Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for June 2016

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 Eylesie 17637 03:40 100 (20) 98 (16) 99 (13) 100 (20) 100 (21)
2 Magoo 34756 05:51 78 (21) 103 (22) 101 (21) 98 (25) 117 (20)
3 mohn 27782 06:48 83 (17) 104 (15) 98 (17) 101 (14) 113 (15)
4 Lettuceleaf 13999 07:04 94 (8) 88 (7) 82 (9) 111 (11) 118 (8)
5 Jason 43135 07:11 85 (23) 112 (22) 98 (21) 91 (23) 114 (21)
6 Eamon Ryan 49428 07:41 86 (23) 95 (23) 105 (24) 106 (24) 106 (23)
7 Bogota Eagle 42678 08:46 81 (20) 105 (20) 102 (17) 104 (17) 108 (17)
8 auchiedollie 27752 09:04 87 (15) 108 (13) 104 (12) 96 (10) 106 (11)
9 aphis99 49041 09:17 87 (17) 111 (21) 98 (21) 91 (23) 112 (16)
10 verlaine 56672 10:02 71 (20) 96 (19) 100 (21) 103 (20) 123 (24)
11 richard 52151 10:20 86 (18) 98 (20) 93 (16) 98 (22) 123 (18)
12 alanconnor 28130 10:54 90 (14) 93 (11) 105 (12) 112 (9) 106 (7)
13 lickert 70040 11:40 83 (24) 107 (24) 98 (20) 98 (20) 112 (22)
14 Tom Stubbs 77426 12:03 84 (24) 87 (24) 105 (21) 94 (24) 128 (24)
15 Peter Fowler 72372 12:11 95 (21) 103 (22) 99 (23) 100 (20) 100 (23)
16 tonysever 77974 12:15 82 (23) 101 (23) 101 (23) 99 (23) 114 (24)
17 Quizimodo 77191 12:44 81 (20) 107 (23) 96 (23) 103 (22) 108 (23)
18 chindit 74419 12:47 85 (21) 100 (23) 94 (22) 94 (22) 127 (19)
19 Heyesey 57769 12:50 76 (18) 104 (18) 126 (17) 93 (18) 100 (14)
20 Ben Staveley 30607 13:04 76 (8) 106 (10) 101 (8) 104 (17) 100 (6)
21 KenTurner 72800 13:28 94 (19) 100 (23) 103 (19) 101 (19) 99 (20)
22 Silva 80826 13:28 84 (24) 106 (23) 97 (17) 97 (24) 114 (22)
23 AlanS 76428 13:33 81 (25) 101 (22) 99 (18) 92 (18) 128 (21)
24 Toffer 60420 13:36 77 (16) 97 (17) 108 (21) 95 (16) 120 (14)
25 Stavros 65844 13:53 86 (18) 109 (17) 96 (21) 85 (15) 121 (18)
26 mikegrocott 55905 13:54 80 (19) 105 (17) 107 (15) 95 (12) 116 (14)
27 Denis 89051 14:00 82 (23) 101 (22) 97 (23) 101 (25) 117 (23)
28 Topical Tim 76519 14:10 74 (23) 97 (20) 113 (18) 96 (18) 122 (21)
29 neilr 78900 14:17 85 (24) 103 (21) 104 (20) 89 (18) 119 (19)
30 mchalen 94276 14:24 86 (26) 101 (23) 96 (24) 99 (22) 117 (24)
31 phineus 44348 15:05 87 (11) 124 (12) 97 (13) 75 (11) 111 (12)
32 jjp 48459 15:14 80 (16) 114 (12) 92 (9) 99 (13) 116 (13)
33 Tibthorpe 86985 15:25 84 (20) 106 (20) 105 (21) 94 (22) 108 (21)
34 earlylight 81715 15:50 103 (18) 101 (18) 94 (19) 101 (19) 100 (22)
