Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for January 2018

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 33322 06:02 90 (19) 98 (20) 90 (16) 108 (25) 106 (22)
2 Eamon Ryan 42764 06:02 93 (26) 101 (25) 104 (25) 101 (26) 98 (26)
3 mohn 24324 06:20 87 (18) 108 (20) 88 (10) 98 (14) 115 (12)
4 Lettuceleaf 34221 06:37 103 (20) 96 (19) 102 (17) 97 (19) 100 (21)
5 Jason 43677 06:44 85 (23) 107 (24) 101 (24) 101 (24) 102 (23)
6 verlaine 52238 08:32 80 (25) 106 (26) 85 (19) 102 (26) 133 (16)
7 aphis99 60578 09:48 98 (22) 96 (21) 100 (25) 100 (23) 104 (22)
8 DaddyM 36209 10:13 93 (13) 93 (13) 102 (15) 106 (15) 102 (13)
9 richard 34630 10:18 89 (15) 84 (6) 91 (13) 114 (15) 107 (17)
10 AlanS 39783 10:21 79 (16) 93 (15) 89 (13) 102 (15) 135 (15)
11 auchiedollie 43465 10:29 86 (19) 105 (20) 103 (16) 101 (15) 107 (9)
12 chindit 71316 11:32 85 (24) 101 (24) 96 (19) 104 (22) 110 (24)
13 lickert 76812 11:44 80 (26) 110 (24) 95 (21) 101 (24) 113 (24)
14 tiggis 29384 11:56 98 (12) 111 (11) 94 (9) 90 (13) 113 (6)
15 glheard 70685 12:08 86 (20) 102 (24) 96 (23) 101 (23) 114 (17)
16 Tom Stubbs 83282 12:17 84 (25) 112 (26) 100 (23) 92 (24) 108 (25)
17 Topical Tim 63746 12:29 73 (21) 119 (19) 104 (17) 100 (19) 106 (19)
18 Stavros 82113 13:25 85 (24) 104 (25) 97 (18) 100 (22) 110 (23)
19 Silva 82059 13:32 80 (21) 104 (23) 98 (23) 105 (25) 111 (19)
20 neilr 91979 13:33 86 (25) 100 (26) 98 (23) 104 (25) 111 (24)
21 keriothe_ 97105 14:19 82 (25) 101 (24) 108 (23) 99 (25) 107 (26)
22 Tibthorpe 98367 14:22 80 (25) 94 (26) 109 (25) 103 (24) 112 (24)
23 mchalen 75780 14:41 85 (20) 107 (20) 94 (18) 104 (19) 106 (19)
24 Ron's mum 67630 15:01 82 (20) 121 (17) 119 (17) 80 (14) 95 (17)
25 BoxBrownie 66423 15:09 85 (19) 114 (16) 96 (19) 94 (13) 111 (16)
26 fshephe 108182 15:09 86 (26) 102 (26) 107 (26) 103 (25) 99 (26)
27 Sue Sweeper 65532 15:10 78 (18) 114 (19) 87 (15) 92 (15) 126 (15)
28 SimonAnthony 98345 15:27 87 (22) 93 (25) 106 (24) 90 (21) 120 (24)
29 phthisis 54692 15:42 87 (13) 100 (12) 93 (15) 103 (15) 115 (13)
30 earlylight 48224 15:45 93 (16) 99 (14) 93 (11) 88 (9) 127 (11)
31 AndyOwl 70342 15:50 86 (18) 96 (18) 114 (14) 87 (17) 119 (17)
32 mikegrocott 86119 15:56 89 (21) 109 (19) 100 (18) 93 (21) 108 (21)
33 ChuckB 96619 16:15 85 (22) 100 (19) 97 (23) 105 (24) 111 (21)
34 sotira 87707 16:36 87 (22) 106 (20) 93 (14) 101 (18) 108 (24)
35 noidea 106707 17:06 87 (25) 99 (18) 101 (23) 101 (25) 110 (23)
36 Groucho 89737 17:23 84 (24) 116 (20) 99 (19) 102 (20) 100 (13)
37 robinh 117916 17:42 78 (23) 101 (25) 108 (25) 104 (25) 105 (23)
38 OliviaRhineb 122119 18:20 81 (24) 101 (24) 106 (24) 99 (25) 110 (24)
39 Spanna 63479 18:33 91 (13) 97 (11) 101 (16) 102 (15) 106 (12)
40 GMcD 126742 19:01 82 (24) 108 (25) 103 (24) 101 (24) 104 (24)
