Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for July 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 14021 05:18 96 (12) 97 (12) 102 (10) 100 (9) 105 (11)
2 mohn 22575 05:58 88 (14) 94 (13) 103 (13) 94 (18) 118 (15)
3 Eamon Ryan 43610 06:19 91 (26) 96 (25) 96 (23) 102 (26) 112 (25)
4 Magoo 17433 06:27 73 (6) 98 (12) 101 (14) 93 (12) 119 (11)
5 Jason 47175 07:12 86 (24) 90 (24) 97 (21) 104 (25) 119 (25)
6 verlaine 50167 08:31 89 (26) 89 (26) 109 (23) 105 (25) 135 (8)
7 DaddyM 18133 09:09 101 (9) 95 (9) 102 (9) 99 (9) 101 (7)
8 aphis99 61845 09:17 91 (23) 94 (24) 101 (23) 94 (26) 117 (25)
9 99evers 17712 09:31 112 (6) 128 (10) 85 (7) 104 (10) 59 (8)
10 AlanS 62652 09:56 83 (23) 97 (23) 105 (21) 88 (24) 125 (24)
11 richard 25275 10:01 83 (13) 99 (11) 108 (9) 106 (10) 110 (9)
12 chindit 69240 11:05 84 (25) 95 (23) 103 (21) 95 (21) 122 (24)
13 trux 28127 11:26 83 (12) 88 (13) 106 (10) 115 (10) 128 (6)
14 lickert 62090 11:29 90 (19) 92 (21) 100 (18) 103 (19) 111 (23)
15 Topical Tim 83016 12:01 86 (26) 98 (25) 101 (23) 98 (25) 116 (26)
16 glheard 64068 12:08 87 (22) 88 (19) 104 (18) 111 (21) 109 (18)
17 Stavros 68170 13:31 85 (19) 86 (21) 109 (17) 107 (18) 113 (19)
18 Tom Stubbs 87803 13:32 86 (25) 92 (24) 105 (21) 102 (24) 113 (24)
19 keriothe_ 75365 13:57 78 (21) 94 (21) 97 (20) 110 (20) 123 (18)
20 neilr 96072 14:02 89 (26) 90 (25) 103 (23) 99 (25) 117 (25)
21 Ben Staveley 58269 14:16 88 (15) 90 (17) 112 (14) 95 (18) 118 (14)
22 Silva 94956 14:31 82 (24) 93 (26) 110 (21) 95 (25) 120 (23)
23 fshephe 98973 14:35 91 (23) 95 (26) 98 (22) 101 (26) 111 (26)
24 ChuckB 49327 14:56 84 (18) 94 (14) 98 (11) 107 (12) 132 (10)
25 noidea 80250 15:11 90 (22) 104 (21) 104 (19) 92 (17) 107 (19)
26 Tibthorpe 100076 15:44 72 (25) 86 (24) 111 (22) 115 (20) 118 (25)
27 mikegrocott 43418 16:04 94 (11) 88 (7) 108 (12) 95 (10) 104 (15)
28 sotira 79046 16:15 92 (22) 90 (19) 110 (18) 100 (13) 109 (19)
29 Sue Sweeper 63611 16:49 81 (13) 96 (18) 101 (15) 97 (18) 141 (9)
30 robinh 105149 17:00 84 (23) 93 (23) 103 (21) 101 (24) 118 (22)
31 Groucho 95208 17:03 86 (25) 103 (22) 103 (18) 105 (21) 105 (17)
32 phthisis 50207 17:04 98 (12) 91 (15) 103 (12) 96 (9) 113 (11)
33 mchalen 46163 17:05 88 (11) 88 (11) 99 (11) 96 (10) 124 (12)
34 SimonAnthony 104557 17:36 77 (22) 91 (23) 112 (18) 115 (24) 103 (22)
35 Spanna 56920 17:53 95 (14) 101 (15) 103 (9) 102 (14) 98 (11)
36 Ron's mum 83739 17:53 67 (21) 103 (21) 122 (16) 60 (15) 157 (15)
37 OliviaRhineb 124297 18:19 83 (26) 95 (26) 103 (23) 100 (26) 121 (22)
38 David P 77491 18:27 88 (15) 97 (17) 104 (15) 97 (17) 112 (16)
