Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for July 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 66 04:48 77 (13) 96 (13) 106 (16) 107 (15) 113 (9)
2 Nathan Panning 85 06:21 82 (20) 101 (18) 97 (16) 109 (21) 115 (10)
3 Jason 117 06:35 80 (21) 95 (26) 91 (23) 105 (24) 124 (23)
4 escat49 124 06:53 86 (25) 100 (24) 98 (25) 98 (24) 115 (26)
5 verlaine 123 07:09 73 (24) 97 (24) 100 (25) 86 (25) 140 (25)
6 mistigris 107 07:32 83 (21) 91 (22) 89 (20) 103 (21) 128 (23)
7 mauefw 59 07:40 97 (15) 95 (13) 108 (10) 96 (14) 109 (7)
8 aphis99 113 07:48 82 (24) 95 (24) 110 (20) 109 (25) 104 (20)
9 hilarym 82 08:07 88 (18) 101 (17) 99 (20) 103 (20) 113 (7)
10 lili 70 08:20 83 (15) 91 (13) 101 (15) 99 (13) 125 (14)
11 Flimmy flammy 79 08:47 87 (18) 93 (18) 108 (16) 90 (14) 126 (13)
12 Paul Gilbert 79 08:47 93 (18) 100 (14) 96 (18) 97 (17) 118 (12)
13 Midas 123 08:54 86 (26) 95 (24) 95 (25) 105 (24) 119 (24)
14 asaldanha 98 09:08 75 (19) 90 (20) 98 (24) 117 (20) 122 (15)
15 richard 100 09:31 83 (23) 96 (20) 98 (21) 100 (20) 129 (16)
16 chindit 117 09:41 86 (25) 91 (24) 100 (24) 97 (20) 124 (24)
17 scrabbler 117 10:19 83 (23) 98 (24) 99 (23) 103 (23) 115 (24)
18 philjordan1147 85 10:27 86 (19) 92 (16) 109 (21) 99 (17) 114 (12)
19 chriswords 97 10:27 90 (22) 88 (20) 111 (18) 99 (19) 113 (18)
20 AlanS 86 10:39 81 (16) 88 (17) 90 (17) 100 (21) 143 (15)
21 lickert 100 10:49 77 (20) 92 (22) 97 (18) 108 (21) 124 (19)
22 Kinghedger 106 10:50 78 (22) 96 (19) 100 (25) 101 (22) 128 (18)
23 glheard 100 11:09 83 (21) 93 (19) 95 (20) 102 (21) 126 (19)
24 trux 86 11:49 80 (18) 97 (21) 109 (17) 96 (16) 121 (14)
25 robertL 83 12:01 84 (16) 96 (16) 101 (21) 118 (18) 96 (12)
26 Topical Tim 96 12:04 67 (17) 80 (22) 106 (19) 101 (20) 144 (18)
27 Sue Sweeper 46 12:09 79 (9) 87 (11) 87 (9) 117 (9) 133 (8)
28 neilr 111 12:16 78 (22) 93 (24) 102 (24) 100 (20) 126 (21)
29 keriothe_ 112 12:30 81 (24) 89 (23) 100 (21) 100 (22) 130 (22)
30 fshephe 103 12:43 88 (21) 97 (24) 97 (19) 103 (20) 114 (19)
31 aphasic 71 12:46 84 (15) 100 (16) 97 (17) 107 (16) 121 (7)
32 p.wild 125 12:49 86 (24) 97 (25) 95 (25) 103 (26) 115 (25)
33 SimonAnthony 99 12:53 72 (16) 98 (21) 94 (22) 96 (22) 136 (18)
34 HenryBW 95 12:55 82 (21) 93 (19) 98 (20) 106 (20) 126 (15)
35 MikeOsborne 113 12:57 81 (23) 96 (23) 100 (22) 107 (23) 116 (22)
36 xyster 66 13:07 83 (15) 94 (13) 97 (14) 104 (14) 128 (10)
37 Stavros 105 13:07 74 (22) 95 (23) 104 (21) 111 (19) 117 (20)
38 Tom Stubbs 125 13:12 82 (25) 93 (25) 99 (24) 103 (26) 120 (25)
