Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for August 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 11329 05:14 94 (11) 97 (10) 100 (8) 100 (8) 108 (9)
2 mohn 19127 06:00 90 (13) 97 (12) 102 (10) 95 (16) 118 (12)
3 Eamon Ryan 48633 06:45 90 (27) 98 (26) 95 (24) 102 (27) 112 (26)
4 Jason 52785 07:39 88 (26) 92 (25) 95 (22) 101 (26) 121 (26)
5 99evers 18497 08:06 110 (8) 116 (11) 90 (9) 110 (11) 65 (9)
6 verlaine 45750 08:28 88 (24) 87 (24) 110 (21) 105 (23) 134 (8)
7 mistigris 20138 09:04 82 (9) 100 (10) 84 (8) 113 (10) 113 (10)
8 DaddyM 15499 09:13 100 (8) 99 (7) 100 (8) 98 (8) 100 (7)
9 aphis99 66197 09:30 90 (24) 89 (25) 102 (24) 97 (27) 119 (26)
10 AlanS 71012 10:17 82 (26) 101 (26) 103 (23) 88 (26) 126 (24)
11 richard 25632 10:25 85 (12) 97 (10) 110 (9) 104 (11) 106 (9)
12 chindit 74586 11:24 84 (26) 97 (24) 100 (22) 93 (22) 123 (25)
13 lickert 64194 11:37 90 (20) 93 (21) 98 (18) 100 (20) 114 (23)
14 trux 34490 12:13 82 (12) 93 (16) 104 (11) 110 (11) 126 (7)
15 glheard 70863 12:33 85 (23) 93 (20) 101 (19) 110 (23) 110 (19)
16 Topical Tim 90997 12:44 82 (27) 100 (27) 101 (24) 97 (25) 119 (26)
17 Ben Staveley 45984 13:41 96 (14) 93 (14) 111 (12) 92 (16) 114 (10)
18 Tom Stubbs 95404 14:04 81 (26) 93 (25) 107 (22) 102 (25) 115 (25)
19 Stavros 72894 14:07 85 (20) 92 (22) 99 (15) 106 (19) 117 (20)
20 ChuckB 42152 14:38 89 (17) 94 (11) 104 (11) 95 (11) 134 (8)
21 neilr 105074 14:42 89 (27) 90 (26) 99 (24) 100 (26) 120 (26)
22 keriothe_ 81499 14:45 75 (21) 97 (20) 102 (22) 99 (20) 128 (19)
23 fshephe 105976 14:58 93 (24) 95 (27) 98 (23) 100 (27) 110 (27)
24 Silva 100764 14:59 80 (25) 93 (27) 111 (23) 96 (25) 121 (22)
25 noidea 81367 15:24 90 (22) 106 (22) 103 (17) 94 (19) 106 (18)
26 mikegrocott 44466 15:46 95 (12) 88 (8) 107 (12) 92 (9) 106 (16)
27 Tibthorpe 105661 16:00 76 (26) 91 (25) 107 (23) 111 (21) 116 (25)
28 phthisis 43949 17:02 100 (11) 93 (14) 100 (11) 93 (8) 115 (9)
29 sotira 89253 17:17 90 (23) 91 (18) 106 (19) 102 (18) 111 (18)
30 SimonAnthony 105516 17:24 81 (22) 85 (24) 112 (19) 111 (24) 110 (22)
31 Ron's mum 81678 17:27 80 (21) 101 (20) 118 (17) 59 (16) 153 (14)
32 Groucho 96145 17:36 87 (27) 105 (22) 102 (17) 103 (20) 106 (15)
33 Sue Sweeper 66807 17:40 90 (13) 93 (17) 109 (13) 93 (19) 123 (11)
34 robinh 113333 17:49 84 (23) 92 (24) 102 (22) 99 (25) 122 (22)
35 mchalen 31271 17:58 86 (8) 87 (8) 103 (7) 93 (7) 124 (9)
36 Spanna 60826 18:06 100 (15) 100 (16) 103 (11) 96 (16) 100 (8)
37 OliviaRhineb 130123 18:41 83 (27) 94 (27) 105 (24) 99 (27) 123 (21)
38 GMcD 137776 18:58 85 (27) 90 (27) 107 (24) 102 (27) 116 (26)
39 David Crooks 113382 19:05 81 (25) 96 (23) 112 (20) 100 (21) 114 (20)