39 David Crooks 107193 18:36 80 (23) 94 (22) 111 (19) 101 (21) 116 (21)
40 GMcD 131373 18:52 81 (26) 92 (26) 106 (23) 103 (26) 117 (25)
41 MickinEly2 51695 19:34 96 (15) 96 (10) 102 (10) 101 (12) 106 (7)
42 sampson 74216 19:57 96 (15) 97 (18) 105 (12) 98 (17) 106 (10)
43 barracuda 139375 20:11 85 (26) 100 (26) 103 (22) 101 (25) 110 (26)
44 John Arnold 80121 20:13 101 (23) 91 (14) 104 (13) 94 (13) 106 (13)
45 pterodactyl 105452 20:55 82 (17) 100 (20) 109 (18) 103 (20) 101 (19)
46 xmogg 42554 21:29 78 (7) 107 (8) 96 (10) 110 (10) 101 (8)
47 Zabadak 141220 21:47 82 (25) 104 (24) 98 (20) 99 (24) 115 (25)
48 benedick 70682 22:39 92 (11) 93 (12) 96 (11) 105 (18) 109 (10)
49 Bert Dove 54762 23:24 91 (16) 102 (9) 101 (10) 101 (8) 120 (6)
50 Scoffer 77462 23:28 95 (12) 84 (16) 101 (13) 115 (14) 107 (10)
51 Kevin Gregg 143033 23:50 88 (22) 101 (25) 99 (18) 96 (23) 114 (22)
52 crosswordian 143818 24:12 88 (23) 94 (23) 109 (21) 95 (19) 112 (23)
53 zythum 82146 24:26 84 (13) 99 (13) 99 (11) 107 (14) 108 (15)
54 Solver52 172947 24:50 92 (26) 94 (26) 104 (23) 102 (25) 106 (26)
55 Chadwick 124428 27:17 88 (15) 89 (16) 103 (19) 102 (17) 110 (19)
56 Edprof 131918 27:28 94 (16) 93 (20) 99 (17) 100 (18) 111 (19)
57 diogenes 165531 28:09 90 (23) 96 (20) 103 (20) 97 (23) 113 (22)
58 Manveru 69358 28:11 89 (10) 88 (9) 109 (13) 101 (11) 108 (8)
59 dec 82246 28:33 87 (14) 102 (10) 104 (9) 102 (14) 107 (11)
60 Mkgnao 178089 30:55 83 (21) 92 (21) 102 (21) 99 (20) 120 (23)
61 NAPASAI 142486 31:14 92 (18) 78 (19) 119 (12) 93 (15) 118 (22)
62 fudgiebates 81082 31:25 78 (10) 90 (9) 97 (11) 115 (10) 112 (13)
63 koro 210972 31:40 85 (26) 96 (23) 106 (22) 100 (24) 111 (26)
64 rosselliot 180757 32:02 83 (22) 99 (22) 105 (19) 106 (22) 107 (19)
65 nekabue 200046 32:03 88 (25) 85 (24) 109 (18) 93 (23) 125 (24)
66 Jeeves 87663 34:47 101 (6) 81 (12) 116 (9) 100 (12) 105 (13)
67 FelicityTT 121696 34:58 91 (11) 92 (12) 104 (13) 90 (15) 114 (17)
68 ulaca 194337 35:12 81 (18) 92 (22) 101 (22) 97 (20) 124 (20)
69 Glyndwr 188572 35:18 86 (23) 99 (20) 94 (16) 99 (21) 122 (19)
70 cassandra 250485 35:40 97 (26) 98 (26) 99 (23) 101 (26) 103 (26)
71 VictoriaW 98149 36:21 107 (12) 103 (12) 109 (10) 70 (7) 96 (14)
72 JohnDun 207384 36:46 73 (20) 98 (20) 100 (17) 103 (23) 120 (24)
73 1234 213330 38:13 85 (22) 101 (21) 97 (18) 96 (20) 118 (22)
74 Big Nug 262972 39:07 88 (25) 91 (24) 97 (21) 102 (26) 118 (26)
75 Jefe 139470 47:26 60 (14) 67 (12) 142 (9) 159 (8) 110 (16)
76 JerryR 315026 48:36 83 (24) 88 (25) 103 (23) 105 (23) 122 (23)
77 Clovis 311662 53:00 46 (23) 81 (21) 122 (21) 131 (21) 122 (22)
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