Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for October 2016

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 34527 05:48 90 (22) 103 (23) 99 (23) 100 (23) 108 (18)
2 mohn 24798 06:39 80 (14) 97 (16) 110 (12) 100 (15) 112 (15)
3 Jason 44419 07:07 90 (24) 102 (23) 98 (21) 95 (22) 113 (24)
4 Eamon Ryan 48385 07:32 98 (26) 99 (23) 100 (23) 99 (24) 103 (21)
5 mistigris 19627 08:10 77 (7) 91 (11) 115 (8) 106 (15) 102 (9)
6 Bogota Eagle 24080 08:11 92 (11) 105 (13) 97 (12) 102 (11) 100 (12)
7 Ludo 24154 08:45 101 (10) 87 (11) 114 (12) 93 (12) 102 (11)
8 auchiedollie 48818 08:56 91 (20) 99 (22) 102 (21) 103 (18) 103 (20)
9 aphis99 53050 09:12 84 (23) 108 (21) 100 (21) 105 (22) 102 (19)
10 verlaine 55204 09:47 76 (21) 94 (22) 103 (21) 110 (20) 116 (20)
11 richard 56478 10:34 82 (18) 100 (20) 103 (20) 93 (20) 117 (21)
12 Tom Stubbs 73767 11:23 93 (24) 96 (23) 101 (22) 88 (25) 120 (24)
13 alanconnor 30941 11:27 87 (14) 98 (15) 99 (7) 119 (7) 107 (12)
14 tonysever 72624 11:38 92 (22) 100 (22) 100 (22) 91 (25) 116 (23)
15 lickert 70348 11:43 88 (24) 101 (22) 104 (23) 100 (22) 107 (19)
16 Eylesie 50004 11:44 87 (17) 120 (17) 120 (14) 96 (17) 77 (16)
17 trux 20544 11:48 87 (8) 93 (9) 110 (8) 96 (7) 114 (7)
18 Peter Fowler 67811 12:01 96 (21) 101 (17) 106 (21) 94 (23) 102 (22)
19 KenTurner 75312 12:33 96 (21) 97 (23) 98 (21) 104 (21) 101 (24)
20 Quizimodo 79750 12:39 89 (22) 106 (24) 98 (25) 97 (22) 107 (22)
21 Heyesey 50924 12:40 80 (18) 95 (18) 95 (17) 115 (13) 131 (11)
22 chindit 78120 12:53 88 (24) 106 (21) 97 (20) 100 (22) 107 (24)
23 Silva 77660 13:04 91 (23) 109 (21) 101 (20) 98 (23) 100 (22)
24 Topical Tim 63190 13:09 84 (20) 96 (18) 109 (14) 108 (20) 104 (18)
25 AlanS 72739 13:28 80 (20) 99 (20) 102 (20) 100 (21) 117 (19)
26 neilr 76225 13:39 87 (23) 109 (22) 102 (22) 99 (18) 102 (18)
27 Toffer 57734 13:44 87 (18) 98 (14) 108 (13) 96 (19) 113 (16)
28 Denis 77045 13:57 95 (20) 99 (21) 98 (21) 104 (21) 101 (19)
29 mikegrocott 62191 14:00 83 (19) 108 (15) 99 (14) 100 (19) 111 (17)
30 Stavros 73522 14:24 85 (19) 101 (17) 101 (20) 99 (19) 110 (20)
31 glheard 30450 14:30 82 (7) 100 (7) 89 (9) 102 (14) 121 (8)
32 jjp 60025 14:42 90 (20) 108 (17) 97 (15) 100 (16) 106 (10)
33 mchalen 97742 14:48 85 (24) 105 (26) 97 (25) 96 (22) 115 (23)
34 aphasic 44737 14:54 75 (10) 102 (14) 107 (10) 102 (15) 108 (11)