40 David P 82767 19:09 94 (16) 95 (17) 108 (16) 91 (17) 110 (16)
41 MickinEly2 49332 20:03 99 (16) 102 (9) 100 (8) 99 (10) 98 (8)
42 sampson 80755 20:23 96 (18) 99 (20) 103 (13) 101 (18) 98 (7)
43 barracuda 148691 20:28 85 (27) 97 (27) 102 (24) 98 (26) 116 (27)
44 John Arnold 83723 20:31 100 (23) 95 (15) 104 (15) 92 (13) 106 (12)
45 xmogg 37166 21:21 79 (8) 107 (6) 91 (8) 115 (11) 101 (6)
46 pterodactyl 108192 21:59 81 (17) 106 (18) 107 (20) 100 (20) 101 (17)
47 Zabadak 158002 22:42 82 (26) 100 (26) 101 (23) 97 (25) 117 (26)
48 benedick 79880 23:21 90 (11) 97 (14) 96 (14) 104 (19) 112 (9)
49 Scoffer 58439 23:45 98 (9) 85 (14) 100 (11) 111 (11) 115 (6)
50 Kevin Gregg 145764 24:03 90 (24) 104 (25) 99 (18) 94 (24) 112 (20)
51 crosswordian 151211 24:57 89 (21) 92 (25) 106 (22) 96 (20) 113 (23)
52 Bert Dove 60003 25:00 92 (17) 103 (10) 102 (11) 90 (6) 125 (6)
53 Solver52 184646 25:26 92 (27) 98 (27) 104 (24) 98 (26) 106 (27)
54 alexh 40458 25:56 85 (10) 102 (8) 114 (6) 107 (6) 103 (6)
55 zythum 78604 26:12 82 (13) 110 (13) 100 (9) 102 (12) 105 (13)
56 Chadwick 127271 27:32 89 (16) 100 (16) 100 (19) 95 (17) 112 (19)
57 Edprof 140226 27:49 86 (16) 96 (20) 102 (20) 96 (19) 116 (19)
58 diogenes 179564 28:14 87 (25) 98 (22) 103 (21) 99 (25) 112 (23)
59 dec 92639 29:07 86 (17) 104 (11) 105 (11) 104 (14) 109 (10)
60 Manveru 79296 29:22 81 (11) 96 (11) 110 (14) 97 (11) 117 (8)
61 Mkgnao 174203 30:14 81 (22) 91 (20) 96 (19) 101 (21) 124 (24)
62 koro 220379 32:30 84 (27) 96 (23) 106 (23) 100 (24) 114 (26)
63 fudgiebates 94618 32:51 81 (12) 94 (10) 95 (11) 99 (10) 120 (15)
64 NAPASAI 156141 32:56 96 (18) 81 (19) 122 (15) 92 (16) 109 (21)
65 nekabue 218016 33:20 86 (26) 91 (26) 105 (20) 95 (23) 125 (24)
66 VictoriaW 92752 33:36 103 (12) 100 (12) 115 (9) 77 (9) 100 (14)
67 rosselliot 197629 34:18 81 (22) 101 (23) 114 (18) 103 (22) 103 (21)
68 FelicityTT 138982 35:05 87 (12) 96 (16) 98 (14) 89 (15) 119 (19)
69 Glyndwr 199236 36:05 91 (24) 103 (21) 93 (17) 96 (23) 119 (17)
70 cassandra 265231 36:14 97 (27) 98 (27) 101 (24) 101 (27) 101 (27)
71 ulaca 185888 36:26 76 (17) 104 (22) 97 (21) 91 (18) 129 (17)
72 Jeeves 98437 37:17 87 (7) 94 (13) 116 (11) 94 (11) 102 (12)
73 JohnDun 217518 37:22 72 (22) 100 (22) 101 (18) 96 (21) 126 (24)
74 1234 228864 38:55 87 (24) 101 (22) 98 (18) 91 (23) 124 (21)
75 Big Nug 281275 40:45 91 (26) 96 (25) 98 (23) 95 (26) 118 (25)
76 Jefe 173234 50:39 60 (16) 74 (14) 127 (11) 171 (8) 111 (18)
77 JerryR 348866 51:00 81 (25) 92 (26) 103 (24) 91 (24) 131 (25)
78 Clovis 365499 59:08 52 (24) 93 (23) 117 (22) 116 (22) 124 (22)
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