Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for August 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 12634 05:15 87 (10) 100 (10) 84 (7) 106 (14) 114 (9)
2 Magoo 16857 05:58 83 (11) 98 (11) 98 (11) 111 (13) 105 (11)
3 Eamon Ryan 49944 06:56 83 (27) 94 (25) 101 (27) 101 (26) 120 (25)
4 Jason 50697 07:24 79 (25) 102 (24) 103 (25) 103 (25) 111 (25)
5 verlaine 56300 07:34 77 (27) 103 (27) 100 (26) 111 (27) 107 (27)
6 mistigris 50288 08:22 82 (18) 100 (23) 102 (24) 101 (23) 109 (22)
7 aphis99 60535 08:37 84 (25) 94 (25) 97 (25) 106 (26) 116 (26)
8 Midas 65165 09:07 86 (26) 93 (27) 103 (26) 105 (24) 111 (26)
9 AlanS 69929 09:37 86 (26) 100 (27) 103 (26) 102 (25) 106 (27)
10 chindit 74082 10:12 83 (27) 91 (25) 111 (26) 104 (27) 109 (26)
11 asaldanha 67248 10:22 74 (21) 92 (24) 101 (26) 99 (24) 130 (23)
12 chriswords 63529 11:01 87 (24) 92 (20) 106 (22) 110 (24) 103 (16)
13 glheard 62172 11:38 82 (22) 96 (20) 88 (17) 121 (22) 110 (18)
14 trux 34830 11:50 76 (13) 103 (10) 100 (16) 110 (11) 118 (9)
15 lickert 79563 11:50 84 (25) 86 (25) 105 (25) 113 (24) 110 (23)
16 Tom Stubbs 85346 12:09 83 (25) 101 (26) 105 (25) 104 (26) 104 (25)
17 Topical Tim 84288 12:32 72 (26) 93 (24) 108 (23) 117 (24) 110 (25)
18 Spur58 46658 12:57 98 (12) 99 (18) 97 (16) 96 (13) 110 (11)
19 SimonAnthony 72811 13:29 69 (21) 92 (20) 83 (19) 111 (17) 138 (23)
20 noidea 68185 13:31 93 (24) 104 (20) 97 (14) 102 (20) 102 (16)
21 fshephe 99020 13:31 92 (26) 95 (27) 94 (26) 107 (27) 109 (26)
22 keriothe_ 91993 13:34 78 (24) 102 (25) 101 (24) 105 (23) 110 (27)
23 neilr 94889 13:38 86 (25) 90 (25) 102 (26) 106 (26) 112 (24)
24 Stavros 79138 13:44 81 (21) 99 (22) 97 (21) 113 (21) 108 (21)
25 Silva 99132 13:46 83 (27) 95 (27) 100 (26) 102 (25) 119 (25)
26 p.wild 103897 13:51 88 (27) 101 (27) 99 (27) 103 (27) 107 (27)
27 jimpen 93102 13:58 85 (26) 95 (26) 105 (26) 106 (19) 109 (24)
28 Sheapey 88439 14:10 78 (24) 93 (22) 102 (23) 107 (21) 117 (24)
29 mikegrocott 60510 14:12 85 (10) 96 (12) 101 (22) 102 (20) 104 (17)
30 xyster 40098 14:31 79 (15) 86 (10) 117 (10) 112 (11) 115 (10)
31 Tibthorpe 93058 14:37 82 (26) 96 (24) 100 (23) 112 (23) 113 (20)
32 Groucho 66918 14:40 86 (22) 107 (19) 91 (16) 112 (19) 104 (10)
33 Malcj 91427 14:47 78 (24) 97 (22) 106 (24) 105 (20) 112 (23)
34 cyrillic 88429 14:53 82 (21) 91 (23) 105 (24) 115 (22) 105 (19)
35 Sue Sweeper 73098 15:37 79 (16) 90 (19) 108 (21) 107 (18) 113 (14)
36 MikeOsborne 101603 15:49 78 (25) 105 (24) 98 (25) 110 (21) 109 (22)
37 Spanna 44084 16:19 93 (16) 106 (13) 95 (11) 105 (7) 105 (8)
38 David Crooks 95180 16:21 78 (24) 97 (23) 103 (20) 102 (18) 120 (22)
39 phthisis 62509 17:04 75 (17) 104 (15) 108 (14) 111 (13) 108 (12)
40 sotira 102519 17:47 80 (22) 98 (21) 100 (21) 110 (20) 110 (22)
41 JezWoolfrey 39725 17:53 75 (9) 99 (11) 95 (11) 98 (7) 132 (9)
42 robinh 111964 18:07 88 (22) 94 (24) 100 (22) 108 (23) 108 (22)
43 OliviaRhineb 127535 18:10 77 (26) 98 (27) 104 (23) 110 (26) 109 (25)
44 GMcD 136930 18:24 81 (27) 95 (27) 106 (27) 111 (26) 104 (27)
