Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for November 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 10068 05:59 92 (8) 100 (7) 103 (7) 103 (8) 101 (8)
2 Magoo 26302 06:26 78 (11) 110 (15) 105 (18) 93 (17) 105 (17)
3 Eamon Ryan 50891 06:50 86 (27) 99 (27) 99 (26) 106 (27) 109 (27)
4 Jason 53666 07:38 83 (27) 94 (25) 100 (23) 104 (25) 116 (27)
5 verlaine 46697 08:33 85 (24) 97 (24) 96 (20) 113 (22) 116 (11)
6 mistigris 51490 09:02 86 (22) 100 (22) 85 (18) 109 (21) 114 (22)
7 aphis99 68123 09:18 81 (26) 101 (27) 98 (26) 105 (27) 112 (26)
8 Midas 69969 09:33 88 (27) 102 (27) 100 (26) 103 (27) 104 (25)
9 AlanS 74295 10:29 90 (26) 101 (26) 89 (25) 96 (26) 121 (25)
10 richard 38203 10:58 85 (14) 101 (14) 85 (12) 120 (17) 98 (11)
11 chindit 68138 11:21 81 (23) 103 (24) 100 (19) 104 (22) 111 (22)
12 lickert 65805 11:25 90 (21) 106 (20) 91 (20) 99 (21) 110 (24)
13 asaldanha 73195 12:04 87 (23) 106 (22) 89 (19) 105 (23) 108 (24)
14 chriswords 76936 12:05 92 (25) 108 (22) 94 (24) 97 (22) 108 (23)
15 trux 36974 12:19 81 (15) 99 (15) 101 (12) 119 (9) 115 (9)
16 glheard 67739 12:41 87 (21) 102 (18) 99 (18) 104 (23) 106 (19)
17 Spur58 58505 12:49 91 (16) 104 (17) 99 (18) 103 (20) 100 (15)
18 Derek Harrison 66626 12:54 92 (14) 100 (21) 94 (21) 98 (22) 113 (18)
19 Topical Tim 89178 13:16 84 (25) 109 (26) 96 (22) 110 (24) 98 (25)
20 Tom Stubbs 93679 13:27 81 (26) 103 (24) 102 (24) 105 (26) 107 (26)
21 Stavros 73174 14:10 81 (20) 98 (20) 89 (16) 116 (21) 112 (19)
22 Ben Staveley 48147 14:35 88 (9) 100 (16) 103 (14) 88 (15) 120 (11)
23 neilr 102008 14:39 85 (27) 98 (25) 100 (23) 101 (25) 115 (26)
24 Ron's mum 60721 14:40 97 (21) 109 (16) 99 (17) 56 (12) 131 (13)
25 p.wild 109261 14:55 92 (27) 103 (27) 93 (26) 106 (27) 104 (25)
26 noidea 78233 14:59 89 (20) 109 (20) 101 (19) 97 (19) 102 (19)
27 Silva 100160 15:02 82 (27) 104 (27) 100 (22) 102 (23) 112 (22)
28 fshephe 110733 15:07 90 (26) 100 (27) 103 (25) 99 (27) 105 (27)
29 mikegrocott 55726 15:13 96 (17) 95 (11) 99 (17) 103 (11) 105 (15)
30 keriothe_ 86639 15:21 75 (19) 101 (22) 102 (20) 106 (21) 111 (22)
31 jimpen 93757 15:28 84 (23) 101 (23) 98 (23) 103 (22) 113 (20)
32 cyrillic 85056 15:45 89 (19) 95 (21) 100 (22) 103 (20) 111 (18)
33 Sheapey 100339 15:46 77 (22) 96 (24) 101 (22) 104 (25) 118 (23)
34 SimonAnthony 92500 16:03 76 (23) 97 (23) 106 (21) 119 (21) 102 (18)
