Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for March 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 mohn 13402 05:43 91 (13) 100 (11) 103 (6) 103 (11) 107 (8)
2 Magoo 24363 06:14 87 (14) 111 (16) 101 (13) 99 (17) 99 (15)
3 Eamon Ryan 47270 06:47 91 (26) 95 (25) 108 (24) 96 (26) 108 (25)
4 Jason 51068 07:40 84 (23) 97 (23) 110 (24) 96 (25) 109 (26)
5 verlaine 57974 08:47 86 (26) 100 (26) 101 (20) 102 (24) 108 (24)
6 mistigris 42252 08:48 85 (19) 102 (19) 100 (16) 94 (18) 117 (18)
7 aphis99 65004 09:25 84 (24) 101 (25) 107 (25) 101 (25) 103 (26)
8 Midas 68446 09:40 90 (25) 101 (26) 103 (25) 98 (26) 105 (26)
9 AlanS 73345 10:37 96 (26) 97 (25) 100 (25) 91 (24) 113 (25)
10 chindit 70614 10:53 86 (24) 97 (25) 99 (19) 103 (25) 112 (25)
11 asaldanha 70260 11:35 97 (23) 93 (22) 86 (18) 96 (25) 122 (23)
12 chriswords 70576 11:38 86 (25) 107 (18) 99 (25) 105 (25) 104 (18)
13 glheard 64633 11:50 91 (22) 97 (19) 101 (19) 101 (24) 109 (17)
14 lickert 77473 11:57 84 (23) 102 (24) 98 (22) 100 (23) 111 (26)
15 Topical Tim 84768 12:43 86 (25) 107 (26) 98 (19) 101 (26) 105 (25)
16 Spur58 54486 13:21 90 (15) 100 (16) 100 (17) 100 (17) 109 (13)
17 Tom Stubbs 90833 13:23 91 (25) 92 (25) 100 (21) 98 (26) 116 (26)
18 PGooden 42959 13:30 84 (13) 112 (13) 114 (13) 85 (14) 106 (10)
19 keriothe_ 79166 14:02 84 (21) 109 (20) 107 (19) 101 (24) 97 (20)
20 Stavros 89450 14:20 88 (24) 94 (23) 98 (23) 107 (24) 112 (20)
21 noidea 71569 14:22 99 (22) 101 (19) 98 (17) 95 (21) 109 (14)
22 neilr 97461 14:22 82 (26) 96 (25) 97 (22) 99 (25) 124 (25)
23 Silva 89490 14:28 85 (25) 104 (26) 96 (15) 105 (24) 106 (23)
24 p.wild 105379 14:38 90 (26) 97 (26) 98 (26) 106 (26) 107 (26)
25 fshephe 105540 15:02 94 (24) 97 (26) 106 (25) 98 (26) 103 (26)
26 Ben Staveley 40774 15:06 88 (9) 93 (14) 114 (9) 78 (10) 120 (13)
27 mikegrocott 69874 15:19 82 (15) 97 (14) 107 (21) 105 (18) 102 (18)
28 SimonAnthony 78778 15:26 78 (21) 97 (20) 87 (21) 138 (17) 108 (16)
29 jimpen 84633 15:30 80 (22) 105 (21) 103 (21) 99 (17) 112 (20)
30 Sheapey 103368 15:39 78 (24) 90 (24) 110 (22) 103 (26) 117 (24)
31 cyrillic 69909 15:44 83 (18) 102 (18) 106 (19) 102 (17) 108 (12)
32 Jon88 82411 15:47 92 (22) 97 (19) 100 (19) 104 (19) 106 (18)
33 Malcj 100181 15:54 84 (22) 103 (24) 100 (23) 95 (23) 115 (23)
34 Groucho 77754 15:59 94 (25) 102 (18) 106 (19) 96 (17) 102 (12)
35 Tibthorpe 112291 15:59 78 (26) 98 (25) 114 (26) 97 (25) 112 (25)
36 Sue Sweeper 66836 16:37 71 (16) 97 (14) 89 (11) 99 (20) 138 (16)
37 phthisis 91067 17:38 87 (20) 99 (17) 106 (17) 102 (21) 104 (21)
38 David Crooks 109623 17:44 80 (24) 103 (23) 105 (24) 103 (22) 108 (20)
39 MikeOsborne 116003 17:44 83 (26) 103 (25) 109 (21) 97 (24) 108 (23)
40 sotira 98599 18:15 83 (18) 101 (20) 105 (16) 97 (21) 110 (25)
41 robinh 124221 18:29 91 (25) 98 (25) 106 (24) 95 (24) 108 (24)
42 JezWoolfrey 58198 18:39 89 (10) 82 (13) 101 (15) 104 (11) 119 (13)
43 OliviaRhineb 137114 19:31 83 (26) 100 (25) 104 (26) 103 (25) 109 (25)
44 GMcD 140343 19:39 85 (26) 97 (26) 106 (25) 102 (26) 108 (26)
45 RobR 60054 20:01 93 (15) 96 (13) 99 (10) 107 (14) 104 (8)
46 Squallaby 107925 20:26 79 (22) 99 (24) 98 (13) 105 (21) 120 (18)
47 LouWeed 146921 20:55 92 (25) 100 (26) 103 (25) 100 (26) 104 (25)
