Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for December 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 34691 06:05 81 (21) 91 (19) 98 (23) 110 (21) 117 (21)
2 Eamon Ryan 30993 06:32 90 (20) 93 (18) 96 (17) 107 (19) 116 (15)
3 Jason 50025 07:07 85 (26) 96 (26) 104 (25) 105 (25) 108 (25)
4 verlaine 54211 07:35 85 (26) 97 (26) 98 (25) 106 (26) 112 (26)
5 mistigris 50474 08:00 83 (22) 96 (25) 98 (23) 111 (23) 110 (22)
6 aphis99 59094 08:47 87 (26) 93 (24) 95 (24) 102 (25) 123 (23)
7 Midas 65328 09:33 91 (26) 93 (26) 97 (25) 108 (23) 111 (24)
8 hilarym 45571 09:36 82 (17) 92 (19) 102 (17) 114 (18) 108 (18)
9 richard 33512 09:37 95 (16) 92 (17) 103 (13) 104 (13) 112 (9)
10 asaldanha 61755 09:53 81 (22) 100 (24) 102 (25) 99 (21) 116 (22)
11 boulemiche 26325 10:12 94 (14) 94 (12) 97 (12) 120 (7) 106 (8)
12 robertL 51463 10:35 94 (18) 100 (20) 94 (18) 105 (19) 104 (16)
13 chindit 75023 10:35 91 (25) 88 (26) 99 (25) 106 (26) 113 (26)
14 AlanS 76146 11:02 87 (25) 98 (26) 102 (25) 104 (24) 107 (25)
15 chriswords 62057 11:37 87 (20) 98 (20) 100 (22) 108 (20) 106 (17)
16 tiggis 28033 11:40 82 (11) 101 (10) 100 (8) 107 (10) 110 (11)
17 thebarnets 47959 11:55 86 (17) 93 (17) 118 (16) 111 (13) 94 (14)
18 glheard 60618 12:01 85 (21) 98 (20) 96 (15) 114 (22) 104 (16)
19 trux 20511 12:12 79 (8) 109 (6) 103 (7) 104 (11) 108 (6)
20 lickert 77085 12:14 90 (24) 87 (23) 100 (25) 114 (24) 106 (19)
21 Tom Stubbs 87287 12:45 85 (25) 95 (25) 104 (25) 108 (25) 106 (24)
22 andy 26344 13:18 81 (8) 78 (8) 110 (12) 108 (9) 117 (6)
23 noidea 54281 13:18 92 (17) 101 (18) 103 (15) 99 (14) 103 (14)
24 keriothe_ 88716 13:19 86 (24) 88 (24) 105 (24) 108 (23) 110 (26)
25 SimonAnthony 68058 13:20 86 (22) 99 (20) 82 (18) 104 (17) 131 (18)
26 p.wild 93027 13:28 90 (25) 100 (25) 101 (25) 104 (25) 103 (25)
27 Topical Tim 87169 13:42 84 (23) 85 (24) 96 (24) 116 (23) 118 (22)
28 Silva 95657 13:44 96 (26) 98 (26) 98 (25) 99 (26) 108 (23)
29 fshephe 96843 13:47 95 (25) 96 (26) 95 (25) 103 (26) 108 (25)
30 neilr 98011 13:57 93 (26) 88 (25) 96 (26) 109 (26) 111 (24)
31 Sheapey 77377 14:01 88 (22) 90 (19) 93 (20) 111 (19) 114 (22)
32 aphasic 53790 14:13 85 (18) 103 (17) 96 (13) 106 (11) 113 (14)
33 Groucho 50894 14:22 92 (17) 96 (16) 94 (13) 114 (14) 107 (9)
34 Stavros 84157 14:55 87 (23) 101 (22) 91 (22) 102 (19) 122 (18)
35 mikegrocott 68950 15:07 85 (12) 98 (15) 95 (22) 106 (19) 109 (18)
36 Big Mick 27347 15:11 89 (9) 99 (8) 104 (10) 107 (7) 100 (6)
37 Tibthorpe 91701 15:17 84 (24) 94 (22) 93 (21) 111 (21) 117 (22)
38 HenryBW 74205 15:39 88 (18) 84 (16) 95 (17) 106 (20) 121 (18)
39 Sue Sweeper 65958 15:42 81 (12) 97 (17) 96 (19) 102 (20) 122 (12)
40 jonathanbaker174 31171 15:44 94 (11) 101 (9) 117 (7) 87 (9) 108 (7)
41 Malcj 89810 15:45 86 (21) 93 (24) 103 (21) 102 (20) 115 (19)
42 MikeOsborne 103348 15:48 88 (24) 96 (24) 91 (24) 111 (23) 112 (24)
43 cyrillic 98899 16:19 84 (21) 85 (22) 105 (24) 113 (23) 109 (21)
