Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for March 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 30524 05:59 79 (16) 91 (18) 104 (19) 101 (21) 116 (21)
2 Eamon Ryan 26975 06:14 88 (17) 98 (20) 100 (14) 94 (15) 118 (16)
3 Jason 47732 06:47 82 (25) 96 (26) 102 (25) 102 (25) 115 (26)
4 escat49 19492 07:33 89 (11) 91 (10) 110 (10) 98 (10) 107 (12)
5 verlaine 53557 07:33 83 (26) 99 (26) 98 (24) 102 (26) 116 (26)
6 mistigris 46823 07:52 77 (20) 93 (23) 105 (20) 104 (22) 117 (24)
7 aphis99 58099 08:38 82 (22) 98 (25) 104 (25) 99 (25) 113 (25)
8 richard 32307 09:26 90 (15) 95 (18) 105 (12) 108 (13) 108 (9)
9 Midas 66472 09:33 81 (25) 95 (26) 105 (26) 103 (24) 113 (25)
10 hilarym 46843 09:45 84 (21) 90 (17) 111 (16) 106 (18) 109 (18)
11 asaldanha 60490 09:47 80 (25) 101 (25) 103 (18) 92 (22) 123 (23)
12 chindit 71390 10:37 85 (25) 93 (25) 99 (21) 98 (25) 121 (26)
13 AlanS 80341 11:20 86 (26) 97 (26) 107 (26) 96 (26) 113 (24)
14 chriswords 57151 11:28 83 (18) 102 (21) 96 (19) 98 (15) 116 (20)
15 lickert 70975 11:29 86 (23) 92 (24) 97 (25) 104 (19) 122 (22)
16 tiggis 31624 11:42 81 (11) 99 (17) 103 (8) 102 (11) 123 (8)
17 scrabbler 24051 12:08 66 (8) 99 (8) 112 (9) 93 (9) 124 (9)
18 glheard 67721 12:16 77 (22) 96 (20) 119 (19) 101 (22) 108 (19)
19 SimonAnthony 69785 12:38 86 (23) 93 (22) 92 (19) 113 (17) 118 (21)
20 keriothe_ 83825 12:42 79 (23) 89 (25) 121 (22) 100 (26) 110 (24)
21 neilr 87395 12:53 87 (26) 97 (25) 97 (24) 109 (24) 110 (24)
22 Kinghedger 31270 13:01 89 (7) 94 (12) 96 (9) 95 (6) 110 (16)
23 p.wild 89882 13:01 89 (25) 100 (25) 99 (25) 102 (25) 108 (25)
24 robertL 74476 13:03 92 (21) 85 (20) 108 (23) 99 (22) 113 (19)
25 Tom Stubbs 92071 13:06 86 (26) 91 (25) 105 (26) 104 (26) 112 (24)
26 noidea 46930 13:15 92 (18) 98 (15) 103 (14) 105 (13) 106 (9)
27 andy 56016 13:20 81 (13) 94 (19) 100 (20) 112 (15) 112 (13)
28 Topical Tim 88993 13:21 82 (26) 90 (25) 102 (20) 107 (25) 118 (25)
29 jim42078 33568 13:38 83 (13) 101 (10) 111 (10) 99 (8) 110 (10)
30 Stavros 89209 13:38 83 (26) 104 (25) 100 (25) 102 (22) 112 (21)
31 Sheapey 87250 13:50 85 (25) 95 (23) 91 (20) 107 (23) 120 (24)
32 fshephe 99458 13:55 90 (26) 93 (26) 104 (26) 99 (26) 112 (25)
33 Groucho 55873 14:06 91 (19) 99 (19) 99 (13) 106 (16) 109 (9)
34 Silva 94045 14:07 88 (26) 96 (26) 103 (19) 102 (26) 111 (24)
35 aphasic 56565 14:17 89 (17) 101 (19) 109 (10) 92 (16) 112 (14)
