Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for May 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 19136 05:29 90 (14) 99 (16) 90 (8) 104 (17) 110 (13)
2 Magoo 13866 06:14 90 (10) 100 (10) 107 (8) 103 (11) 100 (8)
3 Eamon Ryan 48205 06:55 89 (26) 89 (25) 108 (24) 95 (26) 117 (25)
4 Jason 49933 07:38 83 (23) 98 (23) 109 (24) 94 (24) 112 (25)
5 verlaine 56250 08:13 80 (26) 97 (26) 105 (23) 101 (25) 117 (24)
6 mistigris 40745 08:49 81 (15) 106 (18) 103 (18) 86 (18) 117 (18)
7 aphis99 61311 09:07 85 (22) 92 (25) 109 (25) 102 (24) 107 (26)
8 Midas 67129 09:38 86 (25) 95 (26) 105 (25) 98 (25) 114 (25)
9 AlanS 70034 10:08 88 (26) 90 (25) 112 (25) 91 (24) 118 (25)
10 chindit 73152 10:36 86 (26) 91 (24) 108 (23) 100 (26) 113 (26)
11 asaldanha 67860 10:52 89 (22) 89 (23) 99 (22) 94 (25) 128 (22)
12 chriswords 64612 11:20 87 (25) 97 (19) 105 (24) 106 (23) 104 (14)
13 lickert 77539 11:38 83 (23) 92 (25) 105 (24) 102 (24) 114 (25)
14 glheard 65283 11:41 87 (22) 93 (20) 100 (20) 107 (23) 112 (18)
15 Topical Tim 82854 12:06 79 (25) 99 (26) 106 (22) 102 (26) 113 (25)
16 trux 27361 12:19 78 (10) 97 (9) 108 (15) 89 (7) 133 (6)
17 Spur58 45813 12:56 93 (13) 98 (15) 101 (14) 95 (15) 112 (12)
18 Tom Stubbs 83096 12:56 86 (24) 92 (24) 104 (20) 98 (25) 119 (24)
19 keriothe_ 89719 13:43 82 (24) 108 (23) 105 (23) 91 (26) 114 (23)
20 neilr 90548 13:43 83 (24) 92 (24) 99 (24) 101 (25) 124 (23)
21 noidea 64943 13:52 96 (23) 99 (18) 97 (13) 97 (21) 113 (13)
22 fshephe 99241 14:08 93 (24) 95 (26) 103 (26) 99 (26) 107 (25)
23 Ben Staveley 24647 14:09 87 (9) 90 (9) 125 (6) 83 (8) 130 (7)
24 Stavros 92577 14:09 86 (24) 91 (25) 102 (25) 106 (23) 114 (22)
25 Silva 92856 14:11 80 (25) 93 (26) 98 (19) 105 (25) 122 (24)
26 xyster 23122 14:16 82 (9) 98 (7) 100 (8) 97 (6) 128 (7)
27 p.wild 103133 14:19 91 (26) 96 (26) 97 (26) 102 (26) 111 (26)
28 SimonAnthony 72858 14:37 73 (19) 85 (17) 91 (20) 132 (17) 118 (20)
29 jimpen 85818 14:53 81 (24) 101 (23) 109 (20) 100 (18) 111 (21)
30 Malcj 89832 14:58 83 (24) 99 (23) 103 (21) 101 (22) 115 (20)
31 mikegrocott 60671 15:05 80 (12) 92 (11) 108 (19) 102 (17) 105 (18)
32 Sheapey 101962 15:10 77 (25) 86 (24) 112 (23) 105 (25) 120 (25)
33 Groucho 70157 15:11 92 (25) 106 (19) 105 (18) 95 (18) 104 (7)
34 cyrillic 73727 15:21 81 (18) 94 (20) 111 (21) 106 (18) 106 (13)
35 Tibthorpe 101606 15:32 80 (26) 88 (23) 116 (24) 99 (24) 117 (22)
36 Jon88 40185 15:34 98 (14) 87 (10) 105 (10) 99 (10) 110 (9)
37 Sue Sweeper 67214 16:00 71 (19) 91 (14) 96 (14) 104 (19) 146 (14)
38 David Crooks 97102 16:41 80 (24) 100 (23) 109 (21) 98 (21) 115 (18)
39 MikeOsborne 109632 16:45 84 (25) 103 (25) 110 (23) 94 (23) 108 (23)
40 phthisis 82454 17:10 82 (20) 101 (17) 109 (16) 97 (19) 112 (18)
41 JezWoolfrey 47897 18:08 87 (9) 93 (16) 96 (11) 93 (9) 136 (9)
42 sotira 102406 18:09 76 (19) 95 (20) 103 (18) 102 (23) 115 (24)
43 robinh 119769 18:18 89 (24) 97 (24) 112 (24) 92 (24) 108 (23)
44 GMcD 135007 18:45 87 (26) 94 (26) 110 (26) 98 (26) 108 (26)
45 OliviaRhineb 134234 18:57 77 (26) 98 (26) 106 (26) 103 (25) 114 (25)
46 Squallaby 116920 19:41 81 (24) 92 (24) 100 (15) 101 (24) 127 (22)
