Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for July 2016

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 Eylesie 19528 03:36 100 (21) 97 (19) 100 (16) 100 (21) 101 (23)
2 Magoo 36322 05:56 76 (22) 103 (22) 102 (22) 98 (25) 117 (21)
3 mohn 28574 06:48 82 (17) 106 (17) 100 (17) 101 (14) 109 (15)
4 Jason 43692 07:12 78 (23) 109 (22) 100 (22) 97 (22) 114 (22)
5 Lettuceleaf 16829 07:22 91 (8) 84 (7) 86 (13) 128 (9) 108 (11)
6 Eamon Ryan 47839 07:39 88 (23) 96 (22) 103 (22) 102 (24) 109 (23)
7 Bogota Eagle 35546 08:42 82 (18) 109 (16) 99 (17) 108 (13) 105 (14)
8 auchiedollie 35711 09:01 85 (18) 106 (17) 102 (16) 102 (11) 106 (14)
9 aphis99 51393 09:24 81 (18) 111 (21) 100 (21) 97 (23) 108 (18)
10 verlaine 56217 09:51 72 (20) 96 (20) 97 (21) 107 (20) 120 (24)
11 richard 51056 10:00 81 (16) 100 (21) 92 (18) 95 (20) 124 (20)
12 alanconnor 27615 10:27 84 (16) 99 (12) 104 (9) 119 (9) 110 (8)
13 Tom Stubbs 74126 11:39 82 (25) 90 (24) 104 (22) 95 (23) 131 (22)
14 lickert 69583 11:42 80 (23) 111 (22) 97 (21) 100 (21) 110 (22)
15 tonysever 76690 12:10 82 (23) 103 (23) 101 (22) 96 (23) 114 (24)
16 Heyesey 52729 12:12 79 (18) 106 (17) 108 (15) 101 (18) 108 (14)
17 Peter Fowler 70801 12:17 95 (21) 104 (19) 98 (23) 97 (21) 103 (22)
18 Quizimodo 78245 12:39 81 (22) 110 (24) 97 (24) 102 (21) 107 (22)
19 KenTurner 74184 12:52 95 (21) 100 (25) 102 (19) 103 (20) 99 (21)
20 chindit 75995 12:55 82 (22) 100 (22) 98 (21) 99 (23) 121 (20)
21 Silva 78791 13:15 80 (24) 110 (22) 96 (19) 103 (23) 110 (21)
22 AlanS 73364 13:35 78 (23) 103 (21) 94 (19) 99 (17) 125 (20)
23 Topical Tim 70433 13:38 74 (23) 98 (18) 105 (17) 102 (18) 124 (20)
24 Toffer 57428 13:40 75 (16) 94 (15) 112 (19) 100 (16) 115 (14)
25 Stavros 62870 13:58 83 (19) 111 (16) 95 (19) 95 (16) 119 (15)
26 neilr 73850 13:59 83 (24) 107 (20) 102 (20) 97 (16) 113 (18)
27 Denis 84773 13:59 83 (22) 100 (22) 95 (21) 104 (24) 115 (22)
28 mikegrocott 58756 14:11 79 (19) 108 (17) 107 (15) 95 (14) 114 (14)
29 mchalen 93565 14:26 79 (25) 102 (23) 98 (24) 97 (22) 122 (24)
30 jjp 49688 14:47 81 (18) 119 (13) 94 (10) 103 (13) 109 (12)
31 phineus 25927 14:54 91 (8) 116 (7) 98 (9) 79 (7) 113 (8)
32 Tibthorpe 79582 15:04 86 (18) 106 (19) 100 (20) 95 (20) 109 (21)
33 earlylight 82663 15:18 100 (19) 105 (19) 99 (20) 98 (19) 97 (23)
34 Sue Sweeper 57496 15:27 78 (13) 98 (17) 102 (15) 94 (14) 125 (13)
35 AndyOwl 95817 15:48 75 (22) 102 (24) 94 (21) 106 (21) 119 (23)
36 Margaretlarb 49043 16:01 90 (13) 101 (13) 111 (10) 110 (10) 92 (15)
37 sotira 61208 16:11 83 (17) 114 (19) 93 (10) 87 (12) 113 (15)
38 rpb 71966 16:25 76 (18) 120 (17) 107 (17) 82 (15) 113 (16)
39 nesbitt 45586 16:31 86 (16) 114 (13) 111 (9) 91 (11) 104 (7)
40 robinh 81347 16:32 84 (20) 99 (19) 102 (17) 106 (18) 109 (18)
41 OliviaRhineb 101435 16:44 77 (23) 105 (23) 101 (22) 99 (21) 116 (22)
42 phthisis 100047 17:00 89 (22) 96 (22) 103 (20) 105 (24) 105 (20)
43 subbswamysg 41812 17:25 85 (12) 96 (9) 109 (10) 102 (8) 108 (11)
44 RHB 68743 17:37 77 (16) 107 (16) 100 (16) 106 (14) 112 (13)
45 fshephe 96019 17:58 72 (18) 96 (22) 105 (21) 102 (20) 123 (18)
46 Bernard S 57859 18:11 88 (11) 104 (13) 102 (11) 104 (16) 97 (12)
47 andyt 84001 18:40 92 (17) 104 (17) 93 (16) 97 (17) 110 (18)
48 Kevin Gregg 55452 19:15 81 (12) 87 (8) 108 (16) 94 (12) 124 (10)
49 reindeer 94820 19:16 86 (17) 96 (16) 90 (20) 110 (21) 114 (18)
50 pterodactyl 63775 19:19 87 (13) 91 (14) 109 (15) 104 (11) 107 (12)