35 Tibthorpe 78042 14:57 87 (18) 104 (18) 100 (20) 90 (20) 114 (21)
36 earlylight 77079 15:17 96 (19) 95 (19) 105 (17) 100 (19) 102 (20)
37 AndyOwl 83208 15:24 82 (21) 98 (19) 102 (18) 103 (20) 113 (22)
38 Sue Sweeper 61016 15:38 81 (14) 102 (20) 109 (17) 83 (12) 119 (12)
39 Margaretlarb 49626 16:13 93 (14) 105 (12) 112 (13) 107 (8) 86 (14)
40 fshephe 91015 16:18 85 (19) 98 (24) 100 (20) 97 (19) 115 (21)
41 ChuckB 35303 16:20 87 (8) 91 (9) 111 (11) 103 (8) 100 (10)
42 OliviaRhineb 99507 16:35 83 (24) 104 (21) 104 (23) 95 (21) 114 (21)
43 robinh 92960 16:39 90 (21) 100 (20) 98 (18) 98 (22) 112 (22)
44 sotira 69221 16:43 86 (18) 107 (16) 94 (13) 95 (15) 115 (17)
45 rpb 76726 16:49 94 (20) 102 (18) 112 (16) 89 (16) 102 (16)
46 phthisis 103270 16:52 92 (23) 103 (23) 97 (23) 99 (23) 107 (20)
47 Werm 78045 16:53 80 (18) 102 (16) 87 (17) 112 (21) 117 (15)
48 RHB 58667 17:09 81 (14) 111 (14) 93 (15) 102 (13) 116 (11)
49 subbswamysg 43659 17:19 92 (11) 89 (10) 102 (10) 106 (10) 108 (11)
50 Bernard S 49435 17:31 91 (8) 112 (13) 97 (9) 98 (14) 95 (13)
51 nesbitt 50631 17:34 90 (14) 99 (12) 104 (12) 102 (10) 106 (10)
52 andyt 59196 18:16 93 (14) 105 (13) 97 (12) 96 (12) 106 (13)
53 pterodactyl 54016 18:22 95 (15) 93 (13) 113 (10) 99 (9) 101 (12)
54 Kevin Gregg 48418 18:46 92 (10) 90 (8) 103 (10) 98 (14) 112 (11)
55 GMcD 111001 19:28 84 (22) 103 (21) 99 (22) 95 (19) 118 (21)
56 sampson 86983 19:35 93 (20) 98 (16) 104 (18) 99 (18) 107 (12)
57 reindeer 94664 19:43 92 (18) 99 (17) 96 (18) 107 (19) 104 (18)
58 David Crooks 121569 20:03 89 (22) 99 (22) 103 (23) 99 (21) 107 (23)
59 David P 108456 20:05 83 (20) 102 (21) 99 (17) 100 (22) 114 (20)
60 peter wild 125696 20:20 83 (24) 98 (22) 100 (21) 97 (23) 120 (23)
61 MickinEly2 73016 20:37 96 (13) 102 (18) 98 (14) 99 (13) 102 (11)
62 Ben Ganly 82030 20:42 85 (18) 99 (14) 107 (15) 96 (14) 113 (15)
63 Zabadak 111219 21:03 82 (17) 113 (21) 97 (19) 97 (20) 104 (21)
64 AnneGinger 84393 21:38 81 (15) 107 (16) 99 (12) 110 (19) 96 (13)
65 Groucho 87596 21:47 85 (14) 96 (18) 99 (14) 97 (18) 126 (13)
66 NJeagle 106421 22:10 86 (18) 95 (17) 106 (17) 92 (15) 114 (23)
67 Big Mick 90853 22:36 90 (16) 97 (14) 97 (14) 102 (18) 111 (15)
68 Helly Welly 91287 22:42 88 (13) 93 (19) 90 (10) 97 (19) 125 (16)
69 alanjcannon 111265 22:53 88 (18) 98 (19) 98 (16) 99 (18) 113 (20)
