Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for April 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 19664 05:44 87 (16) 99 (14) 102 (9) 90 (15) 125 (13)
2 Lettuceleaf 26461 05:57 101 (16) 97 (18) 100 (16) 103 (17) 96 (17)
3 Magoo 24412 05:59 89 (14) 92 (17) 94 (13) 105 (18) 113 (16)
4 Eamon Ryan 42047 06:02 93 (26) 96 (24) 103 (25) 101 (26) 106 (25)
5 Jason 44522 06:56 83 (22) 99 (23) 100 (24) 100 (24) 113 (24)
6 verlaine 52803 08:27 85 (26) 95 (26) 102 (19) 97 (26) 130 (17)
7 DaddyM 21146 09:02 100 (9) 95 (11) 102 (12) 101 (9) 100 (8)
8 aphis99 61232 09:26 95 (24) 97 (22) 104 (24) 90 (25) 113 (23)
9 AlanS 34624 09:56 78 (14) 95 (14) 100 (12) 94 (15) 133 (13)
10 chindit 65428 11:14 88 (24) 99 (23) 103 (19) 88 (19) 119 (22)
11 Topical Tim 76696 11:43 77 (25) 113 (22) 106 (22) 94 (25) 110 (25)
12 glheard 62340 11:48 83 (19) 97 (21) 109 (19) 100 (23) 111 (16)
13 lickert 68681 11:48 87 (22) 98 (22) 94 (21) 99 (19) 118 (23)
14 Tom Stubbs 86075 12:41 86 (25) 95 (26) 101 (22) 94 (24) 120 (26)
15 Silva 81338 13:17 83 (22) 96 (24) 107 (20) 98 (25) 115 (21)
16 neilr 93429 13:39 88 (25) 96 (26) 98 (22) 102 (26) 113 (25)
17 keriothe_ 86460 13:43 90 (26) 93 (22) 106 (20) 97 (24) 114 (23)
18 Stavros 85079 13:46 84 (22) 97 (25) 102 (18) 101 (23) 112 (25)
19 BoxBrownie 52942 14:13 86 (17) 108 (14) 102 (18) 96 (10) 108 (13)
20 Ben Staveley 50722 14:19 81 (13) 90 (15) 114 (14) 98 (13) 113 (14)
21 fshephe 102301 14:49 89 (23) 93 (26) 104 (24) 100 (26) 111 (26)
22 Ron's mum 61450 14:50 60 (18) 131 (17) 133 (15) 63 (13) 109 (16)
23 Tibthorpe 95327 14:59 73 (25) 88 (24) 117 (23) 100 (20) 122 (24)
24 ChuckB 84897 15:43 85 (23) 98 (19) 99 (19) 99 (21) 121 (18)
25 Sue Sweeper 74031 16:01 80 (17) 105 (19) 99 (18) 94 (19) 125 (14)
26 SimonAnthony 103793 16:10 87 (23) 99 (25) 107 (23) 100 (22) 105 (24)
27 mchalen 75997 16:14 90 (20) 98 (18) 93 (18) 95 (15) 122 (17)
28 noidea 94090 16:20 92 (25) 101 (21) 109 (22) 90 (20) 107 (18)
29 phthisis 38491 16:26 100 (9) 89 (11) 100 (10) 89 (9) 120 (10)
30 mikegrocott 61573 16:33 91 (14) 97 (13) 108 (15) 96 (15) 104 (15)
31 sotira 86499 16:34 90 (23) 92 (20) 99 (14) 99 (16) 115 (24)
32 robinh 111341 16:52 82 (24) 95 (24) 108 (24) 98 (25) 116 (23)
33 Groucho 96993 17:11 87 (24) 105 (21) 106 (20) 98 (24) 107 (15)
34 Big Mick 55643 17:29 95 (16) 93 (17) 112 (7) 98 (14) 115 (9)
35 OliviaRhineb 123196 18:10 83 (25) 96 (24) 108 (24) 96 (25) 114 (25)
36 Spanna 75143 18:41 95 (16) 101 (15) 101 (15) 97 (17) 105 (14)
37 David P 103555 18:45 95 (21) 94 (21) 98 (18) 98 (23) 113 (19)
38 GMcD 129834 18:58 82 (25) 97 (25) 117 (24) 94 (25) 109 (25)