47 LouWeed 138911 19:47 88 (25) 97 (26) 104 (25) 97 (26) 112 (25)
48 sampson 75076 20:30 98 (17) 96 (16) 94 (11) 97 (16) 117 (11)
49 Craven 142922 20:32 87 (26) 97 (26) 101 (23) 97 (26) 116 (25)
50 mcjwright 136648 20:42 83 (25) 104 (21) 103 (24) 93 (25) 116 (25)
51 annelambirth 106324 20:50 88 (21) 94 (18) 99 (20) 97 (18) 122 (18)
52 Zabadak 119694 20:59 84 (23) 90 (18) 115 (18) 98 (22) 112 (24)
53 pterodactyl 110493 21:10 93 (20) 102 (21) 99 (17) 97 (21) 108 (18)
54 barracuda 154831 21:30 87 (26) 97 (26) 103 (26) 95 (26) 115 (26)
55 John Arnold 85741 21:39 85 (22) 100 (15) 110 (12) 90 (16) 132 (11)
56 poskir 115690 21:39 99 (21) 102 (20) 99 (16) 98 (23) 100 (19)
57 benedick 80407 21:58 80 (14) 100 (16) 106 (12) 102 (17) 113 (12)
58 Looch 114896 22:16 85 (19) 93 (18) 112 (22) 89 (16) 113 (21)
59 Ed freshpot 150893 22:39 87 (25) 94 (22) 107 (25) 93 (24) 114 (25)
60 Kevin Gregg 137380 22:40 75 (22) 96 (24) 112 (23) 93 (22) 124 (20)
61 Solver52 168416 23:47 87 (26) 100 (25) 106 (26) 97 (25) 108 (26)
62 gbestanley 133709 24:29 88 (23) 101 (22) 102 (17) 99 (21) 111 (18)
63 colin2355 134698 24:40 75 (18) 93 (24) 92 (20) 101 (18) 133 (21)
64 zythum 87668 24:45 86 (16) 100 (13) 106 (16) 104 (11) 105 (13)
65 Edprof 97445 25:22 85 (16) 97 (17) 112 (16) 92 (16) 124 (9)
66 rjcassidy 144199 25:34 76 (23) 99 (21) 107 (20) 99 (22) 123 (18)
67 diogenes 92499 25:41 75 (16) 102 (15) 107 (12) 105 (14) 115 (13)
68 dec 76149 25:54 81 (13) 98 (12) 120 (11) 89 (11) 112 (12)
69 fudgiebates 67480 26:09 81 (13) 102 (12) 98 (9) 95 (10) 131 (9)
70 Chadwick 144515 26:28 86 (20) 97 (20) 107 (20) 102 (20) 106 (21)
71 dont_panic 148412 27:10 82 (19) 90 (21) 119 (19) 103 (17) 103 (25)
72 phmfantom 154865 27:10 82 (23) 101 (15) 103 (22) 90 (22) 121 (23)
73 NAPASAI 137891 28:43 88 (21) 103 (15) 100 (20) 92 (15) 114 (19)
74 Manveru 136601 28:49 88 (21) 98 (18) 112 (14) 95 (20) 112 (16)
75 William M 129261 29:06 72 (20) 92 (14) 122 (15) 91 (18) 128 (17)
76 Mkgnao 107164 29:46 84 (16) 93 (15) 119 (12) 103 (16) 106 (11)
77 cassandra 216041 30:00 93 (26) 97 (26) 101 (26) 105 (26) 101 (26)
78 struggler 127795 30:52 93 (18) 94 (17) 103 (13) 103 (17) 107 (14)
79 nekabue 210236 31:17 84 (25) 88 (25) 110 (23) 99 (25) 118 (24)
80 ulaca 167177 32:23 81 (22) 105 (21) 97 (17) 105 (20) 114 (16)
81 rosselliot 165590 33:15 86 (23) 96 (17) 112 (19) 97 (19) 111 (15)
82 Glyndwr 188327 33:23 88 (25) 99 (23) 115 (18) 96 (22) 106 (16)
83 JohnDun 225320 33:31 76 (23) 94 (26) 116 (24) 96 (25) 114 (24)
84 Jeeves 80714 33:37 72 (11) 96 (7) 149 (6) 86 (16) 132 (10)
85 FelicityTT 91540 33:54 75 (9) 93 (11) 101 (10) 95 (9) 117 (16)
86 koro 242178 34:12 80 (25) 101 (25) 103 (26) 102 (26) 110 (26)
87 eniamretrauq 168504 35:32 84 (17) 95 (14) 102 (20) 96 (20) 118 (18)
88 Big Nug 237217 35:37 80 (24) 99 (25) 109 (25) 102 (24) 107 (23)
89 1234 241637 36:36 80 (26) 109 (25) 99 (22) 97 (25) 115 (22)
90 Tudds 254108 37:48 84 (25) 95 (24) 104 (24) 97 (25) 119 (24)
91 Crippens1 225419 38:43 75 (22) 94 (25) 111 (21) 107 (19) 114 (20)
92 empty 295737 41:25 90 (26) 102 (26) 105 (25) 100 (26) 101 (26)
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