Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for October 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 11548 06:12 98 (6) 92 (8) 98 (8) 99 (10) 108 (9)
2 Magoo 23907 06:38 82 (8) 105 (13) 102 (18) 93 (15) 106 (16)
3 Eamon Ryan 47824 06:45 88 (26) 96 (26) 96 (24) 108 (26) 109 (26)
4 Jason 50763 07:29 87 (26) 92 (25) 99 (22) 106 (24) 112 (26)
5 verlaine 44360 08:29 85 (23) 92 (23) 104 (21) 113 (22) 116 (8)
6 mistigris 41357 09:04 82 (17) 104 (17) 87 (16) 111 (18) 111 (18)
7 aphis99 64241 09:28 87 (24) 96 (25) 97 (24) 106 (26) 112 (24)
8 Midas 66734 09:35 88 (26) 100 (26) 98 (24) 104 (26) 108 (24)
9 mxxx 22416 09:49 98 (15) 105 (12) 104 (9) 86 (6) 97 (6)
10 AlanS 69820 10:23 88 (25) 98 (25) 97 (23) 96 (25) 119 (24)
11 richard 41238 10:34 90 (16) 102 (15) 87 (13) 111 (18) 104 (13)
12 chindit 63258 11:20 82 (22) 101 (21) 100 (19) 103 (20) 113 (21)
13 lickert 63683 11:32 90 (20) 104 (20) 94 (19) 104 (20) 105 (23)
14 asaldanha 62117 12:10 86 (19) 110 (18) 88 (18) 105 (18) 108 (22)
15 trux 36380 12:22 82 (14) 98 (14) 100 (12) 114 (10) 114 (9)
16 chriswords 73527 12:22 92 (23) 102 (22) 97 (22) 96 (21) 111 (21)
17 Spur58 54660 12:28 92 (14) 102 (18) 99 (18) 103 (19) 101 (14)
18 glheard 70621 12:56 86 (22) 100 (19) 96 (19) 111 (22) 106 (19)
19 Derek Harrison 70067 13:07 96 (17) 100 (19) 91 (20) 95 (24) 116 (19)
20 Topical Tim 85897 13:08 83 (24) 108 (25) 96 (23) 107 (23) 103 (24)
21 Tom Stubbs 84443 13:16 81 (25) 102 (23) 105 (21) 109 (24) 102 (23)
22 Stavros 70548 13:59 86 (20) 99 (20) 91 (17) 108 (19) 114 (18)
23 Ben Staveley 44213 14:26 91 (10) 99 (14) 100 (12) 89 (15) 124 (10)
24 neilr 99563 14:41 91 (26) 93 (24) 97 (24) 101 (24) 116 (25)
25 p.wild 104210 14:58 93 (26) 105 (26) 91 (24) 107 (26) 101 (24)
26 fshephe 106507 15:10 93 (25) 100 (26) 100 (24) 99 (26) 105 (26)
27 mikegrocott 54758 15:12 95 (17) 96 (9) 98 (15) 101 (12) 106 (17)
28 noidea 73950 15:12 86 (19) 108 (18) 98 (17) 101 (18) 105 (19)
29 Silva 99807 15:15 82 (26) 102 (26) 103 (24) 100 (22) 114 (21)
30 keriothe_ 79122 15:20 76 (18) 100 (20) 97 (20) 106 (18) 116 (20)
31 jimpen 89900 15:26 88 (22) 99 (23) 97 (21) 105 (22) 111 (19)
32 Sheapey 96366 15:54 84 (20) 94 (23) 94 (21) 101 (24) 122 (23)
33 cyrillic 89825 15:55 88 (19) 93 (22) 101 (23) 102 (21) 113 (19)
34 Tibthorpe 106923 16:12 74 (26) 98 (25) 100 (24) 119 (24) 110 (21)
35 Jon88 113489 16:18 84 (25) 104 (26) 105 (24) 99 (26) 106 (25)