36 Ben Staveley 34048 14:33 83 (9) 94 (11) 110 (7) 101 (13) 112 (9)
37 MikeOsborne 102545 15:07 81 (26) 98 (26) 102 (21) 108 (24) 111 (26)
38 Malcj 81963 15:10 80 (20) 99 (24) 106 (19) 101 (21) 116 (16)
39 Big Mick 38290 15:11 100 (17) 87 (6) 105 (10) 96 (13) 110 (6)
40 Tibthorpe 95788 15:21 82 (25) 93 (23) 106 (22) 103 (22) 116 (22)
41 HenryBW 69431 15:25 78 (18) 83 (16) 103 (17) 109 (17) 127 (17)
42 Spanna 34355 15:28 97 (13) 100 (11) 105 (8) 98 (9) 101 (6)
43 Sue Sweeper 84332 15:47 75 (17) 97 (21) 90 (21) 107 (20) 125 (20)
44 KenG 94271 15:52 78 (23) 96 (21) 103 (21) 99 (22) 122 (22)
45 mikegrocott 58689 16:34 78 (9) 100 (14) 95 (16) 103 (14) 113 (16)
46 cyrillic 103510 16:35 82 (22) 89 (23) 103 (24) 110 (23) 112 (22)
47 phthisis 43996 16:39 81 (13) 112 (12) 105 (12) 101 (9) 103 (8)
48 sotira 55959 16:39 80 (14) 101 (15) 106 (14) 104 (13) 112 (10)
49 David Crooks 95299 16:53 81 (21) 98 (23) 104 (20) 102 (20) 114 (20)
50 Crucifer 46713 16:55 84 (10) 96 (10) 98 (14) 95 (8) 116 (14)
51 grape 44164 17:31 86 (11) 97 (13) 107 (11) 108 (9) 104 (8)
52 OliviaRhineb 122703 17:56 82 (26) 94 (25) 108 (26) 104 (26) 113 (21)
53 LouWeed 130231 18:14 88 (26) 96 (26) 104 (26) 101 (25) 109 (26)
54 Squallaby 115448 18:19 78 (24) 93 (22) 109 (24) 90 (23) 129 (22)
55 robinh 119392 18:35 84 (23) 98 (24) 106 (23) 99 (24) 111 (23)
56 tapbarker 119900 18:40 85 (25) 95 (23) 102 (23) 103 (24) 114 (22)
57 Craven 130799 18:57 86 (26) 95 (26) 107 (25) 100 (25) 111 (23)
58 RobR 104767 18:58 81 (22) 101 (21) 99 (20) 106 (22) 114 (17)
59 LJCN 54939 19:04 83 (13) 92 (10) 111 (12) 100 (11) 112 (12)
60 Golvellius 79784 19:16 78 (19) 110 (18) 107 (14) 93 (16) 122 (12)
61 rupe 57968 19:19 71 (12) 94 (14) 100 (11) 116 (13) 120 (10)
62 GMcD 137189 19:22 79 (26) 97 (26) 104 (25) 109 (25) 110 (26)
63 Zander 31449 19:24 87 (7) 82 (6) 128 (7) 82 (9) 118 (8)
64 MichelinPoitiers 61739 19:24 92 (11) 103 (18) 103 (11) 92 (12) 107 (11)
65 Ed freshpot 125770 19:24 84 (24) 94 (24) 107 (22) 99 (23) 113 (25)
66 LuckOfLucien 36260 19:29 77 (9) 95 (9) 109 (7) 108 (9) 116 (7)
67 annelambirth 85594 19:32 87 (21) 103 (19) 91 (14) 104 (17) 120 (12)
68 Looch 120210 20:02 86 (26) 93 (22) 104 (20) 100 (20) 117 (22)
69 pterodactyl 87592 20:33 86 (14) 95 (17) 103 (15) 101 (19) 111 (16)
70 flounderbout 50329 20:58 84 (11) 92 (11) 116 (8) 105 (13) 110 (7)
71 jlancs228 40685 21:11 90 (10) 94 (6) 104 (7) 97 (11) 116 (8)