35 PGooden 93892 16:07 82 (25) 99 (24) 105 (20) 93 (20) 127 (18)
36 Tibthorpe 113273 16:08 74 (27) 104 (26) 101 (26) 114 (26) 107 (22)
37 Jon88 118311 16:09 84 (26) 104 (27) 102 (26) 101 (27) 106 (26)
38 xyster 61242 16:12 83 (15) 90 (18) 107 (13) 108 (15) 118 (12)
39 Groucho 96213 17:03 86 (27) 114 (21) 97 (20) 107 (18) 99 (18)
40 Spanna 50198 17:04 96 (19) 108 (9) 102 (12) 94 (11) 104 (8)
41 Malcj 116737 17:04 80 (24) 101 (26) 100 (24) 100 (24) 115 (26)
42 sotira 102051 17:43 88 (24) 100 (21) 100 (20) 104 (19) 107 (22)
43 phthisis 56987 17:55 84 (15) 98 (15) 105 (13) 107 (10) 112 (10)
44 Sue Sweeper 75252 17:55 85 (14) 101 (16) 105 (13) 98 (20) 108 (17)
45 robinh 126654 18:21 86 (25) 95 (25) 100 (24) 100 (25) 116 (26)
46 David Crooks 111649 18:47 83 (25) 111 (23) 96 (22) 107 (18) 104 (21)
47 OliviaRhineb 133973 18:55 81 (27) 101 (26) 98 (26) 106 (27) 115 (22)
48 MikeOsborne 113314 19:04 82 (23) 106 (23) 104 (20) 99 (22) 108 (21)
49 GMcD 141761 19:12 82 (27) 97 (27) 93 (25) 112 (27) 113 (27)
50 JezWoolfrey 97271 19:46 78 (16) 88 (15) 102 (20) 105 (17) 114 (24)
51 David P 55204 20:00 86 (10) 97 (10) 112 (11) 95 (12) 105 (13)
52 Squallaby 112565 20:36 78 (23) 103 (23) 98 (18) 112 (22) 112 (15)
53 Ed freshpot 112639 20:51 89 (22) 99 (21) 105 (21) 92 (16) 111 (20)
54 sampson 89754 21:04 90 (19) 104 (21) 103 (15) 98 (18) 107 (8)
55 annelambirth 97436 21:05 90 (21) 104 (17) 101 (16) 92 (20) 120 (13)
56 John Arnold 89813 21:23 93 (23) 100 (13) 103 (14) 85 (14) 118 (16)
57 barracuda 156265 21:31 85 (27) 104 (27) 97 (26) 102 (24) 110 (27)
58 mcjwright 139842 22:24 81 (23) 101 (24) 95 (21) 100 (23) 120 (23)
59 gbestanley 112489 22:35 90 (22) 103 (11) 101 (21) 94 (20) 113 (19)
60 Zabadak 166168 22:42 85 (27) 102 (27) 97 (26) 106 (26) 109 (26)
61 LouWeed 169245 22:55 89 (27) 102 (27) 93 (26) 106 (26) 108 (27)
62 benedick 96970 23:05 85 (17) 110 (18) 92 (17) 102 (15) 110 (13)
63 Kevin Gregg 133141 23:06 88 (21) 114 (22) 97 (20) 91 (23) 108 (20)
64 Craven 162606 23:09 83 (25) 101 (26) 99 (25) 105 (25) 109 (26)
65 pterodactyl 112957 23:14 81 (18) 106 (16) 106 (22) 95 (15) 107 (20)
66 RobR 92529 23:21 84 (17) 99 (16) 93 (12) 123 (15) 98 (16)
67 Looch 104856 23:36 81 (18) 106 (19) 101 (16) 101 (14) 109 (17)
68 poskir 128873 23:36 98 (21) 96 (18) 106 (23) 97 (19) 98 (20)
69 crosswordian 89565 24:28 83 (14) 97 (14) 101 (17) 103 (12) 114 (14)
