Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for February 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 33704 06:02 81 (19) 88 (20) 102 (21) 103 (22) 121 (21)
2 Eamon Ryan 28195 06:21 88 (17) 95 (19) 99 (16) 102 (17) 117 (15)
3 Jason 48713 06:56 83 (25) 94 (26) 96 (25) 110 (25) 114 (26)
4 escat49 9864 07:08 88 (7) 92 (6) 103 (6) 106 (6) 108 (8)
5 verlaine 53920 07:36 83 (26) 95 (26) 92 (24) 105 (26) 121 (26)
6 mistigris 45205 07:55 81 (20) 94 (22) 97 (20) 110 (21) 114 (22)
7 aphis99 58042 08:42 85 (22) 95 (25) 98 (25) 104 (25) 115 (24)
8 richard 33640 09:30 95 (16) 92 (17) 99 (13) 104 (13) 116 (10)
9 Midas 66075 09:34 87 (25) 95 (26) 101 (26) 104 (24) 112 (24)
10 hilarym 47680 09:48 84 (20) 94 (19) 104 (17) 113 (17) 106 (18)
11 asaldanha 61914 09:49 83 (25) 100 (25) 104 (19) 95 (22) 117 (24)
12 chindit 72984 10:40 87 (25) 90 (25) 96 (22) 106 (26) 117 (26)
13 AlanS 80384 11:21 88 (26) 96 (26) 98 (26) 104 (26) 112 (24)
14 lickert 72831 11:27 86 (24) 91 (24) 96 (25) 109 (22) 119 (21)
15 chriswords 58159 11:32 83 (20) 102 (21) 96 (21) 109 (15) 113 (17)
16 tiggis 36159 12:03 80 (12) 100 (15) 97 (10) 104 (13) 119 (10)
17 glheard 64247 12:10 82 (21) 97 (20) 108 (18) 108 (22) 104 (17)
18 robertL 65702 12:26 93 (18) 93 (19) 101 (21) 101 (22) 109 (18)
19 keriothe_ 83370 12:37 81 (22) 88 (25) 107 (23) 104 (26) 117 (24)
20 SimonAnthony 65959 12:46 90 (22) 93 (21) 85 (19) 118 (16) 119 (18)
21 Tom Stubbs 88754 12:58 87 (25) 92 (25) 102 (26) 106 (25) 111 (23)
22 andy 43773 13:01 80 (10) 93 (15) 95 (16) 116 (14) 112 (11)
23 p.wild 90692 13:08 89 (25) 100 (25) 99 (25) 103 (25) 106 (25)
24 neilr 90491 13:13 91 (26) 90 (25) 96 (25) 110 (24) 112 (24)
25 noidea 51716 13:28 90 (17) 98 (17) 103 (14) 103 (14) 107 (12)
26 Topical Tim 86741 13:30 85 (24) 89 (25) 93 (20) 114 (24) 116 (24)
27 jim42078 28708 13:40 84 (10) 100 (11) 107 (8) 105 (7) 106 (9)
28 Sheapey 88969 13:51 87 (25) 94 (23) 91 (22) 112 (23) 114 (24)
29 fshephe 99149 13:53 91 (26) 94 (26) 100 (26) 100 (26) 112 (25)
30 Silva 95287 14:03 90 (26) 96 (26) 98 (21) 103 (26) 111 (24)
31 Stavros 93747 14:04 85 (26) 99 (25) 94 (25) 101 (23) 122 (22)
32 Groucho 57078 14:11 91 (20) 99 (19) 97 (14) 106 (15) 115 (9)
33 BoxBrownie 24016 14:17 84 (7) 89 (9) 104 (9) 104 (6) 119 (7)
34 Ben Staveley 31049 14:22 84 (9) 94 (10) 97 (7) 106 (12) 117 (8)
35 aphasic 58097 14:27 85 (17) 102 (19) 109 (12) 95 (14) 110 (15)
36 Tibthorpe 93798 15:10 84 (25) 94 (23) 96 (22) 108 (22) 119 (21)
37 Malcj 85292 15:17 82 (20) 97 (24) 102 (20) 100 (21) 119 (18)
38 MikeOsborne 103081 15:20 85 (25) 95 (26) 98 (21) 108 (24) 111 (26)
39 Sue Sweeper 71979 15:22 74 (15) 100 (18) 87 (19) 107 (19) 127 (17)
40 KenG 83879 15:42 82 (20) 93 (19) 99 (19) 104 (21) 120 (20)
41 HenryBW 67502 16:04 84 (17) 85 (15) 94 (16) 110 (16) 125 (16)
42 mikegrocott 62173 16:11 81 (8) 94 (14) 93 (18) 105 (17) 112 (17)
43 Crucifer 36938 16:12 86 (11) 88 (7) 95 (11) 102 (7) 119 (12)
44 phthisis 38197 16:19 82 (13) 112 (10) 101 (11) 107 (8) 105 (7)
45 cyrillic 103350 16:24 87 (22) 84 (23) 106 (24) 107 (23) 113 (23)