35 AndyOwl 103304 16:05 81 (23) 102 (26) 96 (22) 98 (22) 119 (24)
36 robinh 80476 16:09 88 (20) 99 (21) 101 (17) 104 (18) 107 (17)
37 Sue Sweeper 61340 16:13 79 (15) 99 (14) 99 (15) 101 (16) 124 (13)
38 nesbitt 54065 16:41 91 (18) 107 (16) 107 (9) 93 (15) 114 (6)
39 OliviaRhineb 102336 16:43 78 (23) 102 (23) 100 (22) 98 (21) 119 (23)
40 rpb 73288 16:57 79 (17) 111 (19) 107 (15) 91 (16) 110 (15)
41 sotira 64221 16:59 86 (17) 100 (17) 94 (10) 91 (12) 121 (17)
42 Margaretlarb 49429 17:09 97 (12) 98 (12) 109 (10) 114 (10) 88 (14)
43 subbswamysg 47447 17:11 83 (12) 92 (12) 107 (11) 107 (9) 111 (12)
44 phthisis 106078 17:19 88 (23) 94 (22) 105 (21) 103 (24) 107 (22)
45 RHB 71271 17:28 77 (17) 104 (16) 105 (14) 106 (17) 109 (14)
46 Munkybiskitz 40354 17:41 78 (12) 82 (8) 98 (11) 83 (6) 144 (11)
47 Bernard S 64190 18:07 89 (13) 99 (14) 102 (11) 104 (18) 102 (13)
48 fshephe 97048 18:10 76 (19) 92 (20) 104 (20) 105 (21) 120 (19)
49 mark oshin 45747 18:35 82 (9) 95 (7) 104 (11) 106 (12) 105 (12)
50 andyt 99603 18:51 94 (20) 99 (19) 97 (18) 98 (20) 108 (21)
51 kath 32866 18:53 88 (11) 101 (10) 102 (6) 107 (6) 113 (6)
52 David Crooks 118105 19:17 90 (25) 98 (21) 90 (22) 97 (22) 123 (22)
53 reindeer 92233 19:27 89 (17) 95 (17) 89 (18) 108 (20) 115 (17)
54 pterodactyl 70235 19:50 82 (13) 91 (13) 103 (17) 104 (13) 116 (13)
55 Kevin Gregg 54965 19:54 80 (11) 86 (9) 110 (15) 93 (12) 128 (9)
56 sampson 76752 19:59 89 (17) 96 (13) 103 (16) 105 (18) 108 (10)
57 Zabadak 106978 20:02 81 (19) 106 (19) 107 (17) 95 (23) 109 (21)
58 David P 106855 20:28 86 (22) 99 (20) 89 (16) 100 (21) 125 (18)
59 GMcD 115826 20:32 84 (23) 95 (22) 111 (18) 92 (20) 118 (21)
60 peter wild 118004 20:55 78 (23) 101 (19) 104 (20) 102 (21) 115 (21)
61 MickinEly2 88323 21:01 105 (10) 99 (22) 101 (16) 92 (16) 104 (16)
62 AnneGinger 87132 21:02 83 (18) 108 (17) 104 (13) 101 (19) 106 (12)
63 Ben Ganly 84133 22:15 84 (17) 96 (12) 110 (16) 83 (13) 123 (15)
64 PeterMabey 101518 22:15 85 (19) 109 (17) 94 (19) 99 (19) 121 (12)
65 Bobb 73799 22:21 85 (13) 102 (16) 95 (12) 92 (11) 120 (13)
66 alanjcannon 103566 22:25 85 (21) 92 (22) 103 (13) 97 (16) 133 (15)
67 NJeagle 110686 22:46 79 (17) 99 (17) 104 (16) 96 (20) 116 (21)
68 zythum 131087 23:29 78 (19) 94 (22) 104 (17) 99 (23) 119 (22)
69 barracuda 137326 23:35 77 (22) 101 (23) 101 (20) 95 (22) 126 (20)
