Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for June 2021

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 mohn 65 04:47 77 (14) 98 (10) 105 (15) 105 (14) 114 (12)
2 Nathan Panning 88 06:13 79 (20) 102 (18) 98 (17) 110 (20) 115 (13)
3 Jason 114 06:24 80 (21) 95 (26) 96 (23) 107 (24) 120 (20)
4 escat49 122 06:52 86 (24) 98 (23) 99 (25) 101 (24) 113 (26)
5 verlaine 125 06:59 75 (25) 94 (25) 101 (26) 89 (24) 137 (25)
6 mistigris 102 07:29 85 (19) 95 (22) 91 (20) 106 (20) 119 (21)
7 aphis99 117 07:45 80 (23) 93 (25) 108 (23) 109 (25) 108 (21)
8 Diskus 106 07:47 75 (26) 91 (21) 86 (21) 144 (19) 112 (19)
9 hilarym 87 07:57 87 (22) 101 (17) 99 (20) 104 (19) 119 (9)
10 lili 47 08:06 87 (10) 84 (8) 112 (10) 102 (10) 112 (9)
11 Paul Gilbert 81 08:29 89 (18) 100 (15) 100 (17) 94 (17) 119 (14)
12 Midas 123 08:51 88 (25) 99 (23) 93 (26) 104 (24) 114 (25)
13 richard 99 09:07 83 (23) 96 (19) 99 (21) 102 (20) 126 (16)
14 asaldanha 102 09:08 75 (21) 95 (20) 98 (25) 118 (20) 116 (16)
15 chindit 117 09:39 83 (23) 94 (26) 99 (23) 94 (21) 126 (24)
16 AlanS 93 10:08 86 (19) 92 (18) 93 (19) 100 (22) 132 (15)
17 philjordan1147 88 10:10 86 (19) 92 (16) 112 (23) 98 (16) 107 (14)
18 scrabbler 119 10:14 81 (23) 101 (25) 98 (23) 103 (22) 113 (26)
19 chriswords 93 10:35 87 (21) 92 (19) 108 (17) 103 (18) 111 (18)
20 Kinghedger 106 10:51 78 (24) 96 (18) 100 (23) 101 (22) 127 (19)
21 lickert 104 10:56 76 (20) 93 (22) 96 (20) 107 (21) 123 (21)
22 glheard 102 11:10 78 (22) 98 (20) 92 (19) 104 (20) 126 (21)
23 Topical Tim 103 11:32 71 (19) 81 (24) 105 (21) 103 (22) 145 (17)
24 trux 83 11:40 75 (16) 101 (20) 111 (16) 94 (17) 119 (14)
25 robertL 82 12:00 79 (15) 99 (15) 102 (19) 113 (20) 101 (13)
26 ChuckB 47 12:08 82 (11) 100 (11) 97 (11) 118 (8) 112 (6)
27 neilr 114 12:14 79 (23) 96 (25) 101 (25) 99 (21) 126 (20)
28 Sue Sweeper 49 12:17 78 (10) 88 (12) 97 (11) 114 (7) 131 (9)
29 SimonAnthony 104 12:37 73 (16) 101 (23) 93 (25) 110 (21) 118 (19)
30 aphasic 69 12:41 83 (14) 101 (16) 97 (17) 106 (15) 121 (7)
31 HenryBW 92 12:42 85 (22) 93 (19) 99 (18) 109 (19) 120 (14)
32 keriothe_ 110 12:42 79 (23) 89 (22) 104 (23) 102 (22) 127 (20)
33 p.wild 127 12:48 86 (24) 99 (26) 93 (26) 102 (26) 116 (25)
34 fshephe 105 12:53 90 (21) 97 (24) 98 (19) 101 (21) 112 (20)
35 xyster 54 12:54 85 (13) 92 (9) 100 (10) 102 (13) 124 (9)
