Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for June 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 Lettuceleaf 20316 05:38 99 (15) 94 (15) 99 (13) 106 (13) 101 (14)
2 mohn 22377 05:55 86 (14) 92 (15) 103 (13) 93 (17) 125 (14)
3 Magoo 16922 06:07 79 (7) 94 (13) 107 (13) 96 (12) 113 (11)
4 Eamon Ryan 42770 06:11 93 (26) 92 (25) 102 (23) 102 (26) 109 (25)
5 Jason 47420 07:07 91 (23) 88 (25) 100 (22) 100 (26) 116 (25)
6 verlaine 51764 08:32 91 (26) 85 (26) 107 (22) 103 (26) 134 (11)
7 DaddyM 23767 09:00 103 (9) 95 (12) 103 (12) 96 (12) 102 (9)
8 aphis99 62328 09:16 96 (24) 90 (24) 100 (23) 92 (26) 119 (25)
9 richard 21894 09:21 88 (13) 100 (10) 101 (10) 97 (9) 125 (7)
10 AlanS 51605 10:00 80 (19) 96 (19) 112 (17) 89 (21) 123 (20)
11 chindit 68605 11:06 85 (25) 95 (23) 100 (20) 91 (21) 126 (24)
12 Topical Tim 81722 11:44 84 (26) 97 (25) 104 (23) 95 (26) 117 (26)
13 lickert 66808 11:50 87 (20) 90 (22) 102 (19) 102 (20) 115 (23)
14 glheard 61180 11:51 90 (21) 88 (19) 107 (18) 105 (21) 110 (17)
15 Tom Stubbs 85967 13:08 88 (25) 88 (25) 110 (21) 97 (24) 116 (24)
16 Stavros 81086 13:22 87 (22) 87 (24) 107 (20) 105 (22) 112 (23)
17 keriothe_ 76802 13:37 85 (23) 89 (21) 105 (20) 104 (21) 117 (19)
18 neilr 98049 14:05 90 (26) 88 (26) 104 (23) 101 (26) 116 (25)
19 Ben Staveley 62009 14:21 83 (15) 90 (18) 108 (15) 102 (18) 114 (16)
20 Silva 94128 14:31 83 (22) 92 (26) 109 (21) 97 (26) 119 (23)
21 fshephe 100397 14:48 92 (23) 93 (26) 102 (22) 98 (26) 112 (26)
22 ChuckB 61497 15:04 87 (20) 94 (17) 97 (12) 102 (16) 127 (13)
23 Tibthorpe 98461 15:28 75 (25) 86 (24) 113 (22) 107 (20) 120 (25)
24 noidea 84323 15:36 91 (23) 101 (22) 104 (18) 95 (18) 109 (19)
25 Sue Sweeper 64170 16:27 86 (14) 93 (19) 101 (15) 103 (16) 122 (11)
26 mikegrocott 52544 16:31 95 (12) 94 (10) 104 (13) 95 (13) 105 (15)
27 sotira 83308 16:31 93 (22) 89 (20) 104 (18) 100 (14) 112 (20)
28 robinh 104701 16:56 83 (23) 91 (23) 103 (21) 100 (24) 121 (22)
29 mchalen 55110 17:00 89 (13) 90 (13) 101 (13) 95 (12) 123 (13)
30 phthisis 43142 17:07 98 (10) 88 (14) 106 (10) 100 (8) 110 (10)
31 Groucho 98030 17:22 87 (25) 100 (23) 106 (18) 103 (22) 107 (16)
32 SimonAnthony 111338 17:30 82 (24) 88 (25) 102 (20) 123 (23) 104 (24)
33 Ron's mum 77934 17:33 61 (20) 100 (21) 132 (14) 58 (14) 161 (15)
34 Spanna 62365 18:14 95 (15) 101 (16) 101 (10) 101 (15) 100 (11)
35 OliviaRhineb 122464 18:23 83 (26) 90 (25) 110 (22) 98 (25) 120 (23)
36 David P 86363 18:41 87 (18) 95 (18) 110 (16) 99 (19) 109 (16)
