Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for December 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 31936 06:07 86 (18) 102 (19) 94 (16) 107 (24) 103 (20)
2 Eamon Ryan 43615 06:09 93 (26) 101 (25) 101 (25) 100 (26) 101 (26)
3 mohn 23255 06:27 86 (18) 111 (20) 88 (9) 98 (12) 111 (11)
4 Lettuceleaf 35226 06:40 98 (20) 98 (19) 105 (18) 96 (19) 102 (22)
5 Jason 45157 06:54 80 (24) 111 (24) 100 (24) 100 (24) 107 (23)
6 verlaine 53160 08:36 76 (25) 107 (26) 90 (20) 104 (26) 128 (16)
7 aphis99 61288 10:00 91 (22) 100 (21) 99 (25) 103 (22) 106 (22)
8 AlanS 50646 10:17 78 (20) 95 (19) 96 (17) 99 (18) 132 (18)
9 auchiedollie 52061 10:19 85 (22) 105 (22) 104 (19) 100 (19) 108 (12)
10 richard 40535 10:33 80 (16) 94 (8) 96 (14) 116 (16) 106 (20)
11 DaddyM 37691 11:01 89 (15) 96 (12) 102 (14) 109 (14) 101 (12)
12 tiggis 29497 11:42 96 (13) 111 (9) 97 (9) 96 (15) 103 (6)
13 chindit 73940 11:50 80 (24) 104 (24) 96 (20) 108 (22) 110 (24)
14 lickert 78177 11:57 77 (26) 112 (24) 96 (21) 99 (24) 115 (24)
15 glheard 72464 12:11 81 (22) 104 (24) 98 (23) 103 (23) 117 (17)
16 Tom Stubbs 83549 12:19 82 (25) 116 (26) 97 (23) 90 (24) 111 (25)
17 Topical Tim 66449 13:20 71 (21) 123 (19) 101 (17) 95 (18) 112 (18)
18 Silva 80638 13:26 82 (23) 108 (23) 96 (22) 105 (24) 108 (18)
19 neilr 92919 13:35 83 (25) 101 (26) 98 (23) 104 (25) 111 (25)
20 Stavros 87240 14:06 81 (24) 110 (25) 92 (19) 103 (22) 110 (23)
21 keriothe_ 93374 14:24 75 (25) 108 (22) 106 (21) 102 (24) 108 (26)
22 Tibthorpe 98211 14:29 78 (25) 95 (25) 106 (25) 102 (24) 117 (24)
23 mchalen 84565 14:31 81 (22) 106 (22) 96 (20) 104 (21) 110 (22)
24 fshephe 108642 15:12 85 (26) 102 (26) 105 (26) 107 (25) 99 (26)
25 Sue Sweeper 64124 15:16 75 (18) 113 (18) 87 (15) 88 (16) 145 (13)
26 BoxBrownie 53590 15:23 81 (16) 117 (13) 96 (15) 97 (11) 113 (13)
27 earlylight 50520 15:35 91 (15) 103 (14) 94 (12) 87 (10) 120 (13)
28 phthisis 60031 15:37 88 (15) 97 (14) 95 (16) 104 (16) 115 (13)
29 mikegrocott 79016 15:40 89 (19) 106 (17) 101 (19) 93 (19) 109 (20)
30 SimonAnthony 91501 15:43 78 (19) 91 (24) 112 (20) 82 (21) 131 (23)
31 AndyOwl 70342 15:50 86 (18) 96 (18) 114 (14) 87 (17) 119 (17)
32 ChuckB 101179 16:31 81 (23) 101 (19) 99 (24) 104 (24) 113 (22)
33 sotira 87579 16:58 79 (21) 108 (19) 97 (14) 103 (19) 110 (23)
34 Groucho 88858 17:13 84 (24) 115 (20) 97 (18) 105 (21) 100 (13)
35 noidea 97421 17:16 84 (23) 103 (16) 102 (21) 101 (24) 110 (20)
36 robinh 108525 17:54 77 (21) 104 (23) 108 (23) 104 (23) 103 (21)
37 OliviaRhineb 119681 18:08 78 (23) 103 (25) 100 (24) 101 (25) 114 (23)
38 Ron's mum 87295 18:25 67 (21) 104 (16) 102 (18) 82 (15) 143 (19)
39 Spanna 54541 18:33 87 (11) 99 (11) 102 (14) 103 (13) 105 (10)
40 Big Mick 105706 19:21 84 (24) 104 (23) 96 (18) 104 (21) 115 (15)
41 GMcD 131154 19:31 80 (24) 111 (25) 96 (24) 100 (25) 110 (24)