36 Tom Stubbs 124 13:01 81 (25) 101 (25) 97 (24) 98 (25) 119 (25)
37 Spur58 51 13:02 85 (12) 97 (14) 102 (10) 108 (7) 113 (8)
38 Sheapey 118 13:02 83 (23) 86 (22) 96 (24) 98 (25) 132 (24)
39 MikeOsborne 108 13:04 82 (21) 98 (22) 97 (21) 101 (21) 118 (23)
40 Stavros 108 13:06 69 (22) 97 (22) 103 (23) 108 (20) 122 (21)
41 jamesah 86 13:12 84 (18) 98 (21) 101 (21) 107 (16) 114 (10)
42 Silva 121 13:13 85 (26) 93 (25) 99 (24) 97 (25) 127 (21)
43 Malcj 93 13:28 82 (21) 99 (20) 100 (17) 106 (22) 115 (13)
44 Heyesey 78 13:29 75 (14) 81 (16) 87 (15) 78 (16) 168 (17)
45 tilbee 117 13:32 82 (25) 98 (21) 100 (23) 103 (25) 116 (23)
46 Secondbass 89 13:38 83 (19) 102 (20) 94 (18) 99 (18) 126 (14)
47 7dPenguin 96 13:39 83 (19) 98 (21) 92 (19) 103 (18) 122 (19)
48 Ben Staveley 86 13:52 84 (20) 92 (19) 90 (15) 112 (18) 125 (14)
49 Groucho 99 14:03 80 (24) 102 (22) 100 (19) 106 (20) 119 (14)
50 David Crooks 104 14:15 79 (23) 97 (18) 108 (24) 100 (20) 116 (19)
51 March 109 14:17 89 (24) 87 (23) 101 (21) 99 (21) 125 (20)
52 Penfold_61 114 14:21 77 (23) 98 (24) 95 (23) 106 (22) 123 (22)
53 qieduan 95 14:31 83 (16) 93 (20) 101 (20) 105 (22) 114 (17)
54 Tibthorpe 96 14:41 78 (19) 93 (23) 103 (18) 95 (22) 142 (14)
55 canismiser 57 14:45 86 (14) 93 (9) 108 (17) 101 (10) 112 (7)
56 grape 70 14:47 86 (17) 90 (12) 108 (16) 99 (18) 128 (7)
57 tunflog 73 15:18 95 (20) 95 (16) 104 (15) 102 (15) 107 (7)
58 pitcaithlie 91 15:46 82 (19) 102 (21) 94 (20) 107 (17) 119 (14)
59 njnclarke 66 15:53 68 (16) 113 (13) 109 (15) 103 (13) 115 (9)
60 Ed freshpot 104 15:54 80 (23) 94 (23) 95 (22) 94 (20) 148 (16)
61 phthisis 107 15:56 82 (21) 99 (21) 93 (20) 103 (21) 118 (24)
62 cyrillic 110 15:56 84 (19) 94 (23) 96 (24) 98 (23) 125 (21)
63 Paul Bacon 44 15:58 94 (10) 100 (9) 96 (8) 105 (11) 103 (6)
64 JezWoolfrey 68 16:00 76 (13) 97 (11) 93 (17) 108 (13) 122 (14)
65 oshinmark 34 16:05 77 (9) 97 (7) 90 (6) 108 (6) 138 (6)
66 Squallaby 76 16:06 84 (21) 102 (12) 93 (16) 112 (15) 119 (12)
67 Golvellius 79 16:10 89 (16) 102 (14) 94 (16) 99 (20) 117 (13)
68 Looch 110 16:14 92 (22) 98 (19) 96 (22) 100 (25) 111 (22)
69 s_pugh 117 16:21 83 (24) 94 (23) 99 (24) 109 (25) 114 (21)
70 tapbarker 114 16:47 84 (24) 91 (21) 104 (23) 99 (23) 120 (23)
71 rupe 32 16:51 82 (6) 91 (6) 99 (6) 91 (7) 131 (7)
72 fuzz 61 17:09 82 (10) 97 (11) 98 (14) 98 (12) 116 (14)
73 annelambirth 80 17:12 87 (23) 103 (17) 95 (17) 106 (15) 125 (8)
