Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for October 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 25422 06:08 82 (16) 88 (15) 98 (17) 114 (17) 117 (14)
2 Eamon Ryan 39623 06:52 83 (23) 89 (21) 106 (21) 106 (22) 117 (19)
3 Jason 52289 07:19 84 (26) 94 (26) 99 (26) 109 (26) 111 (25)
4 verlaine 54648 07:39 83 (26) 94 (26) 101 (25) 108 (26) 111 (26)
5 mistigris 48634 08:16 82 (18) 98 (23) 98 (23) 107 (23) 109 (21)
6 aphis99 58621 08:43 88 (25) 88 (24) 94 (24) 103 (25) 124 (24)
7 Midas 66505 09:33 89 (26) 90 (26) 101 (25) 106 (24) 112 (25)
8 richard 29354 09:35 88 (15) 98 (16) 105 (14) 109 (9) 109 (7)
9 hilarym 44080 09:40 82 (16) 95 (21) 107 (18) 109 (17) 105 (14)
10 boulemiche 23905 09:43 90 (14) 101 (14) 103 (10) 111 (7) 100 (6)
11 robertL 38159 09:47 91 (17) 103 (18) 106 (14) 97 (15) 101 (11)
12 AlanS 68815 09:58 91 (25) 96 (26) 101 (25) 103 (24) 106 (25)
13 asaldanha 64731 10:10 82 (22) 91 (25) 105 (25) 107 (23) 114 (21)
14 chindit 72995 10:29 85 (26) 88 (24) 105 (25) 105 (26) 114 (25)
15 chriswords 59695 11:26 87 (21) 91 (20) 105 (22) 111 (21) 104 (13)
16 glheard 53247 11:49 86 (18) 96 (19) 90 (14) 120 (20) 103 (14)
17 lickert 78202 12:17 87 (25) 82 (23) 108 (24) 111 (24) 111 (20)
18 trux 26739 12:22 77 (9) 94 (7) 97 (11) 115 (11) 112 (8)
19 Tom Stubbs 82930 12:27 83 (24) 91 (25) 110 (24) 106 (24) 107 (24)
20 keriothe_ 89682 13:35 84 (24) 91 (25) 101 (23) 104 (22) 117 (26)
21 noidea 62573 13:43 90 (20) 100 (21) 103 (11) 104 (17) 104 (17)
22 p.wild 94758 13:43 91 (25) 99 (25) 102 (25) 103 (25) 104 (25)
23 fshephe 97562 13:53 96 (25) 95 (26) 94 (25) 104 (26) 109 (25)
24 SimonAnthony 69124 14:02 80 (19) 88 (21) 86 (19) 103 (16) 148 (17)
25 Topical Tim 85384 14:05 77 (23) 83 (22) 105 (22) 120 (22) 114 (22)
26 neilr 99890 14:06 90 (26) 84 (26) 101 (26) 110 (26) 113 (24)
27 Silva 96897 14:09 91 (26) 90 (26) 100 (25) 101 (24) 118 (23)
28 Sheapey 81793 14:20 88 (22) 84 (21) 99 (21) 112 (19) 117 (22)
29 andy 31131 14:24 71 (9) 83 (9) 124 (11) 100 (10) 117 (7)
30 aphasic 40150 14:32 87 (10) 101 (16) 88 (12) 123 (8) 107 (10)
31 Groucho 59517 14:35 89 (19) 99 (19) 94 (14) 113 (16) 107 (10)
32 mikegrocott 67817 14:40 88 (12) 94 (13) 95 (23) 104 (21) 111 (18)
33 Stavros 80832 14:48 87 (21) 92 (21) 95 (21) 106 (19) 120 (19)
34 Tibthorpe 87014 14:57 84 (25) 97 (24) 93 (20) 118 (20) 111 (18)
35 xyster 32522 15:03 75 (13) 75 (7) 124 (8) 123 (10) 108 (8)
36 thebarnets 53725 15:10 92 (15) 87 (14) 110 (18) 93 (9) 111 (13)
37 HenryBW 73104 15:37 91 (16) 84 (18) 102 (17) 103 (19) 115 (18)
38 Malcj 90236 15:39 81 (21) 93 (23) 107 (22) 101 (19) 117 (21)
39 jonathanbaker174 62099 15:40 93 (19) 96 (17) 106 (12) 95 (15) 114 (13)
40 MikeOsborne 102917 15:44 85 (24) 94 (24) 98 (25) 110 (23) 113 (23)
41 cyrillic 91502 15:53 84 (21) 84 (22) 107 (23) 116 (21) 107 (19)
42 Sue Sweeper 66332 16:15 82 (11) 85 (18) 107 (20) 112 (16) 107 (13)
43 Spanna 43616 16:31 96 (17) 101 (15) 100 (10) 101 (6) 106 (6)