46 David Crooks 96913 16:49 82 (21) 98 (23) 98 (21) 106 (20) 114 (21)
47 sotira 72828 16:51 82 (18) 95 (18) 107 (16) 108 (17) 110 (13)
48 OliviaRhineb 123172 18:00 83 (26) 93 (25) 105 (26) 108 (26) 111 (21)
49 LJCN 34862 18:09 85 (9) 96 (7) 100 (9) 92 (8) 123 (9)
50 LouWeed 129804 18:10 89 (26) 96 (26) 100 (26) 101 (25) 112 (26)
51 grape 57984 18:14 92 (14) 92 (16) 102 (14) 116 (9) 105 (10)
52 robinh 125811 18:23 86 (25) 95 (25) 104 (25) 101 (25) 113 (24)
53 Squallaby 117334 18:48 84 (24) 92 (22) 98 (23) 95 (23) 131 (22)
54 Craven 126958 18:53 89 (26) 96 (26) 103 (25) 100 (22) 111 (23)
55 tapbarker 122152 19:01 87 (25) 98 (23) 97 (22) 105 (24) 111 (23)
56 Golvellius 66728 19:10 76 (16) 115 (14) 104 (15) 91 (14) 125 (9)
57 rupe 51943 19:14 81 (13) 90 (12) 102 (12) 121 (10) 116 (8)
58 RobR 104185 19:17 86 (21) 95 (20) 96 (23) 107 (19) 117 (17)
59 GMcD 135776 19:20 81 (26) 96 (25) 98 (25) 112 (25) 112 (26)
60 flounderbout 38961 19:40 95 (10) 98 (11) 105 (6) 98 (10) 110 (6)
61 annelambirth 87410 19:41 88 (20) 100 (20) 92 (16) 103 (16) 125 (12)
62 MichelinPoitiers 61030 19:56 101 (12) 99 (18) 101 (9) 92 (11) 104 (11)
63 Ed freshpot 117818 20:02 86 (22) 94 (22) 101 (21) 102 (20) 113 (23)
64 Looch 121182 20:11 87 (26) 93 (21) 100 (20) 105 (20) 115 (23)
65 LuckOfLucien 52549 20:22 84 (11) 88 (11) 106 (10) 106 (12) 117 (9)
66 pterodactyl 83674 20:30 89 (14) 101 (17) 102 (15) 102 (17) 103 (15)
67 andrewlake 132581 21:39 84 (18) 97 (26) 96 (25) 102 (18) 115 (25)
68 gbestanley 132693 21:40 88 (24) 100 (22) 95 (23) 105 (22) 111 (21)
69 mcjwright 149032 21:47 83 (26) 93 (25) 96 (24) 111 (24) 114 (25)
70 Pootle 141464 21:49 85 (24) 96 (24) 95 (22) 100 (24) 121 (24)
71 benedick 100971 21:51 88 (21) 103 (16) 104 (18) 90 (17) 117 (15)
72 barracuda 155771 22:11 85 (25) 87 (26) 106 (25) 99 (25) 120 (26)
73 John Arnold 91468 22:25 92 (23) 96 (14) 95 (14) 107 (15) 114 (12)
74 Solver52 163395 22:41 92 (26) 95 (26) 99 (26) 102 (26) 109 (26)
75 george.garlick 129721 23:00 91 (24) 95 (23) 103 (19) 98 (18) 113 (20)
76 sampson 102630 23:06 95 (22) 98 (20) 95 (17) 101 (10) 114 (15)
77 Kevin Gregg 128914 23:06 84 (25) 95 (24) 96 (21) 116 (20) 120 (13)
78 colin2355 147163 23:21 89 (23) 87 (25) 93 (22) 106 (20) 121 (25)
79 Zabadak 95341 23:22 76 (13) 90 (12) 108 (15) 107 (20) 106 (18)
80 brian.mcnamara 104254 23:28 83 (15) 93 (17) 86 (13) 108 (20) 117 (19)
81 jaraab 92045 23:58 86 (19) 105 (16) 97 (11) 89 (13) 122 (15)
82 hugh.schofield 80853 24:03 102 (11) 98 (14) 93 (13) 89 (15) 118 (13)
83 puzzled1 42324 24:19 85 (9) 113 (7) 118 (9) 117 (7) 64 (7)
84 rjcassidy 135859 24:52 88 (22) 94 (18) 106 (16) 105 (24) 105 (21)
85 Speedcop2 36008 25:00 86 (7) 82 (6) 110 (9) 100 (6) 114 (6)
86 dec 99122 25:01 90 (19) 94 (15) 102 (17) 97 (10) 117 (15)
87 goblin 179743 25:10 87 (26) 95 (26) 96 (26) 109 (25) 110 (26)
88 timbo 71978 25:31 84 (13) 109 (14) 92 (13) 106 (11) 120 (6)
89 Bert Dove 56758 25:34 89 (13) 106 (9) 101 (11) 93 (7) 118 (7)
90 endafk 106620 26:07 94 (18) 98 (17) 89 (16) 103 (13) 119 (14)
91 tonym 164348 26:20 91 (21) 93 (22) 99 (24) 102 (25) 111 (22)