36 xyster 76439 16:45 81 (18) 90 (20) 104 (15) 108 (18) 120 (15)
37 Ron's mum 74552 16:47 91 (21) 96 (17) 120 (17) 57 (15) 138 (14)
38 PGooden 92992 17:01 82 (23) 93 (23) 104 (18) 95 (19) 131 (18)
39 Spanna 52359 17:06 95 (17) 104 (12) 106 (11) 97 (12) 99 (9)
40 SimonAnthony 98550 17:06 81 (22) 91 (22) 113 (19) 117 (23) 97 (20)
41 Malcj 113502 17:21 81 (24) 95 (25) 102 (22) 102 (23) 117 (25)
42 Groucho 89855 17:24 86 (26) 113 (19) 97 (18) 112 (17) 96 (16)
43 sotira 85962 17:28 92 (21) 98 (18) 100 (19) 109 (16) 102 (18)
44 Sue Sweeper 65921 17:43 87 (14) 102 (16) 97 (12) 104 (16) 106 (14)
45 phthisis 43890 17:50 88 (11) 99 (13) 103 (11) 108 (8) 105 (8)
46 robinh 114584 18:32 84 (23) 94 (23) 99 (21) 101 (23) 119 (23)
47 GMcD 133608 18:52 84 (26) 93 (26) 91 (24) 114 (26) 115 (26)
48 David Crooks 105478 18:54 85 (24) 105 (22) 101 (20) 106 (18) 103 (19)
49 OliviaRhineb 126205 18:56 81 (26) 100 (26) 98 (24) 107 (26) 116 (19)
50 David P 63470 19:35 82 (12) 98 (12) 114 (12) 94 (13) 108 (15)
51 Squallaby 111494 20:11 79 (22) 104 (22) 98 (19) 112 (23) 105 (16)
52 MikeOsborne 115294 20:13 87 (22) 100 (22) 105 (20) 100 (21) 107 (20)
53 JezWoolfrey 98454 20:15 81 (18) 85 (16) 101 (19) 109 (16) 117 (22)
54 Ed freshpot 109447 20:16 92 (21) 99 (22) 100 (21) 94 (16) 111 (20)
55 sampson 84539 21:01 91 (18) 104 (21) 101 (14) 101 (15) 103 (9)
56 barracuda 145920 21:08 87 (26) 101 (26) 99 (24) 102 (23) 109 (26)
57 John Arnold 85194 21:11 92 (21) 97 (13) 104 (15) 91 (14) 117 (14)
58 annelambirth 98677 21:21 93 (23) 103 (18) 103 (14) 92 (20) 117 (12)
59 gbestanley 103234 22:20 92 (21) 100 (12) 100 (18) 99 (19) 109 (17)
60 pterodactyl 105322 22:47 80 (16) 106 (16) 102 (21) 99 (16) 108 (18)
61 mcjwright 137168 22:51 86 (23) 98 (23) 101 (20) 99 (22) 114 (22)
62 Zabadak 153697 22:52 86 (25) 99 (25) 96 (23) 107 (25) 110 (24)
63 benedick 86137 23:09 88 (14) 109 (19) 88 (14) 104 (15) 107 (10)
64 LouWeed 165847 23:37 87 (26) 102 (26) 92 (24) 106 (25) 111 (26)
65 Kevin Gregg 131995 23:39 88 (20) 108 (22) 95 (18) 96 (23) 109 (20)
66 RobR 82549 23:43 87 (16) 102 (16) 89 (10) 121 (12) 100 (14)
67 Craven 150840 23:43 83 (21) 96 (23) 99 (23) 108 (24) 108 (25)
68 Looch 103700 24:00 84 (18) 102 (19) 100 (15) 104 (12) 110 (18)
69 poskir 121081 24:01 96 (19) 95 (17) 107 (20) 103 (19) 96 (19)
70 crosswordian 110465 24:13 89 (18) 97 (18) 100 (19) 100 (14) 112 (17)