44 David Crooks 91211 16:31 82 (22) 89 (23) 103 (19) 111 (18) 118 (20)
45 phthisis 41063 16:41 77 (12) 91 (10) 113 (10) 114 (10) 109 (9)
46 Carol 40162 17:36 92 (14) 94 (12) 94 (6) 104 (9) 126 (7)
47 Golvellius 37530 17:52 74 (8) 107 (10) 94 (13) 101 (8) 135 (6)
48 sotira 94568 17:54 83 (20) 92 (21) 105 (18) 112 (20) 107 (19)
49 OliviaRhineb 120819 18:18 80 (25) 92 (26) 107 (22) 113 (26) 108 (21)
50 robinh 113212 18:19 93 (22) 92 (24) 96 (22) 105 (23) 111 (22)
51 rupe 74414 18:47 82 (15) 84 (15) 106 (18) 119 (14) 107 (14)
52 GMcD 133701 18:53 84 (26) 90 (25) 100 (26) 117 (25) 107 (26)
53 LouWeed 135001 18:54 89 (26) 96 (26) 97 (26) 105 (26) 110 (25)
54 LuckOfLucien 51813 19:11 75 (11) 96 (12) 103 (11) 100 (14) 143 (7)
55 Craven 127504 19:19 93 (26) 96 (26) 100 (24) 107 (23) 104 (21)
56 tapbarker 123485 19:24 90 (23) 96 (23) 97 (22) 105 (23) 109 (25)
57 Squallaby 119088 19:27 87 (25) 83 (21) 83 (19) 117 (23) 122 (24)
58 grape 75911 20:04 95 (17) 85 (18) 97 (13) 150 (10) 94 (15)
59 annelambirth 103334 20:15 90 (22) 97 (22) 92 (18) 101 (17) 123 (16)
60 kath 64185 20:34 94 (19) 97 (18) 105 (9) 103 (8) 112 (8)
61 Looch 128933 20:39 89 (24) 88 (21) 101 (23) 110 (23) 110 (23)
62 barracuda 148073 21:16 81 (26) 92 (26) 100 (25) 107 (25) 120 (24)
63 MichelinPoitiers 60195 21:20 96 (12) 98 (11) 101 (11) 105 (10) 99 (13)
64 andrewlake 149508 21:28 76 (25) 93 (26) 106 (26) 89 (25) 136 (24)
65 mcjwright 144951 21:34 86 (26) 90 (24) 98 (25) 109 (25) 117 (22)
66 Ed freshpot 108811 21:35 91 (18) 91 (20) 97 (19) 101 (18) 118 (19)
67 Zabadak 138438 21:46 83 (25) 91 (21) 104 (23) 110 (23) 108 (24)
68 pterodactyl 93772 22:00 89 (16) 93 (21) 99 (17) 109 (14) 114 (13)
69 sampson 84957 22:07 96 (18) 100 (17) 99 (15) 100 (11) 104 (13)
70 gbestanley 116088 22:14 87 (24) 100 (22) 98 (20) 109 (16) 111 (15)
71 Kevin Gregg 127039 22:17 90 (25) 100 (23) 94 (19) 112 (18) 106 (20)
72 benedick 85680 22:18 87 (19) 96 (15) 112 (14) 99 (12) 109 (14)
73 John Arnold 83677 22:29 92 (21) 87 (12) 94 (13) 114 (15) 116 (11)
74 Zander 43271 22:32 66 (10) 92 (7) 111 (9) 98 (9) 146 (7)
75 cath23 56960 22:36 90 (9) 94 (12) 106 (7) 106 (14) 101 (10)
76 brian.mcnamara 81829 23:06 88 (17) 101 (18) 88 (9) 113 (13) 107 (12)
77 jaraab 89896 23:24 83 (16) 96 (17) 101 (14) 114 (15) 107 (12)
78 colin2355 142709 23:32 87 (24) 89 (23) 95 (24) 124 (17) 110 (23)
79 hugh.schofield 70688 24:02 87 (13) 90 (14) 111 (10) 102 (9) 112 (13)
80 george.garlick 117039 24:04 92 (22) 99 (18) 99 (19) 98 (14) 111 (18)
81 tonym 153643 25:36 89 (22) 91 (23) 102 (22) 107 (23) 110 (20)
82 zythum 56350 26:05 100 (9) 83 (9) 96 (11) 117 (8) 105 (9)
83 rjcassidy 136980 26:14 79 (18) 86 (19) 100 (16) 117 (23) 109 (21)
84 goblin 188912 26:27 86 (26) 94 (25) 97 (26) 111 (26) 108 (26)
85 Chadwick 110466 26:40 86 (15) 92 (16) 93 (17) 117 (16) 110 (15)
86 dec 93022 26:43 98 (15) 90 (12) 104 (15) 101 (14) 104 (12)
87 timbo 64328 26:48 84 (7) 99 (12) 102 (12) 99 (10) 108 (9)
