Crossword SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for August 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 64 04:57 77 (13) 93 (14) 104 (15) 106 (14) 128 (8)
2 Nathan Panning 82 06:24 84 (17) 98 (16) 92 (16) 109 (21) 116 (12)
3 Jason 119 06:34 85 (20) 92 (26) 93 (24) 104 (26) 123 (23)
4 escat49 124 06:51 89 (24) 97 (24) 95 (25) 99 (25) 117 (26)
5 verlaine 123 07:09 76 (24) 96 (24) 97 (24) 90 (25) 137 (26)
6 mauefw 66 07:30 100 (17) 93 (14) 105 (13) 95 (14) 108 (8)
7 mistigris 100 07:35 87 (21) 90 (19) 91 (19) 99 (21) 130 (20)
8 aphis99 115 08:00 85 (24) 93 (24) 104 (20) 105 (26) 112 (21)
9 lili 89 08:11 85 (19) 89 (17) 101 (19) 99 (17) 124 (17)
10 hilarym 79 08:12 91 (17) 95 (16) 98 (19) 104 (19) 120 (8)
11 Paul Gilbert 79 08:41 97 (18) 97 (15) 95 (17) 94 (18) 121 (11)
12 Flimmy flammy 83 08:48 88 (19) 92 (19) 107 (17) 92 (15) 126 (13)
13 Midas 125 08:53 87 (26) 93 (24) 94 (25) 105 (26) 119 (24)
14 asaldanha 95 09:20 74 (19) 86 (19) 100 (22) 117 (18) 124 (17)
15 richard 91 09:38 86 (21) 94 (17) 95 (20) 104 (20) 129 (13)
16 chindit 117 09:50 86 (24) 90 (24) 97 (24) 93 (21) 132 (24)
17 scrabbler 115 10:29 85 (21) 92 (24) 96 (23) 103 (24) 120 (23)
18 AlanS 88 10:30 83 (17) 87 (17) 88 (18) 101 (21) 145 (15)
19 chriswords 96 10:32 92 (21) 87 (21) 114 (17) 99 (19) 112 (18)
20 philjordan1147 85 10:41 89 (18) 88 (17) 107 (19) 100 (19) 118 (12)
21 lickert 98 10:46 83 (20) 91 (22) 97 (18) 102 (19) 127 (19)
22 Kinghedger 97 10:59 82 (19) 93 (18) 98 (23) 99 (20) 128 (17)
23 glheard 96 11:11 90 (20) 91 (17) 91 (20) 103 (22) 125 (17)
24 s_pugh 119 11:30 94 (24) 91 (23) 101 (25) 108 (25) 104 (22)
25 trux 81 11:32 86 (18) 95 (20) 105 (17) 97 (14) 123 (12)
26 Sue Sweeper 51 11:49 83 (8) 84 (13) 95 (12) 111 (9) 131 (9)
27 robertL 77 11:59 86 (16) 93 (15) 100 (19) 117 (17) 101 (10)
28 Topical Tim 85 12:12 70 (15) 80 (20) 106 (17) 108 (18) 138 (15)
29 neilr 112 12:20 82 (22) 92 (24) 97 (24) 103 (20) 124 (22)
30 keriothe_ 112 12:21 83 (24) 87 (23) 98 (21) 103 (22) 129 (22)
31 fshephe 103 12:43 92 (21) 94 (23) 94 (19) 100 (20) 118 (20)
32 HenryBW 95 12:50 83 (21) 91 (19) 100 (20) 103 (20) 127 (15)
33 aphasic 72 12:54 86 (17) 93 (15) 96 (17) 114 (16) 123 (7)
34 p.wild 124 12:54 89 (25) 96 (25) 94 (24) 104 (25) 114 (25)
35 Tom Stubbs 125 12:56 88 (25) 91 (25) 96 (24) 102 (26) 121 (25)
36 SimonAnthony 101 12:59 75 (18) 93 (22) 93 (21) 100 (21) 136 (19)
37 MikeOsborne 115 13:06 86 (24) 88 (23) 97 (22) 105 (23) 121 (23)
38 Sheapey 116 13:06 95 (23) 83 (21) 92 (24) 97 (25) 130 (23)