72 benedick 102168 21:17 89 (22) 100 (18) 106 (18) 92 (18) 118 (14)
73 mcjwright 144221 21:27 81 (26) 97 (25) 102 (23) 101 (23) 118 (25)
74 barracuda 152968 21:58 86 (25) 90 (26) 109 (25) 97 (25) 116 (25)
75 andrewlake 131188 22:05 86 (16) 97 (26) 100 (25) 92 (17) 114 (25)
76 John Arnold 80981 22:07 93 (21) 91 (13) 99 (12) 108 (14) 113 (11)
77 Solver52 158857 22:14 93 (26) 96 (25) 101 (26) 100 (26) 108 (26)
78 gbestanley 134840 22:15 89 (24) 98 (21) 96 (22) 105 (24) 111 (20)
79 Pootle 155669 22:21 85 (26) 97 (26) 95 (23) 100 (26) 121 (25)
80 colin2355 140593 22:44 87 (21) 86 (25) 101 (22) 96 (20) 124 (25)
81 Zabadak 92968 22:47 74 (13) 94 (12) 103 (14) 104 (21) 113 (18)
82 george.garlick 127651 22:52 87 (24) 93 (23) 102 (17) 104 (19) 115 (20)
83 sampson 95650 23:06 93 (22) 96 (17) 103 (17) 97 (11) 116 (12)
84 Kevin Gregg 129172 23:08 76 (24) 95 (23) 106 (21) 110 (21) 125 (14)
85 hugh.schofield 75391 23:16 104 (11) 97 (14) 96 (12) 91 (15) 112 (12)
86 jaraab 81252 23:20 87 (18) 100 (14) 91 (8) 93 (15) 129 (13)
87 brian.mcnamara 109004 23:35 83 (16) 93 (17) 92 (15) 102 (21) 123 (18)
88 peterh 42829 23:47 67 (9) 109 (8) 103 (10) 114 (7) 118 (6)
89 puzzled1 44276 23:48 87 (9) 112 (8) 118 (10) 111 (8) 49 (6)
90 dec 100971 24:44 88 (20) 99 (17) 106 (15) 93 (11) 114 (15)
91 Bert Dove 53775 24:53 89 (13) 107 (9) 104 (9) 87 (8) 121 (7)
92 goblin 177816 24:54 85 (26) 97 (26) 98 (26) 108 (25) 110 (26)
93 timbo 69268 25:05 85 (13) 106 (13) 92 (12) 107 (12) 122 (6)
94 rjcassidy 132373 25:21 84 (21) 95 (16) 117 (16) 100 (23) 105 (21)
95 tonym 154544 25:45 92 (22) 92 (23) 101 (23) 101 (22) 113 (20)
96 endafk 111181 26:05 85 (18) 102 (17) 90 (16) 102 (16) 123 (14)
97 GeorgeTz 85405 26:21 90 (16) 98 (10) 103 (13) 96 (12) 113 (13)
98 fudgiebates 82288 26:22 81 (17) 101 (11) 94 (11) 121 (11) 112 (12)
99 crosswordian 44429 26:26 82 (8) 91 (8) 120 (8) 101 (7) 105 (7)
100 KET 79104 26:54 79 (16) 100 (11) 101 (8) 102 (14) 130 (10)
101 zythum 136684 27:07 88 (21) 95 (19) 99 (19) 105 (17) 113 (18)
102 Manveru 110084 27:23 88 (23) 106 (18) 99 (15) 101 (9) 114 (12)
103 Chadwick 181782 27:32 75 (21) 95 (26) 106 (25) 103 (24) 116 (24)
104 Jagsfan1971 56364 27:37 61 (7) 107 (9) 98 (8) 101 (13) 126 (7)
105 diogenes 83531 27:50 82 (12) 91 (13) 100 (13) 107 (11) 122 (11)
106 William M 117259 27:55 76 (17) 82 (16) 97 (12) 114 (14) 124 (21)