88 GeorgeTz 82969 27:06 91 (16) 97 (8) 101 (12) 102 (11) 108 (14)
89 fudgiebates 102715 27:10 90 (18) 94 (11) 96 (17) 97 (14) 126 (13)
90 diogenes 179568 27:27 85 (26) 88 (25) 91 (23) 113 (25) 126 (20)
91 phmfantom 135579 27:53 90 (22) 98 (15) 95 (23) 113 (19) 106 (12)
92 dont_panic 105482 27:54 77 (14) 85 (14) 106 (15) 106 (14) 120 (16)
93 Manveru 103169 28:11 102 (19) 101 (16) 102 (13) 90 (11) 98 (12)
94 endafk 85477 28:29 95 (17) 79 (12) 123 (14) 105 (7) 96 (10)
95 Peter Sykes 149649 28:40 85 (20) 94 (22) 100 (18) 109 (16) 112 (21)
96 NAPASAI 88918 29:03 82 (11) 105 (16) 105 (12) 91 (9) 107 (13)
97 jdavidliddell 92431 29:03 85 (13) 96 (13) 86 (11) 116 (14) 112 (12)
98 Jagsfan1971 80787 29:16 79 (11) 127 (13) 105 (9) 95 (14) 85 (9)
99 alwsn8 184046 29:29 80 (23) 92 (23) 91 (23) 114 (22) 120 (23)
100 James P 139329 30:33 74 (20) 87 (16) 106 (15) 122 (18) 113 (17)
101 Paul H. Dear 107633 30:55 77 (12) 84 (14) 101 (12) 109 (14) 119 (16)
102 bobbb 75302 31:22 75 (9) 86 (10) 88 (7) 115 (11) 117 (13)
103 nekabue 200477 31:31 85 (24) 93 (25) 98 (22) 105 (21) 118 (24)
104 rosselliot 168386 32:37 84 (19) 94 (19) 101 (22) 106 (18) 113 (18)
105 ulaca 158795 32:40 77 (21) 98 (19) 98 (16) 113 (17) 116 (18)
106 Semillon 137395 32:42 97 (13) 76 (15) 96 (15) 106 (18) 116 (19)
107 Big Nug 212802 33:27 99 (23) 87 (23) 98 (25) 106 (23) 109 (22)
108 Jeeves 111333 33:44 71 (11) 81 (10) 109 (14) 111 (13) 111 (17)
109 FelicityTT 119606 33:47 90 (12) 93 (11) 89 (16) 108 (17) 115 (13)
110 stainl665 97683 33:55 89 (8) 84 (12) 91 (9) 114 (16) 106 (13)
111 koro 201507 33:55 91 (21) 90 (23) 104 (22) 104 (21) 108 (22)
112 joss henry 167072 33:57 81 (20) 104 (23) 102 (18) 107 (17) 105 (14)
113 auntie noele 83624 33:59 95 (15) 90 (15) 114 (8) 111 (6) 111 (7)
114 Glyndwr 144706 34:27 90 (21) 93 (20) 104 (17) 109 (14) 119 (8)
115 Crippens1 178047 34:54 88 (21) 99 (23) 101 (18) 104 (15) 109 (18)
116 JohnDun 225514 35:27 78 (22) 91 (24) 108 (25) 111 (22) 108 (23)
117 1234 219705 36:37 88 (23) 98 (23) 90 (22) 113 (22) 110 (20)
118 MrGrumpy 95081 36:51 94 (11) 87 (8) 108 (10) 96 (12) 109 (12)
119 Tudds 242078 37:21 77 (24) 88 (23) 97 (24) 121 (24) 115 (23)
120 eniamretrauq 187208 38:03 81 (20) 85 (13) 92 (21) 126 (20) 110 (18)
121 SlumdogEngineer 159479 39:40 79 (21) 98 (13) 106 (13) 102 (18) 129 (12)
122 Gussie 141853 40:45 84 (8) 79 (14) 99 (12) 112 (16) 110 (18)
123 Nangle 110114 40:46 94 (9) 89 (13) 95 (12) 95 (10) 125 (11)
124 Paulypops 142305 40:53 92 (17) 97 (16) 93 (12) 111 (12) 111 (11)
125 Pleasuredome 167725 41:06 86 (18) 97 (18) 98 (17) 106 (12) 120 (13)
126 Archie 122221 43:20 72 (9) 58 (9) 83 (10) 111 (12) 133 (17)
127 Ronnie 164956 44:20 92 (16) 99 (19) 102 (10) 109 (15) 98 (12)
128 SK42 125668 44:33 85 (12) 82 (9) 104 (18) 113 (9) 115 (9)
129 symbenall2 193160 48:46 86 (15) 91 (14) 93 (14) 110 (17) 113 (16)
130 andrewmr 241353 50:55 82 (21) 84 (17) 123 (17) 105 (20) 110 (14)
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