70 Groucho 83944 23:42 81 (13) 98 (17) 96 (11) 98 (16) 127 (12)
71 Edprof 107594 23:54 84 (12) 96 (18) 97 (17) 96 (17) 116 (21)
72 frost 82974 24:15 75 (12) 122 (11) 88 (15) 98 (18) 124 (11)
73 Big Mick 103414 24:16 80 (17) 104 (17) 93 (13) 106 (17) 113 (17)
74 Julian West 77660 24:53 69 (12) 105 (12) 99 (14) 101 (14) 131 (10)
75 Galspray 103558 25:00 71 (16) 107 (12) 92 (20) 108 (17) 127 (14)
76 benedick 94440 25:23 85 (8) 104 (17) 106 (15) 88 (16) 106 (16)
77 Jefe 72469 25:41 83 (12) 89 (11) 106 (13) 104 (10) 117 (11)
78 Solver52 97716 25:51 85 (15) 102 (13) 95 (15) 95 (15) 121 (15)
79 leonora 78520 26:10 78 (12) 103 (11) 100 (11) 97 (14) 120 (12)
80 Chadwick 87457 26:30 75 (14) 105 (15) 109 (11) 105 (12) 106 (13)
81 crosswordian 112106 27:04 82 (17) 106 (19) 101 (14) 105 (14) 105 (15)
82 Manveru 50600 27:12 95 (10) 99 (9) 80 (8) 113 (8) 117 (6)
83 Pwil3058 62559 27:26 71 (11) 106 (14) 105 (6) 127 (8) 97 (9)
84 me_phobete 105519 27:28 79 (17) 94 (18) 94 (9) 96 (14) 134 (16)
85 Son of Smug 97775 28:05 84 (12) 111 (17) 89 (13) 97 (15) 113 (11)
86 KarenR 114639 28:05 80 (19) 92 (18) 102 (12) 112 (15) 121 (14)
87 Bobchapman 87094 29:01 57 (12) 98 (15) 94 (10) 100 (10) 144 (13)
88 oldpalace 85196 29:34 103 (6) 97 (13) 93 (11) 96 (10) 106 (18)
89 Prytherch 96231 29:42 92 (6) 100 (13) 98 (14) 97 (16) 106 (15)
90 rosselliot 59058 29:49 84 (7) 98 (10) 100 (7) 106 (10) 105 (9)
91 stockynige 72080 30:02 86 (10) 101 (10) 80 (9) 111 (9) 115 (12)
92 Moles 75729 30:03 84 (10) 104 (13) 96 (6) 98 (12) 111 (11)
93 anthea 102948 30:38 98 (6) 95 (15) 104 (12) 101 (16) 100 (17)
94 diogenes 85168 31:32 75 (10) 80 (9) 101 (11) 108 (13) 122 (12)
95 rjr520 88519 32:04 74 (13) 108 (12) 79 (7) 105 (15) 133 (9)
96 MaxenEH 88728 32:08 78 (7) 97 (14) 114 (12) 95 (12) 103 (11)
97 Barry Smith 61986 32:17 77 (8) 115 (7) 101 (6) 87 (9) 113 (12)
98 Ron's mum 73294 33:55 76 (6) 98 (8) 87 (9) 90 (10) 124 (13)
99 koro 111962 34:33 81 (10) 106 (15) 87 (12) 108 (11) 107 (16)
100 Big Nug 87763 34:49 82 (6) 89 (11) 93 (8) 90 (13) 125 (14)
101 josiah 67518 35:09 73 (7) 91 (9) 99 (6) 97 (9) 123 (11)
102 ulaca 74018 38:33 66 (7) 95 (10) 72 (6) 93 (7) 134 (12)
103 cassandra 97405 38:39 95 (9) 101 (10) 90 (10) 103 (9) 106 (14)
104 Jeeves 113795 38:42 74 (10) 107 (9) 92 (9) 95 (16) 120 (15)
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