Quick SNITCH

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

Times Quick Cryptic Crossword 3113

Date 07 October 2025
Number 3113
Setter Jalna
Day of week Tuesday
NITCH 88
Count of ref solvers 75
Ref solvers excluded with errors 6
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 3113

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Detailed solving results

 

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Reference, Tracked and Blog solvers with error-free solutions to this puzzle are shown below.

We also show the solver's Personal NITCH, which is their result on this puzzle compared to their average time, and the Wavelength Index of Times Cryptic Hardness, the WITCH, which is the Personal NITCH compared to the SNITCH.

Name TfTT Name Average time This time Personal NITCH WITCH
Paul Gilbert 02:08 02:19 108 122
lili 02:14 02:07 94 106
cmjhutton 02:14 01:43 76 86
verlaine 02:36 02:26 93 105
mistigris 02:40 02:36 97 110
Jason 02:42 02:23 88 100
aphis99 aphis99 02:47 02:35 92 104
hilarym 02:51 02:23 83 94
Flimmy flammy 03:17 02:33 77 87
HoneyBadger 03:17 03:03 92 104
Ciolf 03:26 02:47 81 92
markdobell 03:28 02:44 78 88
Amoeba89 03:30 02:56 83 94
Heyesey 03:33 03:30 98 111
richard 03:34 03:21 93 105
Deane Short 03:50 03:45 97 110
SimonAnthony 03:54 02:34 65 73
glheard 04:03 04:10 102 115
Topical Tim Topical Tim 04:05 04:20 106 120
Bluejacket 04:12 03:33 84 95
MikeOsborne 04:14 03:39 86 97
fshephe 04:18 04:08 96 109
EricK 04:22 03:48 87 98
lickert 04:22 04:11 95 107
JayEm 04:34 03:54 85 96
tilbee 04:35 04:07 89 101
MK76 04:36 04:30 97 110
chindit 04:37 04:27 96 109
tiggis 04:39 04:30 96 109
lucyg43484 04:40 04:11 89 101
Jon Delfin 04:40 03:58 85 96
andrewlake 04:41 05:50 124 140
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 04:43 04:43 100 113
cdb_100 04:44 04:18 90 102
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 04:45 05:02 105 119
CentralLine CentralLine 04:45 06:26 135 153
canismiser 04:46 03:47 79 89
March 04:48 05:25 112 127
scrabbler 04:48 05:38 117 132
neilr neilr 04:51 05:10 106 120
rrricharrrd 04:51 04:00 82 93
andy 04:51 04:36 94 106
Aybee 04:56 04:56 100 113
Zander 05:01 05:39 112 127
LouWeed LouWeed 05:03 03:57 78 88
Tibthorpe 05:05 05:42 112 127
Honggui 05:05 05:51 115 130
Squallaby 05:06 03:42 72 81
AndyKnott321 05:06 05:52 115 130
Johninterred 05:07 04:35 89 101
ChuckB 05:07 05:13 101 114
Vannyx 05:08 04:53 95 107
Riche Riche 05:15 05:46 109 123
7dPenguin 7dPenguin 05:18 04:14 79 89
nina s 05:20 05:43 107 121
Streaky Bacon 05:21 02:26 45 51
Encota 05:26 05:14 96 109
Rabbitoh galspray 05:27 04:16 78 88
KarenR 05:29 04:06 74 84
mcrossib1 05:30 06:52 124 140
chriswestontour 05:31 05:44 103 117
mw7000 05:33 05:10 93 105
esmeralda 05:36 04:32 80 90
Finzi 05:38 07:40 136 154
MrChumley MrChumley 05:43 04:58 86 97
Crossiant 05:43 05:21 93 105
Mike C 05:46 05:15 91 103
dr.shred dr.shred 05:48 05:04 87 98
fishernick79 05:50 03:53 66 75
Looch 05:50 04:51 83 94
Anomalospiza 05:52 04:33 77 87
Onelug 05:57 04:09 69 78
hopkinb hopkinb 05:57 06:04 101 114
KET 05:58 04:53 81 92
julian_w 06:02 06:16 103 117
Tudds 06:03 05:55 97 110
PGooden 06:08 04:41 76 86
Dzhigit 06:10 05:45 93 105
Curarist 06:14 05:47 92 104
paul.whitehouse69 06:15 07:51 125 142
Rosron 06:20 06:55 109 123
Jamie Fox 06:25 05:43 89 101
Adrian Cobb 06:27 05:51 90 102
James P 06:28 06:26 99 112
Aldus 06:32 06:25 98 111
GMcD 06:35 05:30 83 94
valerian1967 06:38 06:13 93 105
janesa 06:40 06:24 96 109
uvofiz 06:45 04:48 71 80
KenD51 06:45 06:46 100 113
ilan 06:51 06:08 89 101
mjsaunders9 06:53 07:14 105 119
Nangle 06:59 05:52 84 95
DamienKnapma 07:07 05:27 76 86
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 07:08 07:45 108 122
Puzzleplease 07:10 07:42 107 121
The Caffeine Kid 07:18 05:46 78 88
Desdeeloeste Desdeeloeste 07:20 08:08 110 125
robinh 07:20 07:09 97 110
Doyler 07:23 09:41 131 148
smalley552 07:25 05:29 73 82
Mike Harper Mike Harper 07:26 05:22 72 81
docg 07:31 09:49 130 147
ChrisBrea 07:37 06:49 89 101
Solving slo mo 07:44 07:01 90 102
mjwiseman 07:48 07:53 101 114
Templar Redux Templar 07:48 07:10 91 103
ulaca ulaca 07:51 07:47 99 112
plett11 Plett11 07:53 06:50 86 97
raincloud 07:53 04:13 53 60
johndun John Dunleavy 08:02 09:00 112 127
OldSolver 08:06 08:35 105 119
John Arnold 08:12 05:51 71 80
RPY 08:12 09:58 121 137
hemantyd 08:17 06:03 73 82
Mike Mansbridge 08:27 03:57 46 52
goblin 08:30 07:43 90 102
intentional rounding 08:31 06:17 73 82
Jeeves 08:32 07:46 91 103
m5harp 08:41 07:36 87 98
gsriordan52 08:41 10:59 126 143
Peloton 08:41 07:14 83 94
annikins 08:47 09:04 103 117
crosswordian 08:51 06:48 76 86
Mkgnao Mkgnao 08:52 07:07 80 90
vefatica vefatica 08:56 09:36 107 121
kath 08:59 07:55 88 100
Deezzaa Deezzaa 09:05 09:23 103 117
vinyl12345 vinyl1 09:09 07:58 87 98
barracuda barracuda 09:17 11:29 123 139
starstruck starstruck_au 09:29 08:28 89 101
Calculator001 09:36 09:58 103 117
Birdingbob 09:47 08:54 90 102
Solfynn 10:17 08:20 81 92
Married Admirer 10:17 05:46 56 63
The Real Steve Snackman 10:30 08:59 85 96
LiamD 10:46 06:00 55 62
E Bradford E Bradford 10:50 10:24 96 109
simjt simjt 10:58 10:28 95 107
maisiemae 11:04 07:27 67 76
chabuduo chabuduo 11:15 10:11 90 102
Cedric Statherby 11:15 11:29 102 115
TonyN6 11:19 08:51 78 88
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 12:02 11:48 98 111
kapietro kapietro 12:09 11:34 95 107
Hugster 12:17 07:47 63 71
martinr486 12:19 09:26 76 86
mpbthorpe 12:31 10:47 86 97
youngbaz 12:36 12:29 99 112
suethepotterer 12:40 09:29 74 84
Charpentier 12:45 16:55 132 150
Mendes Mendesest 13:36 13:35 99 112
Muckypuppy 13:47 11:49 85 96
david.14587 13:56 08:00 57 64
danielbluebisson Blue92 13:58 09:08 65 73
kfb20 14:39 13:43 93 105
Holly O 15:17 10:55 71 80
james 15:18 34:44 227 257
Guy Hatton 15:24 13:34 88 100
RPE10538 RPE10538 16:22 21:37 132 150
keithandginnybirrell 16:34 20:39 124 140
Askani 16:53 11:12 66 75
TonyK 18:36 15:01 80 90
bangsar DearHector 20:48 19:03 91 103
dominic.c-b 21:58 23:50 108 122
maryht 23:03 21:14 92 104
Aresbiscuits 24:07 27:58 115 130
Flora Garden 24:20 15:46 64 72
jlloyd4424 26:36 16:00 60 68
shankar 29:43 28:08 94 106
andybry andybry 37:31 27:40 73 82
mcfarl 45:44 38:52 84 95
crossworder 47:40 29:47 62 70