107 jdavidliddell 62904 28:20 88 (6) 93 (12) 104 (10) 103 (13) 110 (6)
108 James P 158105 28:38 70 (22) 101 (20) 93 (20) 111 (19) 125 (21)
109 Agsurfer 53329 28:40 106 (10) 110 (7) 98 (9) 84 (9) 105 (6)
110 Peter Sykes 124222 29:34 80 (17) 102 (17) 105 (15) 95 (16) 119 (15)
111 phmfantom 138825 29:39 84 (20) 87 (12) 104 (18) 108 (20) 111 (18)
112 Big Nug 146575 29:47 83 (19) 104 (21) 98 (18) 106 (18) 107 (16)
113 alwsn8 185974 29:48 82 (23) 94 (23) 105 (23) 97 (23) 120 (22)
114 klamery4 73703 29:57 90 (11) 89 (11) 111 (10) 96 (11) 120 (8)
115 Mkgnao 168527 30:12 86 (24) 91 (21) 104 (21) 90 (15) 124 (22)
116 NAPASAI 67809 30:32 62 (8) 93 (8) 131 (11) 82 (10) 115 (10)
117 Semillon 150577 30:36 85 (18) 86 (20) 97 (19) 99 (18) 134 (17)
118 nekabue 202896 30:44 76 (23) 94 (25) 108 (26) 99 (23) 120 (23)
119 rosselliot 170105 31:09 87 (19) 90 (22) 112 (20) 100 (21) 108 (19)
120 eniamretrauq 150914 31:50 95 (17) 97 (17) 100 (17) 95 (18) 109 (20)
121 ulaca 181110 32:06 81 (22) 96 (22) 107 (21) 104 (20) 111 (19)
122 koro 225747 32:09 89 (26) 102 (26) 102 (25) 97 (25) 107 (25)
123 SlumdogEngineer 162598 33:02 82 (21) 87 (15) 92 (19) 107 (19) 130 (18)
124 Tudds 237508 33:32 79 (25) 85 (26) 116 (25) 103 (26) 114 (26)
125 1234 192974 33:51 82 (22) 106 (20) 98 (21) 97 (22) 116 (20)
126 FelicityTT 79401 33:55 85 (10) 85 (8) 103 (11) 114 (10) 105 (10)
127 joss henry 150849 33:58 79 (21) 96 (22) 123 (16) 92 (14) 123 (11)
128 JohnDun 234413 33:58 86 (25) 98 (26) 95 (25) 101 (25) 118 (24)
129 Jeeves 96748 34:18 82 (7) 74 (9) 107 (14) 94 (14) 121 (13)
130 Archie 113173 34:55 83 (13) 97 (8) 98 (17) 106 (14) 114 (12)
131 Crippens1 136696 36:09 79 (15) 101 (16) 103 (11) 90 (15) 123 (16)
132 Glyndwr 139499 36:19 79 (16) 104 (17) 110 (17) 100 (17) 112 (7)
133 Gussie 126194 38:14 76 (11) 101 (12) 94 (15) 110 (11) 112 (16)
134 SK42 118176 38:37 84 (12) 104 (12) 92 (11) 95 (11) 116 (15)
135 Paulypops 148883 38:46 89 (18) 104 (18) 99 (17) 101 (11) 112 (10)
136 Pleasuredome 197189 40:34 87 (21) 99 (21) 110 (20) 92 (13) 110 (16)
137 Nangle 123670 41:13 71 (9) 98 (11) 107 (13) 89 (15) 126 (12)
138 Waterloo 199702 43:47 51 (19) 54 (17) 133 (15) 82 (19) 197 (16)
139 Ronnie 183800 44:23 93 (21) 101 (23) 110 (9) 98 (18) 104 (8)
140 Dandy 121112 44:51 82 (18) 100 (14) 98 (8) 121 (9) 131 (6)
141 symbenall2 223654 44:54 80 (20) 93 (20) 108 (18) 98 (17) 122 (18)
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