39 Secondbass 79 13:17 77 (17) 106 (17) 96 (17) 101 (15) 123 (13)
40 Sheapey 116 13:17 91 (23) 86 (21) 93 (24) 96 (25) 131 (23)
41 Heyesey 95 13:20 76 (17) 85 (19) 85 (18) 82 (20) 161 (21)
42 Malcj 90 13:29 85 (21) 96 (18) 101 (18) 106 (21) 115 (12)
43 Silva 118 13:42 86 (26) 94 (24) 99 (24) 96 (23) 128 (21)
44 jamesah 84 13:46 94 (17) 98 (20) 95 (22) 105 (16) 113 (9)
45 tilbee 113 13:49 80 (23) 94 (21) 99 (22) 102 (24) 122 (23)
46 s_pugh 119 13:51 87 (25) 94 (23) 100 (24) 107 (25) 110 (22)
47 7dPenguin 92 13:56 84 (19) 100 (21) 88 (19) 106 (16) 122 (17)
48 Ben Staveley 86 14:08 84 (17) 91 (18) 92 (16) 109 (19) 122 (16)
49 Crucifer 52 14:11 88 (14) 101 (9) 110 (10) 110 (12) 86 (7)
50 Groucho 99 14:16 82 (25) 102 (25) 102 (20) 107 (19) 119 (10)
51 Penfold_61 112 14:23 81 (22) 94 (24) 94 (22) 107 (22) 122 (22)
52 qieduan 98 14:28 84 (18) 96 (21) 96 (21) 108 (21) 115 (17)
53 canismiser 53 14:33 84 (13) 98 (9) 104 (17) 107 (8) 114 (6)
54 March 108 14:35 85 (23) 88 (23) 103 (19) 98 (23) 128 (20)
55 David Crooks 98 14:37 77 (23) 97 (17) 106 (22) 105 (19) 117 (17)
56 Tibthorpe 89 14:43 79 (17) 92 (21) 99 (18) 96 (20) 144 (13)
57 grape 71 15:04 93 (19) 94 (12) 104 (17) 100 (17) 116 (6)
58 tunflog 71 15:07 97 (19) 94 (15) 101 (15) 104 (16) 103 (6)
59 pitcaithlie 82 15:39 85 (19) 100 (18) 98 (18) 107 (17) 118 (10)
60 JezWoolfrey 61 15:52 77 (14) 100 (9) 94 (15) 109 (11) 124 (12)
61 phthisis 107 15:52 85 (21) 97 (21) 90 (21) 104 (22) 121 (22)
62 Squallaby 72 15:59 82 (20) 103 (11) 93 (17) 118 (15) 116 (9)
63 njnclarke 60 16:02 68 (14) 107 (13) 98 (13) 108 (12) 133 (8)
64 Ed freshpot 100 16:02 80 (22) 90 (23) 95 (20) 97 (19) 149 (16)
65 Golvellius 81 16:06 89 (16) 99 (15) 100 (17) 101 (19) 110 (14)
66 cyrillic 100 16:29 82 (17) 94 (20) 98 (23) 95 (20) 125 (20)
67 franceslc11 114 16:55 87 (22) 93 (21) 96 (25) 102 (22) 117 (24)
68 Pootle 102 17:09 85 (23) 101 (19) 89 (20) 96 (20) 128 (20)
69 annelambirth 77 17:17 89 (23) 102 (17) 94 (15) 107 (16) 129 (6)
70 tapbarker 113 17:18 86 (25) 89 (20) 102 (23) 101 (22) 119 (23)
71 LJCN 92 17:36 77 (17) 92 (21) 103 (19) 113 (16) 112 (19)
72 peterh 71 17:37 84 (13) 94 (14) 103 (16) 106 (14) 109 (14)
73 fuzz 67 17:38 79 (11) 92 (13) 97 (15) 103 (15) 123 (13)
74 LouWeed 106 17:41 89 (22) 97 (23) 101 (20) 100 (23) 114 (18)
75 george.plumbly 33 17:43 87 (6) 100 (7) 101 (6) 88 (8) 125 (6)
76 Craven 116 17:43 86 (22) 97 (24) 96 (24) 103 (24) 116 (22)
77 RobR 88 17:52 93 (18) 93 (18) 103 (21) 104 (20) 108 (11)
78 GMcD 119 17:54 82 (26) 96 (26) 88 (22) 116 (26) 120 (19)
