Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for January 2019

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 Magoo 23003 06:23 82 (11) 109 (14) 103 (14) 98 (15) 101 (16)
2 Eamon Ryan 49559 06:59 87 (26) 95 (25) 107 (25) 104 (26) 106 (26)
3 Jason 54089 07:46 85 (25) 94 (25) 106 (25) 101 (25) 112 (26)
4 verlaine 47576 08:37 87 (23) 94 (23) 100 (17) 107 (22) 114 (17)
5 mistigris 46417 09:06 84 (20) 103 (20) 88 (16) 102 (19) 117 (20)
6 aphis99 65908 09:23 81 (25) 97 (25) 106 (26) 103 (26) 109 (25)
7 Ron's mum 24984 09:41 119 (14) 100 (9) 98 (11) 67 (10) 104 (9)
8 Midas 70410 09:51 89 (26) 100 (26) 103 (26) 102 (26) 105 (25)
9 richard 30720 10:40 82 (10) 101 (12) 90 (13) 115 (15) 104 (8)
10 AlanS 72623 10:42 94 (26) 96 (25) 93 (25) 99 (24) 117 (23)
11 chindit 64339 11:17 85 (22) 99 (23) 98 (17) 105 (22) 111 (21)
12 asaldanha 73812 12:03 92 (23) 96 (24) 92 (17) 99 (24) 116 (24)
13 lickert 70301 12:04 87 (21) 101 (21) 95 (19) 100 (22) 112 (24)
14 chriswords 73513 12:07 93 (24) 105 (20) 94 (25) 102 (21) 106 (21)
15 glheard 63838 12:13 87 (20) 101 (18) 107 (18) 100 (23) 105 (18)
16 Derek Harrison 52758 13:07 89 (8) 92 (17) 103 (19) 100 (20) 110 (13)
17 Spur58 53817 13:11 89 (16) 102 (15) 101 (19) 103 (17) 105 (11)
18 Topical Tim 84255 13:14 87 (24) 111 (25) 94 (19) 105 (24) 100 (24)
19 Tom Stubbs 90090 13:24 87 (26) 90 (25) 108 (21) 103 (25) 112 (25)
20 Stavros 87810 14:46 86 (22) 96 (23) 90 (20) 108 (23) 117 (21)
21 Ben Staveley 42605 14:47 83 (9) 97 (15) 107 (13) 85 (11) 124 (10)
22 Silva 89747 14:48 85 (25) 103 (26) 96 (16) 109 (23) 106 (21)
23 keriothe_ 81978 14:51 79 (21) 105 (20) 110 (19) 99 (21) 106 (21)
24 neilr 102808 14:53 83 (26) 96 (25) 98 (23) 104 (25) 116 (26)
25 noidea 71616 14:55 89 (20) 104 (21) 103 (17) 99 (18) 105 (14)
26 p.wild 106030 14:58 89 (26) 99 (26) 96 (26) 107 (26) 107 (24)
27 mikegrocott 65706 15:00 88 (18) 94 (12) 103 (19) 104 (15) 107 (19)
28 SimonAnthony 80466 15:14 84 (22) 101 (21) 104 (20) 107 (17) 106 (18)
29 PGooden 83443 15:16 80 (21) 104 (22) 106 (18) 93 (23) 121 (17)
30 fshephe 107846 15:21 94 (24) 95 (26) 107 (25) 98 (26) 104 (26)
31 jimpen 86337 15:38 84 (23) 101 (22) 102 (20) 99 (19) 116 (18)
32 Jon88 111593 15:53 88 (24) 96 (26) 105 (26) 102 (26) 106 (25)
33 Sheapey 111427 16:08 79 (24) 88 (26) 109 (25) 104 (26) 118 (24)
34 xyster 30143 16:12 78 (9) 96 (11) 103 (7) 109 (7) 122 (7)
35 Tibthorpe 109246 16:15 76 (26) 103 (24) 104 (26) 103 (25) 116 (21)
36 Groucho 88435 16:22 89 (26) 105 (21) 104 (20) 101 (18) 102 (15)
37 cyrillic 78736 16:36 89 (17) 95 (19) 99 (21) 103 (18) 114 (14)
38 Malcj 109196 16:41 85 (24) 103 (24) 102 (23) 92 (24) 116 (24)
39 phthisis 71597 17:48 85 (16) 98 (15) 109 (14) 102 (16) 104 (16)
40 Sue Sweeper 72155 17:56 76 (14) 96 (14) 98 (13) 105 (18) 116 (18)
41 David Crooks 113081 18:28 83 (24) 107 (23) 105 (24) 102 (21) 102 (20)
42 robinh 125831 18:33 88 (25) 96 (25) 107 (24) 96 (24) 111 (25)
43 MikeOsborne 108069 18:34 83 (24) 99 (22) 111 (18) 101 (23) 108 (20)
44 sotira 103745 18:47 83 (21) 100 (20) 102 (16) 102 (22) 110 (23)
45 JezWoolfrey 91862 19:22 81 (16) 85 (18) 108 (19) 97 (16) 120 (20)
46 OliviaRhineb 136103 19:33 80 (26) 96 (25) 105 (26) 105 (26) 112 (23)
47 GMcD 140718 19:42 85 (26) 95 (26) 98 (25) 108 (26) 112 (26)
48 annelambirth 90759 21:00 91 (19) 102 (15) 97 (17) 94 (18) 122 (13)
49 Squallaby 116699 21:08 79 (24) 93 (24) 112 (18) 108 (21) 117 (15)
50 diogenes 61555 21:22 82 (14) 105 (13) 108 (11) 103 (14) 107 (6)