71 rjcassidy 130840 24:13 88 (23) 111 (22) 95 (20) 97 (20) 111 (15)
72 Solver52 176584 25:22 91 (25) 104 (26) 101 (23) 98 (26) 103 (26)
73 struggler 169571 26:10 91 (24) 103 (24) 98 (23) 102 (24) 102 (23)
74 zythum 88160 26:14 86 (15) 108 (14) 98 (11) 101 (14) 106 (12)
75 diogenes 138272 26:47 88 (22) 104 (18) 100 (19) 98 (20) 111 (17)
76 Edprof 122487 27:13 84 (17) 103 (17) 103 (20) 96 (17) 113 (14)
77 colin2355 156735 27:29 96 (19) 95 (23) 84 (20) 116 (21) 105 (22)
78 Mkgnao 110143 27:48 83 (16) 91 (14) 94 (14) 105 (15) 121 (17)
79 dont_panic 149879 28:04 77 (22) 105 (22) 110 (18) 93 (19) 117 (18)
80 phmfantom 180386 28:05 87 (24) 97 (21) 94 (23) 110 (24) 108 (25)
81 Chadwick 87223 28:30 86 (10) 104 (11) 101 (14) 97 (12) 106 (14)
82 Manveru 94465 29:09 82 (14) 98 (10) 104 (15) 101 (13) 113 (12)
83 dec 104107 29:54 89 (16) 104 (15) 102 (13) 102 (15) 104 (9)
84 iagmathewson 160393 30:02 91 (22) 98 (22) 103 (19) 94 (17) 113 (19)
85 William M 123311 31:08 79 (13) 101 (17) 91 (15) 108 (13) 114 (18)
86 branch 131331 31:43 82 (18) 100 (15) 96 (14) 117 (15) 105 (17)
87 nekabue 192091 32:40 82 (24) 101 (24) 95 (18) 107 (20) 114 (22)
88 fudgiebates 106376 32:49 76 (13) 92 (14) 89 (9) 115 (12) 119 (16)
89 koro 225987 33:02 84 (26) 102 (24) 102 (24) 102 (25) 108 (25)
90 NAPASAI 147826 33:17 94 (17) 94 (16) 108 (18) 101 (16) 99 (17)
91 FelicityTT 134038 34:54 95 (12) 101 (16) 92 (14) 93 (13) 110 (19)
92 cassandra 252547 35:40 93 (26) 100 (26) 102 (24) 102 (26) 100 (26)
93 Glyndwr 191984 35:57 87 (23) 112 (19) 93 (20) 102 (21) 108 (16)
94 rosselliot 179508 36:29 81 (20) 107 (19) 106 (14) 107 (19) 100 (20)
95 ulaca 165765 36:50 90 (17) 110 (18) 89 (18) 96 (15) 113 (17)
96 JohnDun 217414 36:58 72 (23) 107 (23) 100 (20) 102 (21) 119 (21)
97 Tudds 258129 37:44 82 (26) 88 (26) 96 (21) 120 (25) 112 (26)
98 Jeeves 120488 37:53 81 (10) 100 (15) 100 (12) 106 (14) 104 (12)
99 eniamretrauq 167346 38:44 83 (15) 102 (16) 94 (17) 101 (15) 114 (19)
100 Crippens1 210837 39:02 80 (23) 105 (23) 94 (17) 105 (17) 115 (20)
101 1234 241803 39:30 83 (25) 107 (23) 99 (20) 98 (24) 114 (20)
102 empty 283790 40:25 91 (26) 104 (25) 97 (24) 101 (26) 104 (26)
103 Big Nug 268559 41:03 94 (24) 91 (24) 87 (23) 118 (25) 106 (23)
104 Jefe 141169 47:03 83 (13) 90 (14) 84 (11) 162 (8) 105 (14)
105 JerryR 337629 51:37 76 (24) 105 (24) 96 (24) 107 (23) 113 (24)
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