Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for January 2020

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 37854 06:00 81 (22) 91 (21) 102 (25) 104 (23) 116 (24)
2 Eamon Ryan 31735 06:27 90 (20) 96 (19) 102 (18) 99 (19) 113 (16)
3 Jason 52068 07:06 85 (26) 95 (27) 103 (26) 101 (26) 114 (27)
4 verlaine 56590 07:36 87 (27) 97 (27) 94 (26) 103 (27) 117 (27)
5 mistigris 50574 07:52 83 (22) 95 (25) 101 (23) 106 (23) 113 (24)
6 aphis99 59812 08:44 87 (24) 95 (25) 96 (25) 99 (26) 121 (24)
7 Midas 68275 09:38 90 (26) 93 (27) 101 (26) 102 (24) 113 (25)
8 richard 33711 09:41 95 (15) 90 (18) 105 (13) 104 (13) 112 (9)
9 asaldanha 61884 09:43 83 (23) 99 (25) 104 (23) 91 (22) 120 (23)
10 hilarym 53269 09:51 82 (21) 93 (20) 104 (19) 110 (20) 110 (20)
11 thebarnets 46575 10:04 95 (20) 93 (21) 106 (18) 120 (14) 87 (14)
12 boulemiche 27240 10:05 95 (14) 99 (13) 95 (12) 108 (9) 109 (7)
13 lili 15265 10:10 98 (8) 85 (6) 118 (6) 88 (8) 111 (7)
14 chindit 77522 10:30 89 (26) 91 (26) 100 (27) 102 (27) 115 (27)
15 robertL 61887 11:12 91 (19) 102 (20) 104 (21) 100 (24) 100 (18)
16 AlanS 82842 11:19 88 (26) 98 (27) 103 (27) 100 (27) 110 (25)
17 chriswords 59815 11:35 85 (19) 101 (21) 96 (22) 108 (18) 110 (16)
18 tiggis 32980 11:41 82 (12) 98 (13) 97 (9) 108 (12) 115 (11)
19 glheard 62291 11:55 88 (22) 97 (20) 100 (18) 110 (21) 105 (16)
20 lickert 79750 11:58 92 (25) 91 (24) 97 (26) 107 (25) 111 (21)
21 keriothe_ 86461 12:45 86 (23) 88 (25) 105 (25) 104 (24) 113 (26)
22 Tom Stubbs 91874 12:52 88 (26) 93 (26) 102 (26) 106 (26) 109 (25)
23 andy 32664 12:57 81 (9) 87 (12) 104 (12) 117 (11) 108 (8)
24 SimonAnthony 69727 13:12 88 (23) 97 (21) 85 (18) 106 (17) 125 (19)
25 noidea 55571 13:13 94 (18) 101 (17) 103 (16) 96 (14) 104 (15)
26 p.wild 95986 13:19 89 (26) 101 (26) 99 (26) 103 (26) 106 (26)
27 neilr 96507 13:24 92 (27) 90 (26) 98 (26) 106 (26) 111 (25)
28 Topical Tim 89775 13:36 84 (25) 90 (26) 95 (21) 110 (24) 119 (24)
29 Silva 98493 13:40 96 (27) 98 (27) 100 (26) 98 (27) 107 (23)
30 Sheapey 91732 13:46 89 (25) 92 (23) 94 (24) 110 (23) 112 (26)
31 fshephe 102648 13:54 93 (27) 96 (27) 98 (26) 99 (27) 112 (26)
32 jim42078 29245 13:55 84 (8) 101 (12) 108 (6) 98 (8) 105 (11)
33 Groucho 52798 13:58 92 (19) 97 (17) 96 (14) 105 (14) 119 (9)
34 aphasic 58141 14:15 84 (17) 101 (18) 101 (15) 100 (14) 113 (14)
35 Ben Staveley 30322 14:26 85 (8) 92 (10) 99 (6) 106 (13) 112 (8)
36 Stavros 98841 14:34 86 (27) 101 (25) 95 (26) 101 (23) 117 (22)
37 Tibthorpe 97593 15:20 87 (25) 93 (23) 93 (23) 109 (23) 117 (22)
38 Malcj 93450 15:34 82 (22) 98 (25) 100 (21) 100 (22) 120 (20)
39 mikegrocott 67417 15:36 85 (11) 95 (14) 95 (20) 103 (19) 112 (18)
40 Sue Sweeper 75098 15:38 79 (16) 99 (18) 92 (20) 101 (21) 130 (15)
41 MikeOsborne 104460 15:41 88 (25) 96 (25) 95 (22) 106 (24) 112 (25)
42 HenryBW 72719 15:56 83 (18) 85 (16) 98 (18) 107 (18) 126 (16)
43 KenG 75224 16:04 85 (17) 93 (18) 102 (16) 100 (19) 118 (18)
44 cyrillic 103843 16:19 88 (22) 84 (23) 108 (25) 105 (24) 111 (22)