39 Heyesey 88 13:10 78 (16) 77 (19) 84 (16) 82 (19) 175 (18)
40 Spur58 42 13:11 84 (11) 95 (10) 105 (7) 109 (7) 116 (7)
41 Stavros 102 13:16 79 (23) 91 (22) 102 (19) 113 (19) 119 (19)
42 xyster 81 13:22 82 (19) 92 (14) 99 (18) 102 (17) 131 (13)
43 Secondbass 68 13:32 76 (14) 101 (16) 95 (14) 102 (13) 130 (11)
44 jamesah 84 13:49 102 (17) 95 (20) 94 (21) 103 (16) 111 (10)
45 Silva 120 13:51 87 (26) 93 (24) 99 (26) 95 (23) 128 (21)
46 tilbee 108 13:55 81 (22) 91 (20) 97 (21) 104 (23) 124 (22)
47 7dPenguin 91 13:57 86 (20) 96 (21) 87 (18) 112 (17) 122 (15)
48 Malcj 90 13:59 85 (20) 95 (17) 99 (18) 103 (20) 120 (15)
49 Ben Staveley 87 14:10 87 (18) 87 (16) 92 (16) 108 (19) 121 (18)
50 Crucifer 58 14:13 87 (15) 91 (11) 110 (12) 110 (11) 103 (9)
51 qieduan 103 14:15 86 (20) 97 (23) 94 (22) 107 (22) 118 (16)
52 Groucho 97 14:26 85 (24) 98 (25) 101 (20) 108 (19) 123 (9)
53 March 103 14:26 90 (20) 87 (22) 103 (19) 96 (22) 123 (20)
54 canismiser 52 14:32 83 (14) 86 (10) 97 (15) 147 (6) 117 (7)
55 Tibthorpe 83 14:35 85 (15) 90 (21) 98 (18) 97 (17) 141 (12)
56 Penfold_61 110 14:35 84 (22) 92 (23) 91 (22) 110 (21) 122 (22)
57 David Crooks 95 14:38 78 (22) 95 (16) 104 (22) 107 (18) 118 (17)
58 pitcaithlie 81 15:17 88 (19) 99 (18) 98 (18) 105 (16) 118 (10)
59 phthisis 105 15:39 87 (22) 93 (22) 93 (20) 105 (21) 122 (20)
60 Squallaby 72 15:41 90 (20) 93 (12) 94 (17) 118 (15) 111 (8)
61 grape 74 15:43 90 (18) 96 (13) 98 (18) 107 (17) 115 (8)
62 Ed freshpot 101 15:47 82 (22) 86 (22) 96 (20) 97 (18) 141 (19)
63 JezWoolfrey 59 15:56 77 (14) 95 (11) 95 (13) 116 (9) 122 (12)
64 njnclarke 52 16:05 74 (14) 102 (11) 93 (10) 111 (10) 139 (7)
65 Golvellius 93 16:21 86 (18) 97 (18) 94 (19) 104 (21) 117 (17)
66 franceslc11 115 16:42 88 (23) 93 (22) 95 (25) 104 (23) 119 (22)
67 cyrillic 102 16:46 86 (18) 90 (20) 97 (23) 99 (21) 125 (20)
68 Pootle 105 16:51 86 (23) 91 (20) 88 (20) 101 (21) 132 (21)
69 thomasp4 84 17:31 86 (18) 87 (15) 91 (17) 114 (16) 119 (18)
70 annelambirth 77 17:33 92 (22) 99 (17) 92 (16) 107 (15) 125 (7)
71 tapbarker 115 17:39 86 (26) 86 (20) 99 (23) 106 (22) 121 (24)
72 LJCN 92 17:41 76 (17) 88 (22) 101 (19) 117 (14) 119 (20)
73 Craven 116 17:43 88 (22) 95 (24) 94 (24) 104 (24) 117 (22)
74 peterh 54 17:45 83 (10) 94 (10) 101 (13) 110 (10) 109 (11)
75 LouWeed 106 17:49 90 (21) 92 (23) 98 (21) 106 (23) 114 (18)
76 GMcD 116 17:50 87 (24) 90 (26) 87 (22) 115 (26) 123 (18)
77 RobR 91 17:52 96 (18) 92 (20) 101 (21) 103 (20) 110 (12)
