Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for May 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 21889 05:47 87 (16) 96 (15) 103 (11) 92 (18) 127 (13)
2 Lettuceleaf 26025 05:47 98 (17) 95 (19) 100 (16) 105 (16) 99 (17)
3 Eamon Ryan 42169 06:06 95 (26) 93 (24) 102 (24) 100 (26) 108 (25)
4 Magoo 20692 06:09 87 (10) 92 (15) 98 (11) 101 (14) 113 (16)
5 Jason 47028 06:56 88 (23) 93 (25) 100 (24) 100 (26) 115 (25)
6 verlaine 53681 08:36 91 (26) 90 (26) 108 (21) 95 (26) 127 (15)
7 DaddyM 24451 09:03 100 (11) 95 (12) 103 (12) 100 (11) 101 (9)
8 richard 20359 09:10 88 (12) 99 (7) 102 (9) 99 (9) 113 (10)
9 aphis99 63385 09:25 99 (24) 91 (23) 104 (24) 90 (26) 114 (25)
10 AlanS 38493 09:52 79 (15) 97 (15) 107 (14) 91 (16) 125 (15)
11 chindit 67721 11:24 86 (24) 98 (23) 101 (20) 89 (19) 123 (23)
12 Topical Tim 81340 11:41 81 (26) 107 (24) 105 (24) 89 (26) 117 (26)
13 glheard 60190 11:48 82 (19) 94 (20) 110 (19) 103 (22) 109 (15)
14 lickert 67577 11:51 87 (22) 96 (22) 102 (19) 98 (19) 114 (23)
15 Tom Stubbs 86588 12:53 90 (25) 94 (26) 103 (23) 93 (24) 119 (24)
16 keriothe_ 77438 13:26 90 (24) 93 (20) 108 (21) 93 (21) 116 (20)
17 Stavros 84248 13:37 85 (22) 92 (25) 105 (20) 100 (22) 115 (24)
18 Silva 89256 13:46 85 (22) 96 (25) 109 (22) 95 (26) 113 (23)
19 neilr 96863 13:47 93 (26) 94 (26) 99 (24) 99 (26) 114 (25)
20 BoxBrownie 38402 13:54 88 (13) 111 (11) 103 (14) 86 (7) 105 (11)
21 Ben Staveley 57290 14:15 84 (14) 89 (17) 114 (14) 96 (16) 113 (16)
22 fshephe 101715 14:52 95 (23) 93 (26) 102 (23) 98 (26) 110 (26)
23 Tibthorpe 96231 15:07 74 (25) 87 (24) 114 (22) 102 (20) 122 (25)
24 ChuckB 72708 15:08 89 (23) 95 (18) 98 (15) 98 (18) 123 (16)
25 Ron's mum 60098 15:39 60 (17) 106 (16) 139 (13) 67 (13) 132 (15)
26 noidea 89564 16:03 90 (24) 100 (20) 107 (21) 93 (19) 109 (19)
27 Sue Sweeper 65102 16:11 85 (14) 105 (19) 96 (16) 97 (16) 114 (12)
28 sotira 78755 16:24 95 (22) 92 (19) 105 (15) 93 (13) 111 (21)
29 mikegrocott 56752 16:35 94 (13) 100 (10) 108 (13) 92 (15) 104 (16)
30 mchalen 64230 16:43 91 (17) 94 (15) 99 (15) 94 (12) 120 (15)
31 SimonAnthony 106634 16:45 86 (23) 96 (25) 106 (21) 108 (23) 103 (24)
32 robinh 106055 16:59 83 (23) 95 (23) 107 (22) 98 (24) 116 (22)
33 Groucho 98752 17:19 90 (25) 99 (22) 108 (19) 98 (23) 108 (16)
34 phthisis 32449 17:26 105 (7) 86 (10) 104 (8) 96 (7) 110 (9)
35 Spanna 66925 18:17 96 (14) 98 (15) 104 (13) 98 (16) 103 (13)
36 OliviaRhineb 121965 18:18 85 (25) 94 (24) 111 (23) 95 (25) 114 (24)
37 David P 93485 18:32 94 (19) 96 (20) 101 (18) 96 (20) 113 (17)
38 David Crooks 126318 19:08 82 (24) 97 (24) 112 (23) 94 (25) 112 (24)