92 GeorgeTz 85524 26:23 91 (16) 96 (11) 103 (13) 95 (11) 113 (13)
93 KET 84523 26:34 79 (16) 97 (13) 93 (9) 106 (14) 131 (11)
94 fudgiebates 94250 27:05 85 (18) 87 (10) 93 (14) 122 (12) 114 (14)
95 zythum 123538 27:05 87 (18) 95 (18) 98 (17) 101 (16) 118 (17)
96 Chadwick 182980 27:13 80 (22) 93 (26) 104 (25) 106 (25) 113 (24)
97 William M 113569 27:50 81 (16) 81 (15) 93 (14) 116 (13) 121 (20)
98 Agsurfer 53843 28:02 103 (12) 103 (7) 94 (7) 89 (9) 109 (7)
99 diogenes 118435 28:11 86 (16) 90 (17) 96 (17) 105 (15) 124 (15)
100 Manveru 117015 28:15 85 (22) 106 (18) 97 (18) 107 (8) 117 (13)
101 Jagsfan1971 58026 28:26 57 (6) 105 (8) 107 (10) 98 (14) 123 (6)
102 jdavidliddell 85559 28:31 93 (10) 93 (14) 97 (12) 103 (15) 115 (9)
103 Peter Sykes 118376 28:35 87 (17) 94 (16) 97 (15) 101 (17) 122 (14)
104 James P 156199 28:55 71 (22) 101 (20) 93 (19) 118 (19) 119 (20)
105 phmfantom 147500 29:15 90 (21) 90 (15) 99 (21) 113 (20) 105 (17)
106 Mkgnao 134854 29:58 90 (20) 93 (17) 96 (17) 93 (12) 122 (19)
107 nekabue 197188 30:09 79 (23) 98 (26) 99 (25) 100 (22) 122 (23)
108 rosselliot 168263 30:28 88 (21) 91 (22) 109 (21) 98 (19) 113 (19)
109 alwsn8 210616 30:47 82 (25) 89 (25) 104 (25) 106 (25) 118 (24)
110 NAPASAI 76280 31:00 60 (7) 97 (9) 117 (14) 84 (11) 118 (10)
111 Semillon 154465 31:46 90 (19) 84 (18) 95 (20) 99 (17) 134 (17)
112 koro 226207 32:13 92 (26) 98 (26) 102 (25) 100 (25) 106 (25)
113 ulaca 172603 32:19 82 (20) 93 (21) 102 (21) 104 (18) 119 (19)
114 Big Nug 187544 32:33 90 (21) 99 (23) 97 (22) 105 (20) 108 (20)
115 eniamretrauq 154615 32:37 92 (19) 93 (16) 96 (17) 103 (18) 112 (19)
116 Paul H. Dear 74185 33:25 80 (7) 88 (11) 102 (10) 95 (10) 131 (9)
117 klamery4 54181 33:26 87 (8) 87 (8) 116 (6) 102 (8) 113 (7)
118 Jeeves 101246 33:44 85 (8) 86 (8) 106 (13) 90 (15) 115 (16)
119 FelicityTT 97003 34:23 89 (13) 90 (10) 97 (12) 112 (11) 112 (11)
120 JohnDun 235629 34:26 85 (25) 97 (25) 91 (26) 109 (24) 117 (24)
121 Tudds 233907 34:29 82 (24) 84 (25) 107 (24) 113 (26) 112 (24)
122 joss henry 158464 34:45 77 (21) 96 (22) 120 (17) 90 (13) 124 (13)
123 1234 211299 34:52 85 (23) 98 (22) 94 (21) 105 (23) 115 (22)
124 SlumdogEngineer 168722 36:03 85 (20) 85 (15) 86 (19) 101 (17) 143 (17)
125 Glyndwr 141018 36:09 81 (18) 102 (18) 110 (19) 100 (14) 116 (6)
126 Archie 121833 36:15 87 (10) 87 (9) 97 (19) 109 (14) 110 (14)
127 Crippens1 160992 36:15 80 (17) 98 (18) 95 (13) 98 (17) 123 (19)
128 Gussie 134143 38:32 78 (11) 95 (13) 94 (14) 112 (13) 110 (17)
129 SK42 134493 38:38 88 (15) 101 (14) 96 (13) 100 (10) 111 (16)
130 Paulypops 156911 39:37 90 (18) 104 (17) 96 (19) 100 (10) 112 (12)
131 Waterloo 172748 40:33 59 (18) 57 (15) 68 (14) 97 (19) 225 (15)
132 Nangle 127122 41:32 85 (9) 93 (11) 100 (12) 87 (15) 126 (14)
133 Pleasuredome 199803 41:37 89 (21) 97 (20) 106 (19) 96 (14) 113 (16)
134 Ronnie 166549 43:22 95 (19) 102 (23) 99 (7) 100 (17) 102 (8)
135 symbenall2 210050 44:52 83 (19) 90 (20) 103 (15) 99 (16) 126 (18)
136 Msimmo 90741 47:15 95 (10) 84 (10) 89 (8) 122 (8) 121 (6)
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