74 Pootle 101 17:18 92 (22) 100 (19) 90 (20) 92 (21) 125 (19)
75 george.plumbly 47 17:19 82 (10) 100 (11) 97 (8) 88 (9) 131 (9)
76 alexh 75 17:26 91 (17) 94 (17) 92 (15) 108 (16) 121 (10)
77 LJCN 93 17:26 71 (17) 95 (22) 101 (20) 117 (17) 114 (17)
78 CentralLine 113 17:40 73 (22) 99 (23) 103 (26) 105 (22) 119 (20)
79 GMcD 118 17:41 79 (25) 96 (26) 86 (21) 115 (26) 124 (20)
80 Craven 113 17:44 84 (20) 97 (24) 98 (25) 103 (23) 116 (21)
81 RobR 92 17:45 86 (20) 95 (19) 104 (19) 105 (21) 112 (13)
82 LouWeed 104 17:48 89 (22) 99 (24) 98 (19) 100 (22) 114 (17)
83 gsriordan52 82 17:49 77 (16) 96 (20) 104 (16) 106 (16) 118 (14)
84 peterh 95 17:49 86 (17) 94 (19) 101 (21) 102 (19) 113 (19)
85 wyn.dil 95 18:15 88 (21) 101 (17) 103 (20) 101 (19) 106 (18)
86 Hamish.S 74 18:21 77 (17) 105 (18) 95 (13) 109 (16) 120 (10)
87 Semillon 80 18:21 82 (17) 92 (15) 92 (17) 103 (16) 132 (15)
88 robinh 117 18:24 89 (24) 93 (23) 109 (23) 93 (24) 114 (23)
89 OliviaRhineb 124 18:24 80 (25) 100 (25) 97 (26) 106 (26) 118 (22)
90 Achernar 89 18:32 86 (21) 97 (22) 92 (18) 112 (14) 121 (14)
91 benedick 63 18:44 90 (10) 95 (14) 93 (16) 108 (11) 115 (12)
92 Swanny 102 18:58 87 (23) 94 (22) 96 (22) 109 (17) 117 (18)
93 Zabadak 111 19:01 87 (19) 99 (24) 92 (19) 100 (26) 116 (23)
94 pterodactyl 87 19:06 88 (20) 100 (18) 96 (19) 107 (18) 113 (12)
95 andrewlake 105 19:11 86 (21) 94 (20) 98 (21) 105 (21) 115 (22)
96 Richard Bull 91 19:28 100 (17) 115 (15) 107 (18) 90 (22) 91 (19)
97 John Arnold 68 19:30 82 (15) 93 (15) 93 (13) 114 (15) 120 (10)
98 LuckOfLucien 82 19:45 75 (19) 91 (17) 102 (14) 98 (15) 134 (17)
99 Zander 100 20:01 79 (19) 91 (20) 103 (18) 100 (22) 123 (21)
100 colin2355 90 20:15 68 (19) 79 (17) 94 (19) 98 (18) 164 (17)
101 barracuda 112 20:18 81 (22) 97 (25) 100 (24) 101 (20) 120 (21)
102 george.garlick 73 21:07 90 (14) 96 (17) 94 (15) 106 (18) 116 (9)
103 annbrew 70 21:53 72 (10) 97 (14) 102 (11) 102 (18) 114 (17)
104 James P 78 21:55 83 (20) 106 (17) 92 (14) 102 (16) 126 (11)
105 alwsn8 101 22:09 84 (23) 99 (20) 99 (20) 112 (22) 105 (16)
106 Kevin Gregg 98 22:17 73 (20) 94 (23) 100 (19) 106 (20) 131 (16)
107 endafk 87 22:37 89 (19) 102 (20) 100 (19) 105 (14) 103 (15)
108 pc8 109 22:41 79 (21) 94 (21) 96 (21) 106 (25) 121 (21)
109 MichelinPoitiers 79 22:45 88 (14) 97 (18) 95 (15) 103 (19) 113 (13)
