Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for March 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 mohn 20764 05:58 91 (16) 104 (15) 100 (10) 89 (14) 116 (13)
2 Eamon Ryan 42217 06:00 92 (26) 101 (24) 104 (26) 100 (26) 101 (25)
3 Magoo 29463 06:03 87 (17) 92 (19) 99 (14) 106 (22) 111 (19)
4 Lettuceleaf 27978 06:08 103 (16) 98 (19) 98 (16) 101 (18) 97 (17)
5 Jason 45668 06:58 86 (22) 99 (24) 99 (25) 100 (24) 114 (24)
6 verlaine 53379 08:28 87 (26) 96 (26) 100 (19) 96 (26) 127 (18)
7 DaddyM 23415 09:04 96 (10) 94 (12) 102 (14) 103 (9) 104 (8)
8 aphis99 63512 09:48 89 (24) 100 (21) 102 (25) 91 (25) 117 (23)
9 AlanS 37259 10:20 77 (14) 96 (14) 95 (13) 94 (15) 136 (14)
10 chindit 68598 11:25 85 (24) 99 (23) 105 (20) 94 (20) 115 (23)
11 Topical Tim 64433 11:40 81 (22) 113 (19) 103 (19) 96 (21) 107 (21)
12 glheard 64224 11:53 87 (20) 96 (23) 104 (20) 101 (22) 113 (15)
13 lickert 70238 12:04 85 (23) 102 (21) 93 (21) 99 (19) 118 (23)
14 Tom Stubbs 86075 12:35 87 (25) 97 (26) 102 (23) 89 (24) 120 (26)
15 Silva 82402 13:27 80 (21) 98 (23) 107 (22) 99 (25) 113 (21)
16 Stavros 81824 13:38 83 (22) 98 (25) 102 (17) 102 (21) 112 (25)
17 neilr 95755 13:59 85 (25) 99 (26) 97 (23) 101 (26) 117 (24)
18 keriothe_ 89516 14:04 87 (25) 93 (22) 108 (21) 103 (25) 108 (23)
19 Ben Staveley 41630 14:27 77 (12) 93 (12) 112 (12) 104 (10) 112 (12)
20 BoxBrownie 63881 14:35 84 (19) 108 (16) 101 (21) 96 (12) 110 (15)
21 Tibthorpe 96808 15:04 72 (24) 89 (24) 116 (24) 100 (21) 121 (24)
22 fshephe 106052 15:06 85 (24) 95 (26) 104 (25) 99 (26) 113 (26)
23 Sue Sweeper 64239 15:31 79 (17) 110 (16) 97 (17) 98 (17) 121 (12)
24 Ron's mum 71082 15:35 61 (20) 139 (19) 129 (17) 62 (14) 103 (16)
25 earlylight 36811 15:43 86 (12) 95 (12) 98 (9) 97 (7) 128 (9)
26 mchalen 82513 15:48 90 (21) 102 (20) 95 (20) 94 (18) 118 (18)
27 ChuckB 88224 15:58 84 (23) 99 (18) 100 (20) 100 (21) 117 (20)
28 SimonAnthony 107040 16:04 90 (25) 100 (25) 107 (25) 97 (22) 103 (24)
29 AndyOwl 33830 16:06 81 (10) 99 (10) 123 (7) 91 (9) 113 (9)
30 phthisis 43108 16:19 91 (10) 97 (11) 96 (12) 94 (10) 118 (11)
31 mikegrocott 72118 16:27 89 (18) 101 (14) 105 (18) 96 (17) 108 (16)
32 noidea 97433 16:34 91 (25) 102 (21) 106 (22) 94 (21) 107 (19)
33 sotira 86454 16:45 90 (22) 95 (19) 95 (14) 99 (16) 113 (25)
34 robinh 113406 17:10 79 (23) 99 (24) 109 (25) 96 (25) 114 (23)
35 Groucho 93474 17:30 84 (24) 108 (21) 104 (20) 102 (22) 103 (12)
36 Big Mick 67493 18:08 93 (18) 98 (18) 107 (8) 98 (17) 111 (11)
37 OliviaRhineb 126295 18:27 81 (25) 99 (24) 109 (25) 94 (25) 115 (25)
38 Spanna 66828 18:33 95 (15) 99 (13) 99 (14) 99 (14) 106 (14)
39 David P 111645 18:59 93 (23) 95 (21) 98 (19) 101 (24) 111 (21)
