 69366 12:02 82 (22) 106 (24) 94 (23) 104 (21) 118 (16)
18 trux 27067 12:11 80 (11) 118 (10) 92 (12) 112 (8) 107 (6)
19 Tom Stubbs 81581 12:14 83 (26) 112 (26) 98 (22) 98 (23) 108 (24)
20 Topical Tim 65452 13:18 72 (21) 111 (20) 96 (15) 103 (18) 119 (18)
21 Silva 82389 13:43 80 (23) 109 (24) 91 (21) 108 (24) 109 (18)
22 neilr 93360 13:46 82 (25) 101 (26) 97 (22) 106 (25) 111 (25)
23 Stavros 86059 13:55 82 (23) 112 (25) 86 (19) 103 (23) 111 (23)
24 Toffer 24475 14:03 70 (8) 108 (9) 99 (8) 118 (8) 102 (6)
25 mchalen 95016 14:23 79 (23) 110 (25) 95 (23) 104 (25) 109 (24)
26 keriothe_ 91800 14:26 70 (25) 108 (23) 103 (19) 113 (23) 106 (26)
27 Tibthorpe 95471 14:35 79 (24) 94 (24) 99 (25) 103 (23) 125 (23)
28 Sue Sweeper 60300 15:00 76 (19) 101 (18) 88 (15) 98 (13) 153 (12)
29 earlylight 53691 15:10 93 (17) 103 (15) 91 (12) 91 (10) 115 (15)
30 fshephe 107992 15:15 82 (26) 103 (26) 101 (25) 109 (25) 102 (26)
31 mikegrocott 76270 15:18 90 (18) 103 (19) 97 (18) 97 (18) 109 (20)
32 BoxBrownie 36959 15:23 78 (11) 115 (10) 90 (11) 103 (9) 118 (9)
33 SimonAnthony 82333 15:35 77 (18) 86 (21) 100 (17) 90 (19) 136 (23)
34 phthisis 78493 15:57 89 (18) 99 (18) 92 (20) 101 (19) 119 (17)
35 AndyOwl 65417 16:02 87 (16) 93 (16) 113 (14) 88 (16) 119 (16)
36 RHB 26390 16:17 86 (9) 112 (7) 87 (6) 94 (8) 122 (7)
37 rpb 26689 16:28 77 (9) 113 (7) 111 (7) 94 (7) 111 (7)
38 ChuckB 104169 16:41 79 (24) 102 (22) 97 (23) 106 (24) 116 (21)
39 sotira 98767 17:08 77 (22) 103 (21) 96 (18) 104 (22) 116 (23)
40 Groucho 90255 17:29 81 (23) 116 (20) 94 (18) 110 (21) 98 (14)
41 noidea 91618 17:33 83 (21) 105 (16) 95 (19) 105 (23) 113 (18)
42 OliviaRhineb 114997 17:35 78 (24) 101 (26) 97 (23) 106 (25) 118 (21)
43 Ron's mum 100005 17:43 68 (24) 122 (21) 102 (20) 80 (18) 128 (21)
44 robinh 107616 17:45 79 (21) 102 (24) 102 (22) 106 (23) 107 (21)
45 Spanna 45649 18:33 85 (11) 102 (13) 98 (10) 111 (11) 102 (6)
46 kath 57820 18:53 92 (17) 94 (11) 107 (15) 96 (9) 112 (9)
47 John Arnold 60452 19:22 90 (19) 102 (13) 101 (9) 96 (11) 118 (10)
48 David Crooks 122384 19:25 87 (24) 103 (24) 93 (24) 100 (21) 117 (22)
49 sampson 100131 19:38 88 (22) 104 (19) 97 (18) 102 (20) 110 (16)
50 pterodactyl 65111 19:43 86 (15) 104 (13) 98 (13) 101 (15) 117 (9)
51 David P 120010 19:48 82 (26) 102 (19) 93 (16) 98 (25) 121 (25)
52 reindeer 130132 19:53 88 (24) 99 (23) 98 (24) 104 (25) 109 (23)
53 Big Mick 113659 19:56 79 (24) 105 (25) 92 (19) 107 (22) 122 (15)
54 MickinEly2 65095 20:05 91 (14) 103 (12) 95 (12) 105 (15) 104 (11)
55 peter wild 45017 20:16 82 (10) 106 (10) 98 (9) 103 (9) 109 (9)
56 GMcD 137455 20:16 78 (25) 119 (25) 86 (24) 103 (25) 111 (24)
57 anthea 42675 20:55 99 (10) 97 (9) 103 (8) 103 (8) 97 (9)
58 alanjcannon 43840 22:08 100 (10) 90 (9) 100 (9) 109 (8) 101 (7)