45 phthisis 35960 16:38 82 (12) 115 (9) 102 (10) 105 (8) 103 (7)
46 sotira 89879 16:49 83 (23) 97 (21) 104 (20) 112 (19) 107 (16)
47 David Crooks 108283 17:01 82 (23) 98 (25) 98 (23) 103 (22) 117 (23)
48 OliviaRhineb 127000 18:05 84 (26) 94 (26) 106 (26) 105 (27) 110 (22)
49 LouWeed 134536 18:13 91 (27) 98 (27) 99 (27) 99 (26) 111 (26)
50 robinh 128229 18:15 89 (25) 99 (26) 100 (25) 100 (26) 111 (25)
51 Golvellius 49789 18:26 79 (13) 116 (11) 106 (12) 85 (10) 119 (9)
52 Squallaby 120858 18:49 87 (25) 91 (22) 96 (23) 100 (24) 125 (23)
53 RobR 92903 18:52 92 (21) 99 (18) 92 (23) 108 (17) 116 (13)
54 Craven 131339 18:52 91 (27) 100 (27) 101 (26) 100 (24) 106 (22)
55 grape 68138 18:55 96 (16) 91 (19) 97 (15) 132 (9) 98 (11)
56 tapbarker 127342 19:07 91 (26) 97 (24) 98 (24) 101 (24) 112 (23)
57 GMcD 140343 19:19 83 (27) 98 (26) 98 (26) 115 (25) 106 (27)
58 rupe 59186 19:20 85 (14) 91 (11) 105 (14) 111 (12) 107 (10)
59 annelambirth 95379 19:37 91 (22) 103 (21) 90 (17) 103 (16) 115 (15)
60 Looch 125282 20:04 86 (26) 96 (21) 101 (21) 104 (22) 111 (24)
61 LuckOfLucien 70001 20:06 81 (14) 91 (16) 105 (13) 105 (15) 125 (10)
62 Ed freshpot 123607 20:23 88 (22) 97 (23) 96 (22) 101 (21) 115 (23)
63 MichelinPoitiers 75423 20:36 97 (14) 99 (18) 102 (12) 96 (13) 104 (14)
64 pterodactyl 87079 21:20 94 (13) 99 (18) 97 (17) 100 (16) 108 (14)
65 gbestanley 125764 21:23 90 (25) 98 (20) 97 (22) 106 (22) 109 (19)
66 andrewlake 143121 21:29 78 (22) 102 (27) 95 (26) 100 (22) 121 (24)
67 barracuda 157662 22:04 86 (26) 89 (27) 107 (25) 95 (25) 121 (26)
68 mcjwright 155480 22:08 86 (27) 92 (25) 101 (25) 107 (25) 114 (25)
69 benedick 102391 22:09 89 (20) 97 (16) 110 (18) 91 (19) 117 (14)
70 Pootle 118429 22:10 87 (20) 96 (20) 97 (19) 97 (20) 121 (20)
71 John Arnold 87697 22:29 96 (23) 94 (12) 93 (14) 103 (14) 115 (12)
72 sampson 104718 22:39 96 (25) 96 (17) 97 (18) 99 (12) 113 (15)
73 colin2355 143383 22:45 90 (24) 93 (25) 89 (23) 104 (18) 122 (25)
74 Zabadak 113445 22:46 81 (18) 94 (16) 109 (17) 103 (21) 108 (21)
75 Kevin Gregg 129133 22:53 87 (25) 98 (24) 95 (21) 113 (19) 114 (15)
76 cath23 36029 23:05 81 (7) 91 (7) 94 (7) 120 (8) 108 (7)
77 george.garlick 130739 23:41 90 (23) 101 (22) 102 (19) 93 (19) 114 (19)
78 brian.mcnamara 104917 23:57 83 (15) 96 (18) 86 (14) 111 (17) 115 (19)
79 jaraab 98419 24:07 87 (18) 104 (16) 98 (14) 90 (15) 121 (15)
80 puzzled1 43638 24:14 88 (8) 108 (8) 116 (9) 112 (8) 65 (7)
81 rjcassidy 139074 24:55 87 (21) 95 (18) 103 (16) 105 (25) 107 (23)
82 Speedcop2 36008 25:00 86 (7) 82 (6) 110 (9) 100 (6) 114 (6)
83 dec 102350 25:05 92 (20) 98 (13) 102 (18) 89 (12) 116 (15)
84 goblin 186728 25:18 88 (27) 98 (26) 96 (27) 106 (26) 109 (27)
85 hugh.schofield 68612 25:24 106 (9) 98 (13) 92 (10) 88 (13) 120 (10)
86 Bert Dove 50555 25:31 94 (12) 105 (8) 96 (11) 94 (6) 118 (6)
87 timbo 78081 26:01 85 (12) 104 (15) 92 (13) 102 (11) 119 (9)
88 endafk 78388 26:07 100 (14) 97 (14) 87 (13) 96 (9) 124 (10)