78 fuzz 65 18:01 80 (13) 92 (13) 96 (14) 105 (13) 128 (12)
79 gsriordan52 90 18:09 85 (16) 93 (20) 102 (18) 104 (18) 114 (18)
80 OliviaRhineb 121 18:11 80 (26) 98 (23) 95 (26) 110 (24) 118 (22)
81 wyn.dil 109 18:15 90 (24) 98 (21) 102 (23) 101 (20) 108 (21)
82 Hamish.S 68 18:26 81 (16) 102 (16) 86 (11) 110 (17) 125 (8)
83 CentralLine 107 18:33 81 (23) 95 (20) 93 (24) 108 (19) 124 (21)
84 patrickcates 31 18:37 109 (6) 78 (6) 99 (6) 103 (6) 107 (7)
85 robinh 108 18:51 87 (25) 95 (23) 106 (22) 99 (19) 114 (19)
86 Semillon 80 18:54 84 (17) 86 (15) 96 (17) 103 (16) 131 (15)
87 Achernar 95 18:55 80 (22) 97 (20) 91 (20) 111 (17) 128 (16)
88 jonathan.leather 49 18:59 93 (11) 98 (13) 96 (7) 99 (8) 112 (10)
89 andrewlake 108 19:10 84 (21) 91 (21) 101 (22) 102 (21) 118 (23)
90 benedick 63 19:31 97 (9) 92 (13) 90 (15) 104 (14) 117 (12)
91 pterodactyl 89 19:40 89 (20) 94 (19) 97 (18) 111 (17) 111 (15)
92 LuckOfLucien 55 19:41 71 (14) 87 (11) 112 (9) 103 (10) 136 (11)
93 Zabadak 104 19:50 93 (16) 98 (23) 89 (19) 100 (25) 115 (21)
94 Zander 98 19:52 84 (19) 84 (19) 95 (18) 110 (22) 122 (20)
95 Swanny 73 20:03 87 (18) 90 (17) 92 (15) 113 (10) 127 (13)
96 Crossiant 66 20:19 87 (13) 96 (14) 92 (13) 94 (12) 126 (14)
97 annbrew 76 20:44 79 (14) 97 (16) 103 (13) 102 (18) 116 (15)
98 John Arnold 57 20:50 89 (13) 89 (11) 98 (10) 108 (12) 114 (11)
99 barracuda 116 20:58 82 (23) 89 (24) 99 (25) 108 (23) 122 (21)
100 colin2355 77 21:03 67 (12) 77 (18) 88 (18) 100 (15) 169 (14)
101 James P 79 21:24 90 (19) 101 (17) 93 (15) 101 (16) 119 (12)
102 jeremy 54 22:10 94 (12) 80 (9) 84 (9) 118 (13) 112 (11)
103 Kevin Gregg 97 22:15 77 (19) 91 (24) 93 (19) 118 (19) 125 (16)
104 pc8 109 22:35 82 (23) 87 (21) 97 (22) 111 (21) 122 (22)
105 endafk 93 22:37 93 (18) 89 (21) 94 (19) 110 (17) 114 (18)
106 alwsn8 91 22:52 85 (23) 88 (19) 102 (16) 119 (19) 109 (14)
107 crosswordian 93 23:17 84 (15) 93 (16) 92 (19) 105 (21) 117 (22)
108 MichelinPoitiers 82 23:21 92 (17) 94 (21) 98 (12) 101 (18) 116 (14)
109 Deane Short 64 23:45 95 (15) 93 (15) 101 (13) 109 (12) 104 (9)
110 goblin 123 23:47 88 (22) 90 (24) 94 (26) 103 (26) 120 (25)
111 dec 43 24:01 75 (6) 81 (7) 99 (13) 96 (9) 139 (8)
112 Jeeves 53 24:20 82 (6) 83 (7) 99 (10) 88 (12) 120 (18)
113 rjcassidy 98 24:28 82 (18) 89 (18) 94 (20) 105 (21) 122 (21)
114 zythum 61 24:33 87 (14) 92 (16) 102 (9) 107 (8) 115 (14)
115 Nangle 40 25:22 95 (7) 104 (9) 98 (10) 99 (8) 100 (6)
116 Fidelio 58 25:22 88 (7) 101 (9) 95 (15) 104 (13) 104 (14)