48 annelambirth 94777 21:03 87 (18) 100 (14) 96 (18) 98 (19) 120 (16)
49 diogenes 52193 21:13 88 (12) 100 (10) 100 (8) 100 (13) 117 (8)
50 sampson 84022 21:13 97 (18) 99 (17) 99 (13) 92 (16) 115 (12)
51 mcjwright 136608 21:16 83 (24) 105 (22) 96 (23) 95 (24) 120 (24)
52 Craven 148836 21:34 88 (25) 102 (26) 98 (23) 97 (25) 112 (26)
53 Zabadak 134782 21:48 87 (23) 102 (23) 108 (21) 94 (22) 107 (24)
54 pterodactyl 111490 21:51 94 (21) 106 (18) 102 (17) 88 (19) 108 (20)
55 barracuda 156697 21:56 87 (26) 99 (26) 103 (26) 96 (25) 112 (26)
56 John Arnold 83468 22:04 90 (20) 101 (14) 115 (12) 81 (15) 123 (12)
57 poskir 126987 22:16 104 (23) 99 (22) 102 (18) 94 (24) 101 (18)
58 benedick 94459 22:48 79 (15) 107 (18) 105 (14) 98 (17) 108 (15)
59 Ed freshpot 141938 23:11 90 (24) 95 (21) 108 (22) 94 (21) 109 (24)
60 Looch 109098 23:18 85 (19) 105 (17) 110 (18) 87 (15) 108 (19)
61 Kevin Gregg 134865 23:24 75 (19) 98 (22) 116 (22) 88 (22) 118 (21)
62 gbestanley 124668 23:36 91 (22) 101 (19) 101 (18) 94 (20) 112 (19)
63 Solver52 171211 24:35 87 (25) 104 (25) 104 (25) 96 (25) 106 (26)
64 colin2355 130213 24:39 82 (18) 92 (23) 86 (20) 100 (18) 140 (19)
65 rjcassidy 143585 25:11 82 (23) 108 (22) 102 (22) 93 (20) 117 (18)
66 Edprof 107434 25:13 86 (16) 93 (15) 107 (19) 95 (18) 121 (13)
67 zythum 122801 25:16 89 (20) 103 (18) 103 (19) 100 (17) 104 (17)
68 phmfantom 159570 26:35 88 (24) 105 (19) 99 (21) 89 (21) 116 (25)
69 Chadwick 175522 26:50 86 (22) 98 (23) 106 (24) 101 (25) 104 (25)
70 dont_panic 152637 27:39 84 (20) 98 (23) 113 (19) 104 (18) 99 (22)
71 dec 110451 28:19 84 (16) 100 (16) 107 (16) 102 (15) 107 (12)
72 Manveru 118048 29:21 92 (18) 97 (15) 110 (14) 97 (15) 105 (15)
73 Mkgnao 121719 29:24 93 (16) 97 (19) 115 (14) 90 (19) 113 (11)
74 fudgiebates 78395 29:41 77 (14) 94 (9) 98 (9) 102 (12) 135 (10)
75 NAPASAI 140874 30:06 90 (18) 95 (12) 95 (22) 107 (18) 109 (18)
76 William M 141700 30:16 76 (16) 98 (19) 111 (17) 91 (17) 118 (19)
77 struggler 204106 30:22 94 (26) 98 (25) 102 (22) 102 (26) 103 (23)
78 cassandra 225760 31:21 94 (26) 99 (26) 100 (26) 104 (26) 100 (26)
79 nekabue 217733 32:06 87 (25) 94 (25) 109 (25) 102 (23) 105 (25)
80 branch 65149 32:54 55 (7) 117 (10) 97 (7) 109 (10) 102 (9)
81 rosselliot 162269 33:23 89 (23) 97 (18) 111 (17) 92 (17) 113 (16)
82 koro 238652 33:42 86 (25) 99 (26) 99 (25) 105 (26) 108 (26)
83 JohnDun 231405 33:49 75 (26) 105 (25) 104 (25) 95 (24) 121 (24)
84 FelicityTT 100494 34:10 84 (10) 97 (13) 103 (12) 96 (7) 109 (17)
85 ulaca 158579 34:46 84 (18) 110 (16) 93 (16) 96 (20) 118 (16)
86 Jeeves 90565 35:06 88 (13) 104 (10) 123 (7) 90 (13) 109 (10)
87 Big Nug 244395 35:06 84 (25) 100 (26) 102 (26) 106 (24) 107 (25)
88 Glyndwr 200207 35:29 88 (25) 107 (22) 104 (19) 95 (21) 107 (17)
89 eniamretrauq 163554 35:52 89 (15) 100 (15) 103 (18) 94 (19) 109 (19)
90 Tudds 251661 37:47 83 (25) 103 (24) 104 (23) 99 (24) 108 (25)
91 1234 258106 39:27 81 (25) 111 (25) 100 (22) 94 (24) 113 (23)
92 empty 290234 40:38 90 (26) 105 (26) 105 (25) 98 (26) 99 (26)
93 Crippens1 244399 41:08 76 (24) 97 (25) 115 (21) 104 (19) 112 (20)
94 JerryR 143692 49:53 74 (12) 98 (13) 120 (12) 102 (11) 106 (10)
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