Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for February 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 Eamon Ryan 42187 05:54 93 (26) 100 (25) 105 (26) 101 (26) 99 (26)
2 Magoo 30787 05:57 90 (18) 101 (19) 94 (14) 105 (25) 103 (20)
3 mohn 22491 06:14 89 (15) 110 (18) 93 (11) 94 (14) 109 (12)
4 Lettuceleaf 29571 06:29 104 (17) 98 (17) 99 (16) 99 (17) 97 (19)
5 Jason 43447 06:42 84 (22) 101 (24) 106 (24) 104 (24) 101 (24)
6 verlaine 52191 08:26 83 (26) 105 (26) 94 (19) 100 (26) 125 (16)
7 DaddyM 26493 09:23 97 (12) 91 (12) 102 (12) 106 (12) 104 (9)
8 aphis99 63112 09:49 96 (23) 102 (21) 99 (25) 97 (25) 104 (23)
9 AlanS 36782 10:13 78 (14) 100 (14) 96 (13) 101 (15) 122 (14)
10 auchiedollie 35399 10:32 85 (16) 105 (18) 103 (14) 102 (11) 109 (7)
11 chindit 68701 11:13 86 (24) 105 (24) 99 (20) 102 (21) 106 (23)
12 tiggis 30636 11:36 93 (12) 112 (11) 92 (9) 96 (15) 109 (7)
13 lickert 70192 11:41 83 (24) 110 (22) 95 (20) 101 (21) 110 (23)
14 Topical Tim 61305 12:01 76 (21) 125 (18) 106 (18) 100 (19) 96 (19)
15 glheard 74373 12:02 87 (22) 101 (25) 96 (23) 102 (24) 112 (19)
16 Tom Stubbs 84622 12:22 86 (25) 107 (26) 103 (23) 92 (24) 109 (26)
17 Silva 82657 13:22 82 (21) 105 (23) 101 (22) 100 (25) 109 (22)
18 Stavros 84359 13:23 86 (24) 103 (25) 100 (19) 100 (23) 108 (24)
19 neilr 91989 13:34 86 (25) 100 (26) 100 (23) 102 (25) 109 (24)
20 keriothe_ 94287 14:01 86 (25) 100 (24) 109 (22) 101 (25) 102 (26)
21 Tibthorpe 99362 14:39 77 (25) 91 (25) 113 (25) 107 (24) 110 (24)
22 mchalen 75881 14:42 89 (20) 112 (20) 91 (20) 101 (18) 105 (18)
23 Ben Staveley 26611 14:47 71 (7) 94 (9) 108 (8) 114 (7) 108 (9)
24 BoxBrownie 80282 14:52 84 (23) 111 (20) 99 (23) 96 (15) 109 (19)
25 fshephe 106627 14:56 86 (25) 102 (26) 104 (26) 102 (26) 102 (26)
26 Sue Sweeper 68464 15:25 72 (19) 121 (18) 90 (17) 98 (16) 123 (14)
27 Ron's mum 66709 15:26 72 (20) 123 (17) 133 (17) 64 (12) 100 (16)
28 phthisis 48651 15:35 90 (11) 101 (12) 96 (14) 97 (13) 114 (12)
29 SimonAnthony 103449 15:40 89 (23) 99 (25) 110 (25) 95 (23) 104 (24)
30 AndyOwl 53993 15:47 84 (15) 101 (15) 114 (11) 92 (13) 112 (13)
31 mikegrocott 85212 16:08 91 (21) 106 (18) 104 (18) 95 (21) 104 (20)
32 ChuckB 95106 16:10 88 (23) 101 (19) 97 (21) 101 (23) 112 (22)
33 earlylight 46741 16:13 92 (15) 97 (14) 91 (10) 90 (8) 128 (11)
34 sotira 85165 16:30 87 (22) 107 (20) 95 (14) 96 (15) 109 (25)
35 noidea 101993 16:39 88 (24) 104 (18) 103 (24) 98 (23) 106 (23)
36 Groucho 92273 17:16 83 (24) 114 (21) 101 (20) 103 (21) 98 (13)
37 robinh 117996 17:24 79 (23) 102 (25) 109 (26) 101 (25) 105 (24)
38 OliviaRhineb 125220 18:28 81 (24) 104 (24) 106 (25) 98 (25) 108 (25)
39 Spanna 68045 18:35 90 (15) 105 (11) 101 (16) 100 (15) 103 (14)
40 Big Mick 82773 18:53 90 (20) 106 (20) 98 (11) 98 (19) 109 (13)
41 David P 113587 18:55 89 (24) 103 (20) 92 (18) 99 (25) 114 (23)