39 GMcD 131357 19:12 84 (25) 92 (26) 117 (23) 97 (25) 109 (25)
40 MickinEly2 35268 19:35 94 (10) 91 (7) 101 (8) 104 (8) 110 (7)
41 sampson 84328 20:04 97 (14) 95 (20) 107 (15) 95 (17) 108 (14)
42 barracuda 140986 20:05 86 (26) 95 (26) 114 (23) 97 (26) 108 (26)
43 pterodactyl 112490 20:22 87 (20) 102 (21) 112 (18) 99 (24) 100 (19)
44 John Arnold 81005 20:27 97 (20) 94 (15) 110 (14) 97 (15) 101 (12)
45 kath 53382 20:41 94 (13) 94 (15) 112 (7) 105 (12) 102 (6)
46 reindeer 54804 20:45 84 (11) 106 (10) 99 (11) 96 (11) 113 (11)
47 Zabadak 134626 21:10 86 (24) 109 (23) 93 (20) 90 (24) 117 (25)
48 KarenR 71990 22:13 82 (16) 88 (14) 114 (7) 102 (15) 127 (12)
49 Scoffer 83641 22:51 96 (12) 87 (17) 106 (15) 108 (16) 101 (11)
50 benedick 76199 23:05 93 (11) 94 (14) 110 (13) 92 (17) 114 (10)
51 Kevin Gregg 141104 23:31 90 (24) 98 (23) 103 (18) 96 (23) 112 (22)
52 zythum 100243 23:52 85 (17) 102 (15) 103 (16) 98 (16) 111 (16)
53 crosswordian 162220 25:02 87 (24) 97 (23) 113 (23) 93 (23) 108 (25)
54 Solver52 168798 25:34 97 (25) 89 (25) 106 (23) 99 (24) 107 (23)
55 Edprof 137688 26:41 94 (19) 91 (22) 109 (18) 98 (17) 107 (20)
56 Chadwick 135516 27:32 85 (16) 88 (19) 117 (19) 98 (20) 108 (18)
57 diogenes 143906 27:53 91 (20) 97 (18) 100 (15) 94 (21) 114 (22)
58 dec 73372 28:26 89 (11) 93 (9) 113 (9) 98 (14) 108 (10)
59 Manveru 74960 29:03 93 (9) 87 (9) 112 (12) 100 (13) 101 (10)
60 Jeeves 84926 31:27 106 (9) 97 (11) 99 (9) 88 (14) 111 (12)
61 NAPASAI 136570 31:36 105 (19) 80 (17) 96 (14) 95 (15) 119 (17)
62 rosselliot 195507 31:38 84 (25) 95 (22) 108 (22) 103 (24) 111 (20)
63 koro 214419 32:11 86 (25) 93 (24) 108 (22) 101 (24) 109 (26)
64 nekabue 212784 32:14 89 (26) 86 (25) 116 (20) 92 (26) 121 (23)
65 Mkgnao 215425 32:56 90 (24) 98 (26) 103 (23) 85 (22) 120 (24)
66 fudgiebates 79368 33:04 86 (12) 105 (8) 105 (10) 102 (11) 105 (9)
67 cassandra 247411 34:56 99 (26) 100 (26) 97 (24) 99 (26) 103 (26)
68 FelicityTT 81221 35:37 90 (7) 90 (8) 108 (10) 85 (11) 116 (12)
69 Glyndwr 168558 36:01 88 (22) 101 (18) 106 (13) 97 (19) 113 (16)
70 JohnDun 209717 36:24 80 (19) 83 (20) 106 (20) 97 (23) 125 (24)
71 ulaca 218681 37:11 82 (16) 98 (23) 114 (24) 88 (24) 110 (21)
72 1234 226980 37:49 85 (22) 101 (23) 102 (21) 95 (21) 115 (23)
73 VictoriaW 73344 38:12 113 (9) 106 (7) 107 (9) 70 (6) 92 (11)
74 Big Nug 267451 39:06 94 (25) 96 (25) 108 (23) 85 (26) 116 (25)
75 Jefe 132135 46:51 58 (13) 68 (12) 149 (7) 152 (10) 108 (15)
76 JerryR 311767 47:40 88 (24) 88 (25) 108 (24) 88 (23) 127 (23)
77 Clovis 302664 52:00 45 (23) 83 (20) 133 (20) 84 (22) 157 (22)
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