37 David Crooks 119731 18:49 83 (24) 94 (24) 112 (21) 98 (23) 112 (24)
38 GMcD 130204 18:52 84 (26) 90 (26) 114 (23) 102 (25) 110 (25)
39 John Arnold 72176 19:43 97 (22) 94 (14) 107 (11) 99 (12) 106 (12)
40 sampson 75847 20:03 98 (13) 93 (19) 108 (13) 99 (16) 105 (12)
41 barracuda 141784 20:22 86 (26) 94 (26) 111 (22) 99 (26) 110 (26)
42 pterodactyl 108393 20:31 86 (20) 95 (20) 115 (18) 104 (21) 100 (19)
43 Zabadak 136012 21:23 85 (25) 101 (23) 99 (19) 94 (24) 117 (25)
44 KarenR 73659 21:55 84 (17) 87 (15) 100 (7) 106 (15) 130 (12)
45 benedick 70106 22:54 89 (10) 91 (13) 102 (12) 103 (17) 113 (9)
46 Scoffer 95118 23:18 96 (12) 86 (20) 101 (16) 114 (18) 101 (12)
47 Kevin Gregg 142240 23:42 84 (23) 98 (24) 103 (18) 100 (23) 113 (22)
48 zythum 83969 23:43 85 (15) 98 (13) 100 (12) 105 (14) 109 (15)
49 crosswordian 151470 24:45 88 (23) 93 (23) 111 (21) 94 (21) 112 (24)
50 Solver52 173032 25:17 95 (26) 91 (26) 107 (22) 100 (25) 107 (25)
51 Edprof 135496 26:53 99 (18) 91 (21) 100 (18) 97 (17) 110 (20)
52 Chadwick 126633 27:24 84 (15) 85 (17) 110 (19) 102 (17) 111 (19)
53 diogenes 155766 27:54 89 (21) 91 (19) 100 (17) 98 (24) 118 (22)
54 Manveru 61565 28:30 89 (8) 95 (10) 107 (11) 100 (10) 106 (7)
55 dec 74656 29:37 88 (11) 97 (8) 105 (8) 99 (14) 109 (11)
56 fudgiebates 80368 31:09 81 (13) 92 (8) 102 (10) 112 (11) 113 (11)
57 rosselliot 183815 31:15 85 (23) 89 (23) 109 (21) 105 (22) 113 (19)
58 NAPASAI 148071 31:38 103 (19) 77 (20) 105 (13) 99 (17) 117 (19)
59 nekabue 210648 31:54 88 (26) 84 (25) 112 (19) 96 (26) 122 (24)
60 koro 213141 32:17 86 (25) 91 (23) 110 (22) 100 (24) 109 (26)
61 Mkgnao 194385 32:23 88 (22) 89 (23) 104 (20) 94 (21) 122 (24)
62 Jeeves 88813 33:38 104 (8) 76 (11) 123 (9) 93 (13) 108 (13)
63 Glyndwr 159693 35:01 86 (21) 102 (18) 97 (12) 97 (19) 120 (16)
64 cassandra 246693 35:08 96 (26) 100 (26) 98 (23) 99 (26) 104 (26)
65 FelicityTT 99486 35:16 90 (8) 90 (11) 107 (11) 90 (13) 115 (14)
66 ulaca 205600 35:41 85 (18) 88 (23) 110 (22) 95 (22) 119 (21)
67 VictoriaW 86381 35:59 117 (10) 107 (10) 114 (9) 70 (7) 86 (14)
68 JohnDun 207304 35:59 78 (19) 88 (21) 102 (18) 101 (24) 123 (24)
69 Big Nug 254966 38:16 90 (25) 88 (24) 105 (21) 95 (26) 120 (25)
70 1234 222441 38:37 88 (22) 94 (22) 102 (18) 95 (21) 118 (23)
71 Jefe 120939 47:59 60 (12) 66 (11) 137 (7) 157 (8) 113 (14)
72 JerryR 313690 48:24 86 (24) 85 (25) 109 (23) 93 (23) 127 (23)
73 Clovis 315983 54:17 43 (23) 75 (22) 136 (21) 113 (21) 140 (20)
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