79 gsriordan52 84 17:55 81 (15) 92 (20) 102 (18) 108 (16) 116 (15)
80 thomasp4 67 18:06 84 (15) 88 (12) 92 (13) 115 (13) 119 (14)
81 CentralLine 110 18:17 79 (23) 98 (21) 95 (25) 103 (19) 125 (22)
82 OliviaRhineb 122 18:18 78 (26) 101 (23) 96 (26) 108 (25) 117 (22)
83 wyn.dil 97 18:24 89 (21) 98 (19) 104 (20) 101 (18) 107 (19)
84 robinh 111 18:36 87 (24) 95 (23) 107 (22) 97 (21) 114 (21)
85 Hamish.S 73 18:45 78 (15) 101 (18) 92 (13) 108 (17) 123 (10)
86 Semillon 77 18:45 80 (17) 87 (15) 94 (16) 101 (14) 138 (15)
87 patrickcates 31 18:52 108 (6) 82 (7) 97 (6) 101 (6) 111 (6)
88 Achernar 93 18:55 80 (21) 96 (22) 90 (21) 119 (14) 127 (15)
89 jonathan.leather 43 19:06 92 (10) 97 (12) 94 (6) 103 (6) 113 (9)
90 benedick 61 19:16 90 (9) 96 (13) 93 (15) 105 (12) 114 (12)
91 pterodactyl 87 19:18 87 (20) 95 (18) 98 (18) 109 (17) 113 (14)
92 andrewlake 106 19:19 82 (20) 98 (20) 99 (22) 101 (21) 115 (23)
93 Swanny 91 19:32 85 (21) 93 (21) 95 (19) 107 (13) 125 (17)
94 LuckOfLucien 69 19:41 72 (17) 90 (13) 105 (13) 101 (13) 139 (13)
95 Zabadak 109 19:42 89 (17) 98 (24) 89 (20) 101 (25) 116 (23)
96 John Arnold 64 20:16 90 (14) 89 (13) 95 (11) 107 (15) 118 (11)
97 colin2355 89 20:20 69 (16) 80 (20) 91 (21) 102 (16) 163 (16)
98 Zander 94 20:20 80 (17) 90 (18) 97 (17) 102 (21) 124 (21)
99 Crossiant 51 20:22 93 (9) 93 (11) 92 (10) 86 (9) 127 (12)
100 barracuda 113 20:45 78 (21) 95 (24) 101 (24) 104 (22) 119 (22)
101 annbrew 76 21:24 75 (14) 98 (17) 103 (12) 103 (18) 118 (15)
102 george.garlick 60 21:49 91 (11) 87 (13) 93 (11) 109 (18) 121 (7)
103 James P 79 21:59 88 (20) 107 (17) 92 (15) 102 (16) 117 (11)
104 sampson 43 22:09 89 (7) 93 (6) 99 (9) 103 (11) 108 (10)
105 Kevin Gregg 97 22:11 74 (19) 94 (24) 96 (20) 114 (18) 126 (16)
106 pc8 108 22:32 80 (23) 91 (21) 100 (22) 110 (22) 120 (20)
107 alwsn8 98 22:41 84 (23) 93 (19) 102 (19) 113 (22) 107 (15)
108 jeremy 65 22:46 91 (13) 85 (11) 83 (11) 109 (16) 121 (14)
109 MichelinPoitiers 78 23:06 90 (16) 97 (21) 96 (12) 103 (16) 114 (13)
110 endafk 90 23:09 90 (17) 97 (20) 95 (19) 110 (16) 107 (18)
111 crosswordian 90 23:15 78 (15) 100 (17) 95 (17) 102 (20) 116 (21)
112 goblin 122 23:47 85 (22) 92 (23) 97 (26) 103 (26) 118 (25)
113 dec 49 24:12 74 (8) 84 (7) 104 (15) 93 (8) 126 (11)
114 zythum 63 24:28 85 (14) 96 (17) 101 (11) 116 (8) 108 (13)
115 rjcassidy 99 24:46 81 (18) 90 (20) 94 (19) 105 (20) 122 (22)
116 Nangle 42 25:09 90 (9) 109 (8) 98 (10) 99 (8) 103 (7)
117 Deane Short 62 25:18 89 (15) 97 (14) 105 (12) 106 (13) 105 (8)