51 David Crooks 111627 19:35 89 (23) 101 (20) 95 (22) 99 (20) 116 (20)
52 John Arnold 43847 19:45 92 (16) 96 (7) 96 (11) 119 (7) 112 (6)
53 sampson 77401 19:50 87 (16) 96 (14) 108 (17) 102 (18) 106 (10)
54 Zabadak 112796 20:12 77 (19) 108 (20) 104 (19) 97 (23) 110 (22)
55 GMcD 113088 20:16 81 (22) 97 (23) 102 (18) 98 (18) 120 (22)
56 David P 111110 20:34 83 (21) 100 (19) 91 (19) 102 (22) 122 (19)
57 peter wild 119257 20:42 75 (23) 108 (19) 99 (21) 99 (21) 119 (22)
58 AnneGinger 90223 20:53 80 (20) 113 (15) 99 (14) 103 (19) 109 (14)
59 MickinEly2 70719 21:25 106 (8) 97 (18) 101 (12) 92 (13) 105 (14)
60 trishwain 33675 21:35 88 (8) 107 (6) 97 (6) 110 (7) 98 (9)
61 Ben Ganly 73863 21:35 83 (17) 103 (11) 110 (16) 82 (10) 118 (13)
62 PeterMabey 100805 21:49 80 (19) 113 (18) 97 (19) 99 (20) 117 (11)
63 Groucho 84270 22:17 84 (15) 99 (18) 99 (12) 96 (16) 125 (12)
64 Bobb 89748 22:19 77 (13) 103 (20) 94 (13) 100 (14) 116 (17)
65 alanjcannon 99650 22:26 78 (20) 99 (20) 104 (14) 99 (15) 127 (15)
66 NJeagle 113551 22:31 81 (16) 98 (20) 106 (18) 92 (18) 115 (22)
67 Helly Welly 77341 23:01 78 (14) 92 (13) 104 (6) 92 (17) 130 (16)
68 barracuda 140913 23:15 71 (21) 105 (23) 99 (21) 93 (24) 128 (22)
69 Edprof 101273 23:26 72 (12) 101 (16) 104 (16) 96 (17) 113 (21)
70 zythum 129761 23:45 76 (20) 95 (20) 107 (17) 96 (21) 121 (23)
71 Big Mick 99492 24:01 78 (18) 105 (16) 100 (13) 102 (16) 115 (16)
72 Solver52 94138 24:08 85 (18) 108 (11) 96 (16) 93 (15) 121 (15)
73 frost 91799 24:17 78 (15) 124 (12) 92 (16) 99 (18) 116 (12)
74 Julian West 83871 24:31 66 (14) 112 (12) 95 (17) 105 (13) 131 (11)
75 Galspray 100730 25:03 71 (15) 106 (9) 83 (19) 107 (18) 133 (16)
76 benedick 99523 25:07 81 (10) 110 (18) 103 (17) 92 (16) 103 (15)
77 Bobchapman 83974 25:55 65 (13) 106 (14) 88 (12) 107 (12) 130 (13)
78 leonora 78263 26:05 73 (14) 107 (12) 91 (10) 106 (14) 128 (10)
79 crosswordian 122641 26:32 76 (18) 109 (20) 103 (17) 105 (16) 106 (16)
80 Chadwick 94215 26:36 75 (16) 115 (13) 102 (13) 107 (15) 105 (12)
81 Jefe 62383 26:39 75 (9) 94 (8) 92 (10) 103 (12) 128 (10)
82 KarenR 119614 26:56 76 (19) 94 (18) 97 (14) 113 (16) 122 (17)
83 me_phobete 109063 27:07 74 (17) 103 (15) 96 (10) 100 (16) 121 (19)
84 Manveru 57403 27:20 92 (12) 100 (11) 82 (7) 113 (8) 117 (7)
85 Son of Smug 89944 28:17 84 (14) 116 (13) 90 (13) 97 (13) 117 (10)
86 stockynige 67762 28:57 80 (11) 106 (8) 88 (10) 124 (9) 107 (11)
87 oldpalace 82151 29:45 97 (6) 98 (15) 91 (9) 97 (8) 106 (18)
88 Prytherch 109083 29:48 87 (9) 102 (13) 100 (14) 97 (16) 105 (19)
89 diogenes 89569 29:51 76 (14) 93 (10) 100 (11) 110 (13) 122 (12)
90 Moles 67193 30:16 84 (10) 107 (10) 99 (7) 95 (12) 116 (8)
91 rosselliot 60398 30:30 86 (7) 101 (10) 98 (7) 117 (8) 96 (11)
92 Barry Smith 84019 31:07 75 (11) 118 (11) 101 (7) 88 (12) 113 (14)
93 Ron's mum 82579 32:00 61 (6) 96 (9) 85 (12) 94 (12) 131 (14)
94 rjr520 84694 32:04 74 (13) 113 (12) 80 (6) 107 (14) 118 (9)
95 MaxenEH 89701 32:30 78 (9) 99 (12) 115 (12) 97 (13) 103 (10)
96 Big Nug 100629 34:13 79 (6) 98 (13) 84 (11) 92 (15) 128 (14)
97 Petecollett 74919 34:41 80 (6) 104 (8) 74 (6) 98 (10) 111 (16)
98 koro 109953 35:14 77 (8) 110 (14) 83 (11) 108 (14) 105 (15)
99 Jeeves 128474 36:55 72 (11) 116 (11) 92 (13) 98 (16) 113 (17)
100 cassandra 98907 38:20 99 (8) 100 (13) 87 (9) 103 (9) 105 (14)
101 ulaca 70988 39:26 66 (6) 104 (10) 64 (6) 96 (6) 125 (12)
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