110 crosswordian 84 23:14 77 (13) 104 (16) 95 (15) 98 (20) 115 (20)
111 goblin 123 23:36 84 (23) 96 (23) 99 (26) 102 (26) 116 (25)
112 zythum 72 24:15 86 (16) 97 (16) 95 (14) 115 (11) 109 (15)
113 rjcassidy 99 24:17 83 (19) 90 (20) 97 (19) 106 (20) 119 (21)
114 Nangle 42 24:38 94 (11) 107 (9) 98 (8) 104 (7) 96 (7)
115 dec 49 24:43 69 (6) 85 (7) 105 (14) 94 (10) 121 (12)
116 Corymbia 85 25:19 79 (11) 97 (16) 89 (21) 104 (18) 121 (19)
117 Waterloo 101 25:45 86 (20) 102 (23) 93 (21) 93 (19) 127 (18)
118 Fidelio 63 25:59 91 (7) 103 (9) 100 (18) 99 (14) 101 (15)
119 UisceTe 62 26:10 78 (12) 95 (13) 92 (11) 106 (14) 125 (12)
120 1234 39 26:15 86 (11) 88 (7) 87 (8) 103 (6) 143 (7)
121 Manveru 62 26:18 91 (16) 96 (16) 112 (10) 102 (10) 104 (10)
122 eniamretrauq 62 26:28 81 (14) 85 (12) 98 (11) 112 (10) 121 (15)
123 Mkgnao 95 26:51 82 (23) 92 (17) 117 (20) 94 (19) 119 (16)
124 Tudds 116 27:28 78 (26) 97 (25) 97 (23) 105 (22) 128 (20)
125 Pauline Minter 52 27:52 80 (11) 91 (7) 104 (7) 100 (10) 113 (17)
126 NAPASAI 60 28:11 68 (16) 73 (6) 109 (12) 96 (9) 134 (17)
127 SlumdogEngineer 44 28:17 67 (9) 109 (9) 122 (7) 79 (13) 151 (6)
128 Peter Sykes 54 28:31 92 (10) 99 (10) 89 (14) 101 (10) 120 (10)
129 nekabue 108 28:50 87 (23) 96 (23) 96 (21) 96 (20) 125 (21)
130 rosselliot 57 30:11 92 (12) 93 (12) 104 (13) 94 (11) 119 (9)
131 gbestanley 82 30:21 85 (21) 94 (14) 98 (15) 109 (20) 116 (12)
132 ulaca 81 30:42 92 (22) 95 (18) 85 (15) 105 (15) 134 (11)
133 JohnDun 82 30:44 79 (18) 98 (20) 91 (15) 97 (15) 139 (14)
134 koro 112 31:22 89 (22) 92 (24) 96 (21) 99 (22) 121 (23)
135 Lloyd 69 31:39 76 (15) 96 (18) 116 (13) 90 (13) 132 (10)
136 Cookincats 72 31:46 87 (15) 99 (14) 99 (12) 101 (17) 113 (14)
137 medodd 76 32:08 76 (12) 97 (14) 96 (16) 108 (16) 113 (18)
138 Mike Harper 81 32:08 86 (19) 92 (13) 95 (17) 101 (16) 125 (16)
139 JoeyC 53 32:58 76 (9) 80 (15) 94 (8) 164 (6) 110 (15)
140 symbenall2 37 34:23 85 (10) 85 (6) 100 (6) 109 (9) 124 (6)
141 Pleasuredome 59 35:21 88 (14) 92 (12) 86 (12) 114 (9) 122 (12)
142 klamery4 71 37:09 79 (14) 105 (14) 105 (15) 112 (13) 97 (15)
143 maryht 94 38:58 90 (21) 91 (16) 108 (19) 98 (18) 110 (20)
144 Ronnie 59 40:29 85 (10) 102 (17) 102 (13) 96 (10) 112 (9)
145 MartinP 91 44:31 78 (18) 96 (20) 85 (19) 100 (16) 140 (18)
146 JGP 61 88:27 79 (14) 112 (13) 106 (10) 74 (10) 121 (14)
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