118 FrameShift 114 25:35 105 (22) 98 (26) 83 (23) 98 (20) 114 (23)
119 Corymbia 79 25:36 83 (11) 92 (14) 92 (19) 101 (17) 122 (18)
120 UisceTe 66 26:16 84 (13) 91 (15) 98 (10) 102 (15) 123 (13)
121 Fidelio 55 26:31 87 (7) 103 (7) 95 (13) 106 (13) 101 (15)
122 Waterloo 93 26:37 86 (17) 100 (22) 91 (21) 93 (16) 128 (17)
123 1234 48 26:45 80 (12) 89 (8) 91 (10) 105 (10) 143 (8)
124 Manveru 62 26:46 93 (13) 94 (15) 111 (10) 99 (12) 104 (12)
125 LeyGal 42 26:48 96 (9) 102 (11) 99 (8) 96 (7) 105 (7)
126 Mkgnao 98 27:25 78 (22) 93 (19) 113 (20) 98 (20) 120 (17)
127 eniamretrauq 65 27:46 78 (13) 81 (11) 89 (12) 105 (12) 132 (17)
128 Peter Sykes 41 27:50 90 (7) 91 (7) 92 (11) 105 (8) 121 (8)
129 Tudds 117 27:53 76 (25) 94 (26) 97 (23) 108 (22) 128 (21)
130 Crippens1 57 28:46 84 (14) 90 (10) 102 (12) 108 (14) 123 (7)
131 jimancliffe 61 29:07 85 (15) 107 (12) 103 (13) 102 (12) 105 (9)
132 nekabue 104 29:08 81 (22) 93 (22) 98 (20) 99 (18) 125 (22)
133 chris661554 44 29:13 63 (8) 77 (12) 79 (6) 134 (9) 142 (9)
134 gbestanley 70 30:02 86 (19) 92 (12) 100 (13) 109 (17) 119 (9)
135 SlumdogEngineer 48 30:09 61 (7) 101 (12) 110 (10) 83 (11) 141 (8)
136 rosselliot 57 30:15 90 (14) 93 (12) 105 (11) 102 (10) 112 (10)
137 JohnDun 84 31:23 77 (16) 93 (20) 95 (17) 96 (17) 143 (14)
138 Lloyd 68 31:32 76 (14) 85 (18) 116 (13) 106 (14) 132 (9)
139 koro 111 31:33 86 (22) 91 (24) 98 (23) 101 (20) 122 (22)
140 medodd 73 31:38 79 (14) 97 (13) 94 (16) 107 (15) 119 (15)
141 NAPASAI 57 31:53 60 (13) 63 (7) 98 (11) 139 (9) 125 (17)
142 ulaca 80 32:13 89 (22) 93 (18) 90 (16) 104 (13) 140 (11)
143 Cookincats 76 32:47 82 (17) 96 (16) 96 (14) 101 (15) 127 (14)
144 Vagans 44 33:18 79 (8) 90 (13) 96 (6) 120 (10) 113 (7)
145 Mike Harper 80 33:32 83 (20) 87 (12) 96 (17) 104 (14) 127 (17)
146 HanS 111 35:26 92 (20) 97 (22) 95 (21) 99 (23) 112 (25)
147 Pleasuredome 60 36:50 81 (15) 87 (12) 85 (11) 124 (9) 127 (13)
148 starstruck 96 37:48 83 (22) 88 (15) 95 (18) 103 (22) 127 (19)
149 maryht 89 39:53 91 (19) 87 (16) 107 (17) 98 (18) 114 (19)
150 Ronnie 49 40:07 88 (8) 102 (13) 98 (11) 93 (8) 113 (9)
151 WordPlodder 75 42:35 84 (15) 84 (12) 89 (20) 113 (16) 134 (12)
152 empty 109 42:43 87 (22) 98 (21) 101 (24) 105 (23) 107 (19)
153 Rookie 49 43:13 87 (11) 103 (11) 84 (6) 107 (12) 110 (9)
154 tyrotim 81 43:31 82 (20) 94 (12) 100 (18) 97 (12) 122 (19)
155 marp 72 44:07 84 (14) 104 (15) 96 (14) 97 (14) 114 (15)
156 Ron's mum 41 54:51 68 (8) 76 (6) 107 (10) 132 (10) 97 (7)
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