51 David P 32185 21:27 79 (7) 92 (6) 115 (7) 93 (7) 114 (8)
52 sampson 89592 21:38 97 (19) 100 (21) 103 (13) 93 (16) 111 (10)
53 barracuda 154264 21:47 90 (26) 96 (26) 102 (26) 99 (24) 110 (26)
54 mcjwright 142998 21:51 83 (24) 104 (24) 94 (23) 95 (24) 121 (24)
55 RobR 89242 21:52 92 (19) 99 (17) 92 (13) 109 (17) 106 (12)
56 LouWeed 156637 22:07 88 (26) 98 (26) 102 (25) 100 (26) 110 (25)
57 John Arnold 88174 22:15 86 (19) 99 (14) 113 (12) 83 (16) 125 (15)
58 Craven 151994 22:25 87 (25) 100 (26) 98 (23) 102 (24) 110 (25)
59 Kevin Gregg 125375 22:28 88 (20) 103 (22) 109 (20) 94 (22) 104 (19)
60 Zabadak 155434 22:31 87 (26) 97 (25) 102 (25) 99 (24) 113 (25)
61 benedick 86984 22:39 78 (15) 111 (18) 101 (16) 99 (13) 106 (12)
62 pterodactyl 108665 22:55 86 (21) 108 (16) 105 (18) 93 (17) 108 (17)
63 Ed freshpot 123126 23:03 89 (22) 89 (19) 112 (21) 95 (16) 111 (21)
64 poskir 129646 23:29 98 (20) 97 (21) 107 (21) 97 (21) 97 (19)
65 gbestanley 117083 23:30 89 (20) 104 (14) 97 (21) 95 (20) 116 (18)
66 Looch 110346 23:34 79 (16) 101 (20) 111 (19) 91 (15) 110 (18)
67 colin2355 137074 24:33 87 (18) 98 (24) 91 (21) 104 (20) 117 (20)
68 Edprof 116087 24:48 85 (20) 92 (18) 107 (22) 101 (17) 124 (11)
69 Solver52 174093 25:00 89 (25) 103 (25) 104 (25) 95 (25) 106 (26)
70 rjcassidy 144477 25:20 82 (22) 105 (24) 100 (23) 96 (19) 117 (17)
71 zythum 120286 26:02 88 (18) 107 (18) 101 (17) 99 (17) 103 (17)
72 crosswordian 57145 26:27 77 (9) 89 (8) 104 (14) 108 (7) 120 (8)
73 Chadwick 135249 27:29 82 (16) 99 (18) 110 (19) 98 (20) 105 (19)
74 phmfantom 173181 27:29 88 (25) 103 (22) 96 (22) 99 (22) 112 (24)
75 Mkgnao 114549 28:04 90 (17) 98 (18) 103 (12) 93 (18) 120 (13)
76 dont_panic 156632 28:41 85 (20) 96 (23) 112 (21) 102 (18) 103 (19)
77 struggler 193084 28:43 92 (25) 100 (25) 103 (22) 101 (26) 102 (24)
78 dec 120655 29:34 86 (17) 98 (17) 106 (18) 105 (17) 105 (9)
79 iagmathewson 112526 30:14 87 (15) 95 (17) 108 (14) 92 (12) 116 (14)
80 Manveru 102482 30:30 88 (17) 101 (12) 103 (14) 101 (12) 111 (11)
81 William M 135260 30:52 76 (16) 100 (16) 112 (17) 98 (16) 110 (18)
82 branch 134461 32:28 70 (15) 108 (16) 101 (14) 109 (17) 106 (17)
83 nekabue 211338 32:55 85 (24) 93 (25) 109 (23) 105 (22) 107 (23)
84 fudgiebates 103054 33:01 75 (15) 93 (11) 95 (8) 100 (15) 136 (13)
85 NAPASAI 133301 33:09 96 (17) 115 (12) 88 (21) 106 (14) 104 (13)
86 cassandra 238692 33:09 94 (26) 100 (26) 103 (26) 101 (26) 99 (26)
87 koro 233163 33:47 83 (25) 100 (25) 100 (25) 104 (25) 110 (25)
88 FelicityTT 123627 34:55 86 (12) 96 (16) 101 (15) 96 (8) 111 (18)
89 ulaca 146959 35:29 84 (17) 111 (18) 96 (15) 88 (15) 121 (14)
90 rosselliot 181510 35:35 84 (22) 100 (18) 109 (17) 99 (20) 110 (18)
91 Glyndwr 203045 36:00 91 (25) 107 (21) 101 (21) 98 (20) 102 (17)
92 JohnDun 232070 36:08 72 (25) 100 (24) 105 (25) 100 (21) 124 (22)
93 Big Nug 252504 36:54 86 (25) 99 (26) 93 (26) 111 (24) 110 (23)
94 Jeeves 117180 37:33 87 (14) 114 (11) 103 (11) 87 (13) 111 (13)
95 Crippens1 233590 39:19 77 (25) 102 (25) 111 (20) 95 (19) 118 (20)
96 eniamretrauq 175886 39:36 88 (13) 105 (15) 95 (18) 92 (17) 113 (21)
97 1234 253829 39:54 84 (24) 105 (25) 103 (21) 94 (25) 113 (21)
98 Tudds 264896 40:08 88 (25) 93 (24) 99 (22) 111 (24) 106 (25)
99 empty 293066 41:23 90 (26) 106 (25) 102 (25) 98 (26) 102 (26)
100 JerryR 284676 52:08 72 (21) 99 (21) 108 (21) 102 (20) 119 (18)
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