42 MickinEly2 57432 19:32 92 (12) 99 (9) 93 (11) 105 (14) 105 (13)
43 David P 115210 19:35 86 (24) 102 (19) 91 (17) 97 (25) 120 (23)
44 David Crooks 125950 19:48 84 (24) 106 (24) 98 (24) 97 (21) 113 (23)
45 kath 58354 19:50 95 (15) 93 (11) 106 (15) 98 (10) 107 (8)
46 reindeer 140642 19:51 82 (26) 104 (25) 98 (26) 102 (26) 112 (25)
47 sampson 106468 19:56 88 (22) 104 (20) 98 (19) 101 (22) 109 (16)
48 pterodactyl 71145 20:26 83 (13) 113 (14) 104 (14) 87 (15) 112 (12)
49 John Arnold 68008 20:36 91 (17) 104 (14) 99 (11) 94 (13) 117 (10)
50 Zabadak 120801 21:53 78 (19) 109 (23) 88 (21) 104 (18) 116 (21)
51 barracuda 147308 22:19 79 (24) 97 (24) 107 (24) 100 (24) 115 (24)
52 Galspray 38687 23:01 77 (8) 123 (8) 94 (8) 87 (8) 125 (6)
53 Kevin Gregg 127443 23:05 84 (24) 96 (19) 109 (18) 101 (24) 114 (17)
54 Bert Dove 61274 23:12 92 (18) 112 (8) 89 (9) 109 (13) 105 (6)
55 xmogg 74554 24:21 98 (13) 108 (13) 92 (13) 95 (11) 104 (11)
56 benedick 96663 24:24 77 (15) 100 (16) 94 (13) 100 (16) 124 (16)
57 KarenR 78482 24:40 78 (14) 123 (13) 108 (13) 96 (13) 93 (10)
58 zythum 144370 25:03 82 (23) 108 (22) 101 (21) 98 (22) 111 (18)
59 crosswordian 160565 25:29 87 (25) 107 (25) 99 (24) 95 (19) 109 (22)
60 Solver52 151920 26:22 87 (22) 104 (21) 102 (23) 101 (19) 104 (21)
61 Edprof 130731 26:34 74 (18) 95 (19) 115 (17) 97 (18) 115 (20)
62 Chadwick 175842 28:10 81 (24) 110 (22) 98 (24) 101 (23) 110 (21)
63 NAPASAI 91995 28:23 82 (13) 94 (15) 96 (13) 98 (11) 131 (12)
64 Manveru 121863 29:00 80 (17) 105 (18) 117 (13) 88 (12) 107 (20)
65 FelicityTT 90727 31:30 86 (12) 120 (10) 92 (13) 100 (12) 105 (11)
66 dec 126154 31:51 90 (14) 101 (16) 105 (15) 109 (15) 92 (16)
67 rosselliot 192755 32:07 85 (22) 103 (20) 100 (22) 101 (23) 108 (23)
68 Prytherch 40771 32:21 82 (6) 93 (6) 102 (6) 97 (6) 119 (7)
69 nekabue 193135 32:50 81 (25) 99 (23) 112 (25) 90 (20) 124 (15)
70 koro 206670 33:07 83 (24) 105 (23) 102 (20) 107 (23) 102 (24)
71 Jeeves 131692 33:46 79 (13) 105 (17) 94 (16) 101 (15) 118 (14)
72 Mkgnao 186836 34:35 83 (20) 107 (20) 107 (20) 83 (20) 117 (20)
73 Glyndwr 203592 36:29 87 (25) 102 (19) 98 (19) 103 (22) 112 (18)
74 Big Nug 213516 37:27 84 (22) 114 (22) 103 (21) 90 (20) 107 (20)
75 cassandra 258812 37:30 95 (26) 100 (25) 99 (25) 100 (24) 104 (25)
76 Jefe 143177 37:52 71 (15) 96 (15) 79 (11) 105 (16) 138 (16)
77 fudgiebates 157978 38:43 78 (10) 114 (18) 84 (15) 104 (16) 104 (19)
78 1234 211744 38:46 70 (19) 111 (22) 110 (22) 99 (21) 104 (17)
79 JohnDun 242043 39:56 74 (18) 94 (23) 104 (23) 99 (24) 121 (23)
80 ulaca 249489 42:00 73 (13) 119 (22) 96 (24) 99 (25) 99 (25)
81 diogenes 185598 42:22 59 (18) 203 (14) 81 (16) 92 (17) 86 (18)
82 JerryR 291565 47:10 82 (23) 111 (22) 99 (23) 95 (23) 112 (22)
83 Clovis 319326 60:28 38 (20) 88 (20) 186 (18) 63 (20) 132 (20)
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