39 MickinEly2 32219 19:10 91 (8) 95 (7) 104 (8) 102 (9) 107 (6)
40 David Crooks 129581 19:27 85 (24) 100 (24) 105 (24) 93 (24) 114 (25)
41 sampson 84605 19:51 92 (16) 97 (19) 106 (15) 97 (19) 110 (12)
42 John Arnold 75157 20:12 98 (22) 102 (14) 106 (13) 93 (13) 98 (10)
43 reindeer 78080 20:20 83 (15) 107 (14) 100 (15) 99 (15) 109 (15)
44 barracuda 145136 20:29 86 (26) 92 (26) 112 (24) 98 (26) 111 (26)
45 pterodactyl 113475 20:33 86 (22) 101 (21) 118 (17) 96 (23) 101 (19)
46 Zabadak 139264 21:06 86 (24) 107 (24) 92 (21) 89 (25) 121 (26)
47 xmogg 48121 22:16 88 (6) 108 (8) 94 (13) 100 (9) 106 (10)
48 Scoffer 71480 22:28 96 (10) 86 (15) 105 (14) 110 (14) 101 (10)
49 KarenR 79841 22:56 78 (16) 94 (14) 103 (9) 107 (15) 120 (14)
50 Kevin Gregg 138648 23:06 90 (25) 92 (23) 102 (18) 98 (23) 118 (21)
51 benedick 70175 23:23 90 (12) 92 (12) 113 (11) 92 (14) 115 (11)
52 zythum 108640 24:48 85 (17) 107 (17) 102 (16) 98 (17) 107 (16)
53 crosswordian 163492 25:13 86 (24) 97 (23) 112 (24) 94 (23) 108 (24)
54 Solver52 168113 25:28 98 (25) 90 (24) 105 (24) 99 (24) 105 (23)
55 Edprof 151788 26:37 88 (20) 93 (25) 112 (19) 99 (20) 108 (21)
56 Chadwick 164357 27:23 83 (20) 92 (22) 115 (23) 98 (24) 109 (21)
57 Manveru 82230 28:33 88 (12) 96 (12) 109 (12) 101 (11) 104 (11)
58 diogenes 139039 28:36 88 (19) 96 (16) 103 (16) 99 (20) 112 (20)
59 dec 80700 29:14 88 (11) 89 (10) 117 (10) 101 (14) 103 (11)
60 NAPASAI 119077 30:04 100 (19) 81 (15) 91 (12) 99 (14) 123 (16)
61 rosselliot 191619 31:18 82 (24) 93 (21) 110 (23) 103 (24) 110 (20)
62 koro 215339 32:37 85 (25) 95 (23) 109 (22) 98 (24) 110 (26)
63 nekabue 215932 32:43 89 (26) 84 (24) 114 (22) 93 (26) 122 (22)
64 Jeeves 86666 32:49 95 (8) 107 (11) 102 (11) 88 (13) 106 (11)
65 Mkgnao 226869 34:03 88 (25) 96 (25) 104 (24) 88 (23) 122 (24)
66 cassandra 246823 34:34 98 (26) 101 (26) 98 (25) 99 (26) 102 (26)
67 fudgiebates 85020 35:25 96 (11) 100 (9) 102 (10) 103 (11) 96 (9)
68 FelicityTT 82214 36:03 81 (7) 94 (6) 102 (13) 90 (9) 114 (13)
69 Glyndwr 173780 36:39 87 (23) 95 (16) 103 (13) 96 (20) 122 (17)
70 1234 223935 36:57 86 (20) 98 (23) 103 (22) 96 (21) 111 (25)
71 JohnDun 219175 37:16 82 (18) 84 (20) 103 (22) 99 (24) 122 (24)
72 ulaca 232930 38:26 77 (16) 99 (24) 113 (24) 89 (25) 113 (22)
73 Big Nug 269885 38:46 87 (26) 100 (25) 113 (24) 87 (26) 113 (25)
74 Jefe 123214 43:41 61 (13) 77 (13) 160 (7) 110 (8) 122 (16)
75 JerryR 346071 49:17 85 (26) 86 (25) 105 (25) 90 (26) 132 (25)
76 Clovis 298333 51:15 46 (24) 116 (20) 110 (20) 66 (21) 167 (22)
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