40 MickinEly2 42656 19:12 90 (9) 95 (9) 104 (10) 103 (12) 106 (7)
41 GMcD 132701 19:13 80 (25) 100 (25) 111 (25) 96 (25) 111 (25)
42 David Crooks 128721 19:30 85 (24) 105 (24) 103 (25) 91 (23) 113 (24)
43 sampson 92382 20:15 91 (16) 99 (19) 99 (17) 98 (20) 113 (14)
44 John Arnold 70642 20:17 96 (19) 107 (13) 100 (12) 91 (14) 109 (10)
45 reindeer 101385 20:21 84 (19) 105 (17) 103 (19) 99 (19) 108 (19)
46 pterodactyl 108749 20:35 84 (19) 99 (20) 111 (19) 96 (21) 108 (19)
47 barracuda 136550 20:52 84 (24) 90 (24) 117 (23) 97 (24) 110 (24)
48 Zabadak 126572 21:05 87 (22) 105 (22) 93 (20) 93 (23) 118 (23)
49 kath 57196 21:39 96 (14) 90 (13) 105 (10) 106 (11) 108 (6)
50 xmogg 58042 22:29 97 (9) 106 (11) 91 (13) 94 (9) 109 (11)
51 Bert Dove 47542 22:38 98 (13) 94 (9) 93 (8) 114 (9) 96 (6)
52 KarenR 76924 22:53 79 (15) 95 (12) 107 (12) 109 (15) 111 (12)
53 Kevin Gregg 135461 23:02 87 (25) 100 (23) 103 (18) 99 (23) 114 (19)
54 Scoffer 62387 23:06 107 (9) 87 (13) 100 (13) 111 (12) 94 (8)
55 benedick 80643 23:34 90 (13) 96 (14) 108 (12) 91 (16) 118 (12)
56 zythum 125285 24:51 84 (20) 104 (20) 104 (18) 96 (19) 112 (17)
57 Solver52 168992 25:22 94 (25) 91 (24) 106 (25) 100 (24) 107 (23)
58 crosswordian 164493 25:23 84 (24) 101 (24) 110 (24) 95 (24) 107 (22)
59 Edprof 158857 26:44 86 (22) 94 (24) 112 (21) 100 (21) 107 (21)
60 Chadwick 182067 28:21 77 (22) 97 (23) 110 (25) 98 (25) 114 (22)
61 Manveru 100675 28:55 84 (14) 99 (14) 111 (14) 98 (12) 105 (14)
62 NAPASAI 120688 29:34 99 (19) 84 (17) 84 (12) 103 (14) 125 (16)
63 diogenes 140416 30:23 85 (19) 95 (15) 98 (15) 99 (18) 118 (20)
64 dec 84354 30:33 94 (11) 94 (10) 113 (11) 101 (13) 95 (11)
65 rosselliot 193504 31:37 82 (24) 97 (20) 106 (23) 104 (24) 110 (21)
66 nekabue 205307 32:35 88 (26) 86 (23) 115 (22) 92 (24) 123 (20)
67 Jeeves 92464 32:47 98 (10) 103 (11) 98 (12) 90 (12) 108 (12)
68 koro 210577 33:06 86 (25) 97 (22) 105 (22) 102 (23) 110 (24)
69 Mkgnao 228140 34:15 90 (24) 102 (25) 109 (25) 83 (23) 112 (24)
70 cassandra 249208 34:36 98 (26) 100 (26) 98 (26) 101 (26) 101 (26)
71 fudgiebates 98541 35:42 90 (13) 105 (12) 102 (9) 100 (10) 102 (12)
72 Glyndwr 162566 36:07 89 (22) 91 (15) 102 (13) 99 (19) 122 (16)
73 1234 224276 37:00 82 (19) 102 (24) 106 (24) 96 (21) 106 (23)
74 JohnDun 231325 38:10 77 (18) 88 (21) 106 (24) 103 (24) 116 (24)
75 Big Nug 273833 39:20 85 (26) 110 (25) 104 (25) 89 (25) 110 (25)
76 ulaca 240937 40:09 81 (15) 98 (22) 110 (25) 96 (25) 105 (23)
77 Jefe 118787 41:14 67 (14) 89 (12) 153 (8) 97 (9) 115 (15)
78 JerryR 320627 49:56 84 (24) 86 (23) 107 (24) 94 (24) 129 (22)
79 Clovis 305847 51:29 44 (23) 121 (22) 126 (20) 69 (22) 144 (22)
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