44 phthisis 37665 16:31 82 (12) 108 (9) 112 (11) 101 (8) 100 (8)
45 KenG 59032 16:40 84 (13) 88 (14) 106 (12) 102 (15) 117 (15)
46 David Crooks 95900 17:11 82 (20) 92 (22) 97 (20) 107 (20) 118 (21)
47 sotira 88052 17:15 82 (21) 93 (20) 105 (17) 115 (20) 106 (17)
48 OliviaRhineb 118499 18:07 87 (25) 92 (25) 105 (22) 109 (26) 106 (21)
49 robinh 114618 18:22 90 (23) 99 (24) 95 (22) 103 (23) 111 (22)
50 Golvellius 40872 18:24 80 (9) 116 (8) 93 (12) 92 (9) 122 (9)
51 LouWeed 131424 18:24 91 (26) 98 (26) 98 (26) 103 (26) 107 (25)
52 Squallaby 112987 18:38 90 (24) 88 (21) 93 (22) 105 (22) 122 (22)
53 RobR 79106 18:50 96 (18) 95 (17) 90 (21) 115 (15) 114 (9)
54 rupe 70303 18:53 86 (17) 89 (12) 105 (15) 115 (15) 103 (13)
55 tapbarker 124809 19:05 91 (25) 99 (24) 94 (24) 105 (22) 108 (24)
56 Craven 128427 19:06 94 (26) 100 (26) 99 (26) 105 (23) 101 (21)
57 GMcD 137781 19:27 84 (26) 94 (25) 97 (26) 117 (25) 107 (26)
58 grape 68085 19:54 95 (16) 84 (17) 98 (14) 153 (9) 92 (11)
59 annelambirth 92265 19:58 89 (21) 103 (22) 89 (16) 111 (15) 110 (13)
60 Looch 124416 20:07 91 (25) 94 (19) 97 (23) 108 (24) 108 (22)
61 LuckOfLucien 56812 20:08 79 (13) 97 (13) 109 (10) 100 (13) 129 (8)
62 Ed freshpot 110071 20:23 88 (20) 98 (20) 97 (19) 104 (20) 109 (21)
63 MichelinPoitiers 66645 20:57 98 (13) 97 (14) 101 (11) 100 (11) 101 (14)
64 gbestanley 121810 21:08 89 (24) 98 (23) 100 (22) 107 (19) 108 (18)
65 pterodactyl 78336 21:24 93 (13) 99 (18) 98 (16) 98 (13) 112 (11)
66 andrewlake 150749 21:39 78 (25) 98 (26) 100 (26) 95 (25) 128 (24)
67 barracuda 151088 21:42 85 (26) 90 (26) 104 (25) 101 (25) 120 (24)
68 benedick 96378 22:00 87 (20) 96 (16) 111 (17) 93 (17) 117 (13)
69 colin2355 136051 22:27 93 (22) 92 (24) 88 (23) 110 (18) 116 (24)
70 Zabadak 124071 22:28 84 (21) 92 (19) 110 (18) 107 (22) 105 (22)
71 mcjwright 155396 22:43 85 (26) 92 (24) 99 (25) 112 (26) 111 (23)
72 Kevin Gregg 122981 22:46 90 (24) 96 (22) 96 (20) 116 (19) 104 (15)
73 KET 53382 22:48 91 (11) 97 (12) 79 (8) 116 (9) 116 (9)
74 sampson 95843 22:49 95 (22) 96 (16) 98 (16) 101 (10) 112 (16)
75 John Arnold 84968 22:50 97 (21) 90 (11) 92 (14) 112 (14) 108 (12)
76 Pootle 88236 22:58 91 (15) 99 (15) 97 (14) 96 (15) 114 (15)
77 cath23 38834 23:06 81 (7) 93 (8) 94 (7) 116 (9) 108 (7)
78 george.garlick 117588 23:36 93 (21) 98 (19) 100 (18) 98 (17) 110 (18)
79 jaraab 100974 24:02 84 (19) 106 (15) 99 (14) 98 (16) 114 (16)
80 brian.mcnamara 85252 24:04 84 (12) 100 (17) 83 (11) 113 (14) 111 (15)
81 puzzled1 50173 24:35 91 (9) 107 (9) 107 (10) 119 (9) 61 (7)
82 hugh.schofield 74856 25:27 107 (11) 98 (16) 90 (11) 92 (11) 112 (10)
83 goblin 182692 25:35 88 (26) 100 (25) 94 (26) 110 (26) 106 (26)
84 rjcassidy 131693 25:49 87 (17) 91 (17) 106 (16) 108 (24) 101 (21)
85 dec 89303 26:06 93 (17) 102 (10) 100 (15) 101 (11) 104 (14)
86 timbo 59746 26:12 83 (10) 100 (11) 92 (11) 109 (8) 122 (8)
87 Chadwick 139838 26:29 83 (19) 93 (20) 99 (21) 110 (21) 113 (17)