59 Kevin Gregg 126959 22:16 81 (24) 95 (21) 104 (19) 105 (24) 118 (17)
60 PeterMabey 45499 22:18 80 (10) 101 (8) 90 (9) 112 (9) 121 (8)
61 barracuda 145144 22:23 80 (24) 96 (23) 103 (23) 103 (24) 117 (24)
62 Bert Dove 66088 22:56 90 (18) 113 (8) 96 (13) 106 (12) 107 (7)
63 Galspray 72415 23:12 72 (13) 116 (13) 94 (12) 93 (13) 128 (11)
64 Zabadak 130628 23:39 78 (20) 104 (23) 84 (20) 112 (18) 119 (21)
65 xmogg 66333 24:02 96 (13) 109 (13) 93 (11) 95 (10) 102 (9)
66 benedick 92883 24:11 75 (15) 95 (14) 88 (14) 107 (15) 130 (16)
67 KarenR 93307 24:17 83 (17) 115 (15) 104 (16) 97 (15) 100 (11)
68 zythum 139968 24:33 81 (22) 105 (22) 99 (20) 105 (22) 110 (19)
69 crosswordian 154116 25:25 90 (25) 104 (24) 95 (23) 99 (18) 112 (21)
70 leonora 56610 25:30 84 (10) 106 (10) 90 (9) 106 (9) 113 (9)
71 Edprof 122107 25:45 74 (18) 99 (19) 100 (17) 103 (17) 122 (18)
72 Solver52 133610 26:11 85 (21) 105 (20) 98 (19) 105 (17) 106 (18)
73 Barry Smith 59227 26:40 95 (10) 99 (9) 87 (10) 105 (9) 114 (9)
74 me_phobete 47609 28:20 85 (8) 101 (8) 81 (7) 105 (7) 124 (8)
75 Chadwick 160819 28:30 78 (23) 113 (20) 93 (21) 105 (20) 113 (20)
76 NAPASAI 113325 29:30 80 (14) 89 (18) 94 (13) 100 (14) 135 (15)
77 stockynige 64754 29:58 79 (10) 89 (10) 90 (9) 115 (6) 127 (11)
78 Manveru 133716 30:06 81 (19) 99 (20) 112 (15) 94 (10) 111 (20)
79 burrowz1b 49318 30:26 100 (8) 134 (9) 84 (6) 65 (6) 91 (8)
80 Prytherch 75340 31:23 85 (10) 93 (10) 104 (9) 98 (10) 116 (11)
81 dec 134518 31:34 94 (17) 105 (15) 100 (15) 107 (17) 92 (17)
82 FelicityTT 86549 32:03 82 (11) 110 (9) 92 (12) 103 (12) 112 (11)
83 rosselliot 195165 32:12 91 (22) 96 (21) 99 (22) 106 (23) 105 (23)
84 nekabue 187975 32:38 79 (24) 107 (23) 102 (25) 93 (19) 125 (15)
85 koro 195710 32:56 81 (23) 104 (22) 103 (18) 107 (22) 104 (24)
86 Jeeves 153439 34:05 76 (15) 97 (18) 93 (18) 111 (17) 118 (17)
87 Mkgnao 140890 35:02 81 (15) 98 (15) 107 (15) 90 (16) 121 (16)
88 Glyndwr 201916 35:48 86 (25) 94 (20) 89 (18) 110 (22) 121 (19)
89 Big Nug 151881 36:09 79 (17) 113 (17) 96 (16) 98 (15) 113 (15)
90 Jefe 154697 37:54 74 (16) 98 (17) 71 (12) 94 (15) 145 (18)
91 fudgiebates 170569 38:24 72 (12) 118 (20) 79 (15) 111 (16) 103 (21)
92 cassandra 262961 38:26 95 (26) 99 (25) 99 (24) 100 (24) 105 (25)
93 1234 213962 39:37 69 (19) 108 (22) 109 (20) 101 (22) 107 (17)
94 ulaca 215164 41:13 72 (12) 108 (20) 89 (21) 107 (22) 107 (22)
95 JohnDun 252586 41:16 74 (17) 98 (24) 92 (24) 104 (25) 123 (22)
96 JerryR 274348 45:43 80 (22) 107 (21) 95 (22) 102 (23) 113 (22)
97 diogenes 230607 48:02 53 (19) 177 (16) 106 (18) 92 (20) 82 (17)
98 Ben Ganly 91626 56:33 34 (7) 45 (8) 59 (8) 341 (7) 38 (7)
99 Clovis 379254 67:58 34 (22) 59 (21) 160 (19) 93 (21) 164 (20)
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