41 Big Mick 95652 19:12 87 (22) 102 (22) 98 (14) 103 (21) 111 (14)
42 David P 116085 19:20 89 (24) 101 (21) 96 (18) 99 (25) 114 (22)
43 MickinEly2 52942 19:36 90 (10) 94 (8) 99 (12) 105 (13) 105 (12)
44 David Crooks 137532 19:45 87 (26) 104 (26) 98 (26) 97 (23) 113 (25)
45 sampson 101826 20:12 86 (19) 101 (20) 101 (19) 101 (20) 110 (16)
46 reindeer 143045 20:12 84 (26) 102 (25) 98 (26) 104 (26) 109 (25)
47 John Arnold 63222 20:15 93 (16) 105 (13) 101 (11) 97 (13) 108 (9)
48 pterodactyl 77419 20:48 85 (13) 105 (14) 109 (15) 87 (16) 112 (14)
49 kath 60498 21:00 95 (13) 96 (12) 105 (13) 98 (11) 105 (9)
50 Zabadak 124526 21:23 86 (21) 108 (23) 88 (21) 101 (19) 112 (23)
51 barracuda 145261 22:00 83 (24) 94 (24) 111 (24) 98 (24) 111 (24)
52 Kevin Gregg 125455 22:58 84 (24) 96 (19) 106 (18) 103 (23) 114 (17)
53 Bert Dove 55557 23:08 92 (15) 110 (8) 91 (9) 108 (11) 102 (7)
54 xmogg 79893 23:46 102 (12) 106 (15) 91 (16) 97 (11) 103 (12)
55 KarenR 71379 24:16 83 (13) 118 (12) 107 (11) 97 (13) 94 (10)
56 benedick 96492 24:22 75 (14) 101 (17) 100 (14) 99 (17) 123 (14)
57 zythum 134581 24:38 86 (25) 110 (21) 103 (19) 98 (20) 105 (16)
58 crosswordian 164642 25:53 88 (25) 107 (25) 100 (24) 92 (20) 109 (22)
59 Solver52 167075 26:01 92 (24) 99 (24) 101 (24) 102 (22) 104 (23)
60 Edprof 130305 26:48 78 (17) 98 (20) 116 (17) 97 (18) 108 (19)
61 Chadwick 181202 28:13 82 (24) 107 (23) 104 (25) 99 (23) 106 (22)
62 NAPASAI 92122 28:25 97 (13) 93 (14) 83 (13) 102 (13) 129 (11)
63 Manveru 104633 28:35 81 (15) 106 (16) 112 (12) 92 (11) 105 (17)
64 dec 106409 31:40 92 (13) 97 (13) 105 (12) 110 (13) 96 (15)
65 rosselliot 186507 31:43 87 (22) 102 (20) 103 (22) 103 (22) 104 (22)
66 FelicityTT 84236 31:54 83 (11) 121 (9) 92 (13) 108 (10) 101 (11)
67 nekabue 190829 32:07 87 (25) 95 (23) 109 (24) 96 (21) 116 (16)
68 koro 219972 33:01 86 (25) 101 (24) 103 (23) 106 (25) 102 (24)
69 diogenes 133308 33:09 80 (16) 102 (12) 93 (13) 106 (17) 113 (19)
70 Jeeves 113024 33:38 86 (12) 102 (14) 93 (14) 96 (14) 122 (12)
71 Mkgnao 224188 34:55 88 (24) 102 (24) 107 (23) 83 (23) 118 (23)
72 cassandra 248674 36:02 96 (26) 100 (25) 98 (25) 102 (24) 102 (25)
73 Glyndwr 164396 36:03 92 (22) 99 (15) 100 (15) 104 (20) 106 (14)
74 fudgiebates 137171 37:28 81 (12) 113 (16) 88 (12) 109 (14) 100 (17)
75 Big Nug 234303 37:32 85 (24) 114 (23) 104 (24) 92 (22) 102 (21)
76 Jefe 127227 38:33 74 (14) 101 (14) 73 (8) 111 (14) 122 (15)
77 JohnDun 236204 38:35 80 (17) 91 (24) 104 (23) 99 (25) 118 (23)
78 1234 220654 38:42 73 (19) 107 (23) 110 (23) 101 (21) 102 (19)
79 ulaca 239022 40:39 82 (13) 109 (22) 104 (24) 98 (25) 96 (24)
80 JerryR 301788 48:49 85 (23) 102 (22) 104 (23) 92 (23) 116 (22)
81 Clovis 284992 54:35 42 (20) 92 (20) 193 (18) 52 (21) 134 (18)
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