70 rjcassidy 141083 24:29 86 (24) 114 (24) 92 (21) 98 (20) 110 (17)
71 diogenes 117367 25:04 86 (21) 107 (16) 103 (18) 98 (19) 109 (14)
72 Solver52 183989 25:08 90 (26) 105 (27) 103 (25) 97 (27) 102 (27)
73 zythum 102428 25:51 87 (17) 112 (16) 93 (13) 101 (16) 105 (14)
74 colin2355 155346 25:53 87 (20) 101 (24) 86 (22) 118 (23) 104 (21)
75 Edprof 131100 26:00 80 (18) 104 (19) 103 (22) 98 (21) 116 (14)
76 struggler 190947 27:12 91 (25) 105 (25) 101 (25) 102 (26) 99 (26)
77 phmfantom 182042 27:20 84 (25) 107 (23) 93 (23) 109 (24) 105 (26)
78 Mkgnao 109799 27:43 85 (17) 95 (14) 97 (14) 100 (16) 122 (15)
79 Chadwick 123698 27:51 87 (14) 106 (15) 102 (19) 96 (17) 104 (19)
80 dont_panic 157102 27:51 75 (22) 103 (24) 107 (21) 97 (19) 118 (18)
81 Manveru 98584 29:20 80 (15) 106 (11) 102 (16) 100 (12) 115 (12)
82 dec 120653 30:00 85 (18) 103 (17) 103 (15) 105 (16) 105 (11)
83 iagmathewson 165993 30:04 88 (23) 99 (23) 102 (20) 96 (17) 114 (19)
84 William M 131901 30:06 75 (13) 104 (20) 95 (16) 113 (13) 106 (21)
85 branch 163691 32:05 79 (20) 110 (18) 96 (17) 113 (19) 100 (21)
86 NAPASAI 140228 32:27 87 (17) 102 (14) 98 (19) 112 (15) 100 (17)
87 nekabue 207604 32:38 84 (25) 100 (25) 98 (21) 99 (20) 116 (25)
88 koro 237213 33:13 87 (27) 101 (25) 100 (25) 101 (26) 109 (26)
89 fudgiebates 111841 33:17 76 (14) 95 (13) 87 (10) 108 (12) 123 (17)
90 FelicityTT 145381 34:36 91 (13) 102 (19) 97 (16) 90 (11) 109 (21)
91 cassandra 260544 35:01 93 (27) 101 (27) 104 (26) 101 (27) 100 (27)
92 rosselliot 188912 35:46 82 (20) 106 (20) 110 (17) 100 (19) 101 (22)
93 Glyndwr 208289 36:32 87 (24) 111 (19) 93 (22) 99 (22) 113 (18)
94 ulaca 165012 36:40 84 (18) 114 (18) 89 (18) 94 (15) 117 (16)
95 JohnDun 236998 36:54 72 (25) 112 (24) 95 (23) 103 (22) 117 (23)
96 Tudds 271952 38:05 86 (26) 96 (27) 87 (23) 121 (26) 106 (27)
97 eniamretrauq 177477 38:55 84 (15) 104 (16) 93 (18) 100 (17) 112 (20)
98 Big Nug 273251 39:15 84 (26) 102 (25) 87 (25) 125 (26) 99 (24)
99 Jeeves 123313 39:31 82 (10) 102 (15) 100 (14) 111 (11) 100 (12)
100 1234 255113 39:44 85 (25) 103 (24) 98 (21) 97 (24) 114 (23)
101 Crippens1 237951 40:03 80 (25) 105 (24) 102 (20) 106 (19) 109 (21)
102 empty 299509 40:35 90 (27) 105 (26) 99 (26) 100 (27) 104 (27)
103 Jefe 143194 45:53 87 (13) 98 (14) 89 (13) 120 (8) 111 (14)
104 JerryR 328299 51:37 76 (23) 105 (23) 96 (23) 107 (24) 113 (23)
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