45 Squallaby 113237 18:30 80 (25) 91 (21) 88 (18) 114 (24) 121 (24)
46 LouWeed 141005 18:57 81 (27) 101 (27) 100 (27) 108 (27) 107 (26)
47 Craven 138171 19:21 87 (27) 100 (27) 99 (25) 106 (27) 106 (23)
48 annelambirth 105862 19:36 92 (24) 101 (21) 92 (19) 103 (20) 113 (16)
49 Looch 122700 20:14 87 (23) 96 (20) 102 (23) 109 (22) 105 (23)
50 Ed freshpot 126561 20:28 87 (23) 99 (22) 93 (23) 102 (23) 117 (22)
51 sampson 74040 20:34 93 (17) 99 (15) 98 (13) 103 (14) 108 (11)
52 barracuda 150343 20:42 78 (27) 105 (27) 96 (26) 106 (26) 113 (25)
53 poskir 107044 20:44 97 (22) 101 (17) 100 (18) 98 (21) 102 (18)
54 mcjwright 142776 20:52 81 (26) 98 (23) 101 (26) 103 (26) 116 (23)
55 benedick 89347 20:58 85 (21) 96 (17) 109 (13) 105 (16) 111 (14)
56 Zabadak 128095 21:08 82 (24) 93 (19) 101 (21) 110 (23) 111 (24)
57 John Arnold 76206 21:10 87 (21) 91 (13) 100 (12) 110 (14) 126 (10)
58 pterodactyl 106748 21:10 87 (19) 98 (21) 98 (20) 107 (18) 111 (16)
59 Kevin Gregg 128925 21:29 77 (24) 107 (22) 100 (21) 104 (21) 112 (22)
60 colin2355 135334 22:19 79 (22) 101 (24) 98 (23) 116 (19) 105 (23)
61 Solver52 167707 22:32 91 (27) 98 (27) 102 (27) 102 (26) 105 (27)
62 gbestanley 124872 23:07 85 (25) 99 (21) 102 (19) 106 (18) 112 (17)
63 zythum 67622 23:58 86 (12) 94 (10) 97 (15) 125 (9) 103 (11)
64 fudgiebates 78217 24:08 87 (17) 106 (14) 106 (14) 89 (10) 116 (9)
65 Chadwick 96148 24:39 83 (15) 100 (15) 101 (16) 112 (15) 102 (14)
66 dec 87577 25:36 90 (15) 97 (12) 103 (10) 104 (16) 104 (14)
67 rjcassidy 145196 25:44 75 (21) 98 (20) 100 (18) 111 (24) 111 (21)
68 NAPASAI 110115 26:13 87 (19) 103 (17) 105 (15) 99 (10) 104 (19)
69 dont_panic 132474 26:17 78 (19) 91 (18) 102 (17) 114 (19) 111 (21)
70 diogenes 168726 26:46 81 (26) 100 (24) 100 (22) 112 (22) 109 (21)
71 phmfantom 140817 26:58 82 (22) 107 (14) 98 (22) 108 (21) 107 (18)
72 William M 111866 27:01 78 (18) 96 (16) 99 (12) 114 (16) 113 (17)
73 Edprof 80343 27:19 80 (13) 105 (12) 98 (13) 109 (13) 111 (8)
74 Manveru 122389 27:33 96 (21) 95 (17) 107 (14) 96 (18) 108 (14)
75 cassandra 145406 28:51 91 (19) 98 (19) 99 (19) 107 (19) 103 (18)
76 ulaca 171709 31:06 77 (25) 108 (21) 96 (18) 111 (20) 113 (18)
77 nekabue 211695 31:13 81 (26) 96 (25) 97 (23) 106 (24) 119 (25)
78 Jeeves 92203 32:00 56 (11) 90 (11) 119 (11) 108 (14) 121 (11)
79 Big Nug 214438 32:29 83 (24) 107 (24) 96 (26) 109 (24) 103 (22)
80 rosselliot 171441 32:50 78 (19) 97 (19) 109 (21) 105 (20) 107 (18)
81 Glyndwr 173291 33:11 88 (24) 98 (23) 104 (20) 104 (18) 114 (12)
82 FelicityTT 97620 33:12 72 (8) 94 (12) 91 (12) 108 (13) 117 (14)
83 JohnDun 225283 33:13 72 (23) 93 (26) 111 (25) 110 (24) 110 (25)
84 koro 209242 33:31 81 (22) 99 (24) 104 (23) 104 (22) 108 (23)
85 Tudds 240014 34:47 67 (25) 99 (25) 91 (25) 121 (25) 120 (25)
86 1234 221060 35:05 84 (25) 106 (23) 92 (23) 108 (22) 110 (22)
87 Crippens1 184396 35:19 82 (21) 97 (23) 105 (20) 117 (16) 103 (17)
88 eniamretrauq 178943 35:55 78 (19) 98 (14) 90 (21) 119 (21) 112 (18)
89 empty 279750 40:11 89 (25) 99 (25) 103 (25) 106 (26) 100 (25)
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