70 zythum 127101 23:01 87 (23) 97 (19) 110 (20) 92 (19) 111 (21)
71 barracuda 138344 23:03 79 (23) 104 (22) 104 (21) 98 (23) 115 (21)
72 Bobchapman 61063 23:07 91 (11) 93 (10) 107 (15) 90 (11) 123 (7)
73 Bobb 94093 24:07 83 (12) 102 (21) 93 (17) 101 (11) 116 (14)
74 PeterMabey 107217 24:08 83 (17) 104 (13) 102 (20) 102 (22) 110 (12)
75 Galspray 96475 24:21 90 (16) 86 (10) 84 (18) 100 (17) 137 (15)
76 Edprof 108484 24:26 83 (17) 96 (16) 113 (15) 86 (17) 119 (19)
77 leonora 83945 24:32 85 (14) 106 (12) 101 (14) 94 (14) 114 (13)
78 Solver52 92584 25:17 87 (21) 112 (13) 101 (14) 89 (12) 119 (11)
79 benedick 100122 25:17 88 (13) 100 (18) 104 (16) 94 (14) 109 (15)
80 KarenR 122487 25:31 85 (19) 96 (18) 102 (18) 100 (15) 114 (20)
81 Julian West 72495 25:42 71 (10) 102 (16) 91 (13) 110 (9) 132 (9)
82 crosswordian 123600 25:45 83 (20) 95 (19) 105 (19) 109 (16) 110 (16)
83 me_phobete 102717 26:20 88 (17) 95 (12) 92 (13) 101 (16) 118 (17)
84 NAPASAI 60360 26:28 83 (9) 113 (10) 92 (11) 107 (11) 100 (7)
85 burrowz1b 77114 26:46 82 (8) 92 (15) 92 (11) 108 (10) 116 (14)
86 Chadwick 109153 27:33 89 (16) 100 (15) 105 (17) 102 (15) 100 (13)
87 Son of Smug 75202 27:51 91 (10) 105 (13) 97 (10) 87 (10) 112 (12)
88 alexh 46992 27:58 81 (7) 109 (8) 108 (6) 99 (9) 100 (8)
89 stockynige 53794 28:01 91 (11) 98 (6) 101 (10) 105 (8) 108 (7)
90 oldpalace 84490 28:44 96 (14) 99 (13) 95 (11) 97 (9) 110 (12)
91 rosselliot 63373 29:20 91 (10) 100 (9) 100 (10) 114 (6) 100 (11)
92 Prytherch 110916 29:20 95 (11) 99 (13) 109 (15) 91 (18) 104 (16)
93 diogenes 86457 29:24 88 (14) 98 (9) 119 (11) 85 (13) 113 (12)
94 Jefe 77979 29:32 68 (8) 90 (10) 111 (8) 89 (15) 130 (13)
95 Barry Smith 115510 29:37 80 (13) 106 (18) 102 (10) 90 (17) 115 (17)
96 Moles 78749 29:49 85 (11) 103 (10) 107 (11) 93 (12) 112 (10)
97 anthea 111435 29:57 102 (9) 95 (14) 104 (13) 94 (17) 103 (19)
98 Ron's mum 79698 32:23 84 (8) 93 (8) 90 (13) 79 (12) 156 (10)
99 Big Nug 103351 32:30 83 (12) 107 (12) 89 (15) 94 (12) 128 (12)
100 MaxenEH 56974 32:44 83 (6) 104 (6) 107 (10) 96 (9) 101 (8)
101 Clovis 75531 33:07 83 (13) 100 (8) 75 (9) 105 (8) 139 (10)
102 koro 115704 33:49 86 (11) 110 (12) 97 (13) 98 (16) 105 (15)
103 Jeeves 123450 35:28 83 (14) 105 (13) 95 (15) 98 (12) 116 (14)
104 cassandra 73630 39:35 100 (6) 92 (11) 96 (8) 101 (6) 109 (10)
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