42 GMcD 130600 18:55 81 (25) 106 (25) 106 (25) 97 (25) 107 (25)
43 MickinEly2 51915 19:13 89 (12) 97 (9) 103 (11) 103 (13) 105 (10)
44 David Crooks 132794 19:35 85 (25) 107 (26) 101 (25) 93 (22) 110 (25)
45 reindeer 130721 20:10 85 (24) 103 (22) 98 (24) 102 (24) 110 (24)
46 sampson 99974 20:19 87 (18) 100 (19) 102 (19) 100 (19) 109 (17)
47 pterodactyl 94864 20:32 84 (16) 101 (17) 108 (17) 93 (19) 111 (18)
48 John Arnold 67004 20:40 95 (17) 105 (12) 106 (10) 92 (14) 105 (11)
49 Zabadak 123657 21:01 88 (22) 114 (22) 89 (20) 98 (21) 108 (23)
50 kath 62342 21:12 97 (14) 95 (13) 105 (13) 101 (12) 101 (7)
51 barracuda 140322 21:27 87 (24) 94 (24) 112 (23) 99 (24) 106 (24)
52 Kevin Gregg 127678 22:52 86 (24) 94 (20) 103 (17) 105 (24) 114 (18)
53 Bert Dove 53581 22:53 94 (14) 103 (7) 92 (9) 110 (11) 100 (8)
54 xmogg 79482 23:14 98 (11) 108 (16) 92 (17) 96 (10) 102 (13)
55 benedick 81952 23:32 85 (13) 102 (15) 103 (12) 94 (15) 114 (13)
56 KarenR 81137 23:43 81 (14) 118 (12) 102 (13) 102 (16) 98 (12)
57 zythum 135052 25:00 87 (23) 111 (21) 103 (20) 96 (20) 103 (16)
58 Scoffer 55747 25:06 103 (7) 82 (9) 99 (11) 117 (12) 87 (8)
59 Solver52 167345 25:35 94 (24) 96 (24) 104 (24) 101 (24) 102 (23)
60 crosswordian 163563 25:43 87 (25) 110 (23) 105 (23) 95 (23) 103 (22)
61 Edprof 136743 26:11 85 (20) 97 (22) 113 (18) 98 (18) 107 (19)
62 NAPASAI 98954 28:26 95 (15) 97 (14) 83 (13) 102 (14) 124 (12)
63 Chadwick 183399 28:34 79 (22) 107 (23) 107 (25) 99 (25) 103 (22)
64 Manveru 109814 28:35 86 (17) 107 (14) 106 (13) 97 (13) 105 (17)
65 dec 95891 30:09 92 (12) 99 (12) 109 (12) 101 (13) 97 (14)
66 diogenes 133435 31:19 86 (17) 98 (13) 98 (14) 96 (17) 116 (20)
67 rosselliot 193836 31:21 84 (24) 100 (20) 105 (23) 102 (24) 108 (22)
68 nekabue 190806 31:29 91 (26) 95 (22) 111 (22) 93 (23) 111 (18)
69 FelicityTT 87719 32:29 86 (11) 123 (7) 97 (15) 105 (10) 99 (12)
70 koro 220022 33:02 85 (25) 101 (24) 104 (23) 102 (25) 105 (24)
71 Jeeves 103665 33:13 97 (10) 112 (12) 92 (15) 89 (13) 110 (12)
72 stockynige 56034 33:21 70 (6) 130 (10) 77 (7) 117 (6) 88 (9)
73 Mkgnao 231917 34:30 89 (25) 105 (25) 111 (25) 82 (23) 110 (24)
74 cassandra 253128 35:09 97 (26) 101 (26) 97 (26) 101 (26) 101 (26)
75 Glyndwr 163400 35:50 91 (22) 96 (14) 96 (15) 106 (19) 111 (16)
76 fudgiebates 118636 35:57 80 (11) 116 (14) 91 (12) 111 (12) 96 (16)
77 Jefe 105359 36:34 78 (12) 98 (12) 88 (7) 107 (13) 116 (14)
78 1234 220380 37:28 78 (20) 107 (23) 110 (23) 100 (21) 99 (21)
79 JohnDun 233041 37:42 78 (18) 95 (23) 104 (24) 99 (25) 116 (23)
80 Big Nug 260173 37:42 90 (26) 109 (25) 105 (25) 95 (25) 99 (24)
81 ulaca 248675 39:51 90 (15) 105 (23) 108 (25) 95 (26) 97 (25)
82 Clovis 261137 47:49 47 (21) 101 (20) 178 (19) 60 (21) 120 (20)
83 JerryR 315318 49:06 85 (24) 100 (23) 104 (24) 99 (24) 111 (22)
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