89 KET 78058 26:33 82 (13) 91 (12) 92 (8) 108 (12) 120 (14)
90 tonym 172625 26:38 89 (22) 94 (24) 100 (23) 102 (25) 111 (24)
91 GeorgeTz 84885 26:41 88 (16) 99 (11) 106 (14) 92 (10) 114 (12)
92 Chadwick 155955 26:47 84 (20) 93 (22) 102 (23) 103 (22) 115 (20)
93 fudgiebates 103587 27:24 88 (17) 91 (11) 93 (15) 114 (15) 110 (15)
94 zythum 104979 27:46 92 (16) 93 (15) 97 (15) 102 (13) 116 (14)
95 diogenes 150614 28:12 85 (21) 94 (22) 94 (20) 101 (19) 130 (17)
96 jdavidliddell 98350 28:15 93 (12) 91 (16) 95 (12) 104 (18) 120 (10)
97 Manveru 119734 28:30 90 (21) 107 (18) 98 (18) 96 (10) 109 (13)
98 phmfantom 137338 28:36 92 (21) 94 (14) 94 (21) 109 (20) 111 (14)
99 Jagsfan1971 58595 28:43 71 (7) 104 (8) 104 (10) 100 (13) 118 (6)
100 Peter Sykes 134876 28:49 85 (19) 95 (18) 99 (17) 100 (17) 121 (17)
101 James P 157341 29:47 72 (23) 103 (18) 89 (17) 116 (20) 121 (20)
102 NAPASAI 90139 30:02 63 (8) 104 (12) 114 (17) 84 (11) 110 (12)
103 Mkgnao 99860 30:15 94 (16) 90 (13) 101 (13) 83 (8) 120 (15)
104 nekabue 199991 30:18 83 (24) 103 (27) 101 (25) 94 (20) 115 (24)
105 rosselliot 151452 30:24 87 (19) 93 (20) 103 (18) 99 (17) 117 (19)
106 alwsn8 200824 30:42 83 (24) 93 (25) 103 (24) 102 (23) 118 (23)
107 ulaca 177774 32:12 79 (21) 91 (21) 103 (20) 106 (19) 119 (21)
108 Semillon 155287 32:21 94 (18) 89 (18) 95 (18) 88 (17) 129 (19)
109 stainl665 74239 32:33 119 (6) 90 (9) 90 (9) 99 (12) 105 (12)
110 Big Nug 215325 32:37 91 (24) 102 (25) 95 (26) 104 (22) 107 (23)
111 Paul H. Dear 92558 32:49 81 (9) 87 (12) 102 (11) 104 (14) 120 (11)
112 koro 225171 33:12 93 (25) 100 (25) 100 (24) 100 (24) 105 (25)
113 Jeeves 108654 33:32 80 (10) 97 (10) 106 (13) 93 (15) 114 (16)
114 Tudds 227531 33:33 82 (25) 90 (24) 102 (25) 113 (25) 110 (24)
115 eniamretrauq 168540 33:50 89 (19) 92 (17) 97 (18) 101 (19) 116 (20)
116 joss henry 156202 34:15 77 (21) 99 (21) 115 (18) 94 (14) 125 (12)
117 FelicityTT 98803 34:18 88 (15) 96 (10) 89 (11) 112 (12) 118 (10)
118 SlumdogEngineer 154770 34:51 97 (21) 83 (13) 88 (17) 105 (19) 125 (14)
119 JohnDun 234951 34:57 84 (25) 100 (25) 93 (26) 107 (22) 116 (24)
120 MrGrumpy 77335 35:48 94 (9) 105 (8) 99 (11) 90 (11) 120 (7)
121 1234 226275 35:55 85 (24) 99 (24) 93 (23) 105 (24) 119 (20)
122 Glyndwr 146190 36:21 86 (20) 103 (19) 107 (19) 100 (13) 114 (6)
123 Crippens1 179382 36:27 83 (20) 98 (22) 95 (15) 99 (16) 122 (19)
124 Archie 114311 37:21 95 (8) 81 (9) 98 (16) 100 (14) 114 (14)
125 Paulypops 144177 40:02 95 (17) 104 (15) 92 (17) 99 (10) 113 (11)
126 SK42 135499 40:19 85 (15) 102 (14) 98 (13) 96 (9) 114 (15)
127 Pleasuredome 196942 41:32 88 (21) 95 (19) 104 (19) 95 (14) 118 (16)
128 Gussie 135052 41:40 83 (9) 95 (13) 87 (13) 116 (12) 109 (17)
129 Nangle 128108 41:51 85 (10) 104 (12) 94 (14) 82 (12) 127 (13)
130 Ronnie 161345 44:05 91 (16) 102 (22) 87 (8) 106 (17) 107 (8)
131 symbenall2 204004 46:34 87 (19) 97 (18) 98 (14) 100 (15) 117 (17)
132 andrewmr 217342 51:01 89 (17) 89 (17) 92 (17) 111 (16) 122 (14)
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