88 tonym 162243 26:30 90 (21) 95 (23) 97 (22) 105 (24) 110 (22)
89 fudgiebates 91304 26:41 86 (16) 89 (9) 94 (15) 111 (14) 116 (13)
90 GeorgeTz 76965 26:43 87 (15) 97 (9) 114 (13) 96 (10) 104 (11)
91 zythum 91101 27:06 100 (13) 87 (14) 95 (13) 106 (12) 111 (14)
92 diogenes 182496 27:54 85 (25) 93 (26) 95 (24) 105 (23) 123 (21)
93 NAPASAI 72462 28:05 65 (7) 108 (13) 106 (13) 87 (9) 110 (11)
94 endafk 76273 28:14 95 (15) 91 (12) 110 (12) 94 (7) 109 (9)
95 jdavidliddell 107107 28:20 92 (15) 96 (16) 88 (12) 106 (18) 116 (12)
96 Manveru 101416 28:38 91 (18) 108 (17) 96 (16) 101 (8) 106 (10)
97 Peter Sykes 139510 28:42 86 (18) 95 (19) 99 (18) 104 (18) 113 (18)
98 phmfantom 141539 29:07 89 (20) 99 (15) 95 (22) 112 (21) 105 (13)
99 dont_panic 52134 29:57 75 (8) 80 (7) 107 (7) 104 (9) 129 (8)
100 James P 154071 30:12 73 (22) 97 (17) 93 (15) 115 (22) 119 (19)
101 nekabue 194002 30:47 82 (24) 105 (25) 96 (23) 102 (20) 114 (23)
102 alwsn8 194047 30:48 85 (23) 91 (24) 97 (23) 109 (23) 116 (22)
103 rosselliot 140622 30:50 89 (16) 94 (18) 100 (18) 104 (17) 111 (17)
104 stainl665 83795 31:44 90 (7) 94 (11) 95 (10) 105 (14) 106 (12)
105 bobbb 70864 31:55 81 (7) 93 (9) 87 (6) 110 (12) 106 (13)
106 Paul H. Dear 102632 32:16 76 (10) 84 (13) 99 (12) 108 (15) 123 (13)
107 ulaca 168263 32:36 78 (21) 93 (20) 102 (19) 116 (18) 112 (18)
108 Semillon 152238 32:57 92 (17) 87 (18) 94 (16) 97 (17) 124 (19)
109 koro 200045 33:20 95 (21) 97 (24) 96 (22) 102 (21) 106 (22)
110 Big Nug 219513 33:52 100 (23) 96 (23) 95 (26) 102 (23) 105 (23)
111 FelicityTT 111437 34:23 88 (16) 99 (10) 91 (14) 112 (14) 114 (10)
112 Jeeves 118153 35:09 77 (9) 90 (11) 109 (13) 101 (15) 107 (18)
113 joss henry 164190 35:32 78 (21) 102 (21) 111 (17) 102 (15) 113 (13)
114 Tudds 230694 35:36 80 (24) 87 (23) 103 (24) 124 (24) 103 (23)
115 1234 211529 35:58 90 (22) 97 (22) 94 (22) 108 (22) 109 (20)
116 Glyndwr 143341 36:11 86 (20) 99 (18) 103 (17) 108 (13) 116 (8)
117 JohnDun 237179 36:15 79 (24) 101 (24) 96 (25) 110 (22) 114 (24)
118 eniamretrauq 174912 36:26 84 (19) 91 (13) 97 (19) 110 (20) 111 (19)
119 Crippens1 184408 36:35 85 (19) 96 (23) 100 (17) 98 (16) 119 (19)
120 MrGrumpy 87249 37:17 90 (11) 103 (8) 107 (11) 91 (10) 110 (9)
121 SlumdogEngineer 174181 37:42 90 (22) 91 (15) 98 (16) 107 (20) 115 (14)
122 SK42 128742 41:15 83 (15) 99 (12) 102 (13) 105 (10) 114 (12)
123 Nangle 123950 41:19 80 (10) 101 (12) 94 (13) 92 (12) 124 (13)
124 Gussie 131435 41:19 90 (7) 86 (13) 93 (12) 115 (14) 104 (17)
125 Paulypops 146288 41:19 95 (17) 100 (16) 88 (14) 111 (11) 110 (11)
126 Pleasuredome 179059 41:26 86 (20) 97 (19) 103 (17) 100 (13) 119 (13)
127 Archie 124877 42:28 85 (7) 72 (11) 87 (14) 97 (14) 146 (13)
128 Ronnie 157802 44:34 91 (16) 102 (19) 92 (9) 109 (15) 101 (10)
129 symbenall2 200578 47:45 90 (17) 95 (17) 94 (14) 106 (15) 113 (17)
130 andrewmr 219946 53:54 83 (17) 81 (18) 124 (14) 108 (16) 111 (13)
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