117 Corymbia 86 25:31 82 (12) 87 (15) 93 (21) 104 (19) 124 (19)
118 LeyGal 52 25:45 96 (12) 105 (12) 97 (11) 96 (9) 105 (8)
119 Manveru 58 26:38 95 (13) 94 (15) 113 (8) 101 (13) 101 (9)
120 UisceTe 67 26:49 86 (13) 89 (16) 93 (11) 106 (13) 122 (14)
121 1234 59 27:06 81 (15) 88 (11) 87 (11) 115 (12) 135 (10)
122 Waterloo 96 27:09 87 (19) 99 (23) 88 (21) 98 (16) 130 (17)
123 Mkgnao 98 27:26 81 (21) 89 (20) 108 (21) 103 (20) 120 (16)
124 Tudds 117 27:51 76 (25) 88 (24) 91 (23) 109 (23) 138 (22)
125 chris661554 53 28:17 71 (10) 79 (15) 79 (7) 124 (10) 143 (11)
126 Pauline Minter 53 28:23 85 (9) 83 (7) 101 (7) 86 (12) 121 (18)
127 Crippens1 56 28:26 84 (13) 90 (9) 97 (10) 106 (15) 123 (9)
128 eniamretrauq 66 28:35 77 (12) 78 (10) 89 (13) 104 (13) 131 (18)
129 nekabue 101 29:08 81 (22) 93 (21) 97 (19) 99 (17) 127 (22)
130 jimancliffe 54 29:14 91 (13) 101 (10) 97 (10) 105 (11) 107 (10)
131 SlumdogEngineer 49 29:36 74 (7) 95 (13) 97 (9) 85 (10) 140 (10)
132 rosselliot 57 30:10 90 (15) 98 (11) 101 (11) 103 (10) 111 (10)
133 JohnDun 87 30:24 79 (17) 91 (21) 95 (17) 98 (18) 145 (14)
134 JoeyC 52 30:26 76 (8) 85 (12) 93 (8) 100 (7) 124 (17)
135 gbestanley 67 31:00 86 (19) 89 (12) 99 (13) 111 (15) 126 (8)
136 medodd 73 31:09 82 (15) 90 (13) 99 (17) 107 (16) 123 (12)
137 koro 112 31:40 89 (23) 92 (24) 96 (23) 103 (20) 120 (22)
138 Lloyd 66 31:43 80 (12) 81 (16) 106 (13) 108 (15) 131 (10)
139 NAPASAI 57 32:24 62 (13) 67 (10) 95 (12) 153 (8) 131 (14)
140 Cookincats 77 32:45 80 (19) 92 (15) 97 (14) 102 (14) 131 (15)
141 Vagans 46 33:07 79 (8) 91 (13) 96 (6) 115 (12) 114 (7)
142 ulaca 80 33:21 91 (20) 83 (18) 94 (16) 110 (14) 135 (12)
143 Mike Harper 76 33:32 83 (20) 85 (13) 97 (15) 106 (12) 128 (16)
144 HanS 112 34:56 93 (19) 100 (23) 98 (23) 98 (22) 107 (25)
145 Pleasuredome 71 36:24 80 (18) 88 (14) 78 (11) 125 (12) 127 (16)
146 starstruck 96 37:17 84 (21) 86 (17) 99 (19) 103 (21) 127 (18)
147 Ronnie 41 39:27 89 (7) 94 (10) 102 (9) 94 (6) 115 (9)
148 maryht 78 40:21 95 (15) 89 (14) 105 (16) 98 (17) 110 (16)
149 WordPlodder 84 42:36 79 (17) 79 (13) 87 (22) 125 (18) 130 (14)
150 empty 104 42:49 91 (22) 95 (19) 98 (23) 106 (22) 107 (18)
151 tyrotim 75 43:11 87 (19) 91 (12) 99 (18) 97 (9) 121 (17)
152 Rookie 55 43:21 88 (13) 99 (13) 88 (9) 105 (12) 125 (8)
153 Shushannah 39 43:46 101 (8) 85 (7) 98 (9) 106 (9) 108 (6)
154 marp 77 44:03 89 (16) 104 (14) 92 (16) 101 (14) 111 (17)
155 Ron's mum 55 56:38 64 (10) 70 (9) 102 (11) 135 (14) 109 (11)
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