A guide to the solver status

Legend
 Reference solver used for SNITCH
 Other Reference solver
 Tracked solver
 Blog solver

Blog Solvers

Blog Solvers are those who have allowed their times to be taken from the Times for the Times blog.

Notes for Blog Solvers:

  • the most reliable format for reporting times is with format "mm:ss" or as "x minutes" in the title or at the start of the entry
  • only the first main comment for each blogger is used; responses to other comments or a second comment is ignored
  • to report errors, include "n errors" just after the time
  • If you just have a time it is assumed you have no errors unless you mention DNF or pink squares or giving up, etc, in the text
  • Examples of good time notifications are "38:30, 0 errors" and "39 minutes, 0 errors" in the comment title or as the first part of your comment

Notes

The definition of Reference and Tracked solvers is described on the Neutrinos page.

The results for Reference solvers are normally used to calcuate the SNITCH. When this happens they are shown in the list with a solid blue line to the left. In the previous SNITCH results listing for each crossword, these were the only entries shown.

The most common causes for Reference solver results not to be used are: (a) that they did not meet the criteria this month to be used as a reference (e.g. they may not have completed enough puzzles on each day of the week) or (b) they have been pushed out of the top 100 on the leader board. In these cases, the results are now shown, but their data is not used for the SNITCH calculation.

Where there is data for Tracked solvers, I show them also in this table. The solving data is not always available, as the Crossword Club site only shows the top 100 solvers to everyone. Logged-in users get their own leaderboard position and those around them, but this is not available to everyone. So the SNITCH site only gets data for those who have made the top 100 in the leaderboard at some point during the day.

As a result there are a few geographically advantaged solvers; those of us who solve early in the day (e.g. we in the Antipodes, those in Asia and those staying up late in North America) are more likely to hit the leaderboard even with slower times. Solvers who are just as capable but solve later in the UK day might not make the top 100 and I have no way to capture their results.

You may wonder why there are Tracked solvers (in red) with low average solving times, mixed in with the Reference solvers (in blue). These are usually those that, while they don't seem to be Neutrinos, are not well aligned to the SNITCH. So I don't use them as Reference solvers in the SNITCH calculation, but still show their overall results.

You might also notice that there's some inconsistency at the tail end of the Reference solver list. My cutoff point is an average solving time of 45 minutes. But if someone around this mark is chosen as a Reference solver, their next month's results might end up being over 45 minutes and they will still be used. Alternatively, a Tracked solver might creep in under 45 minutes on the next calculation, but didn't make the cut for the prior Reference list. It's on the to-do list to see if I can make this a bit more predictable.

Stored SNITCH Values

Here are the SNITCH values (stored on the day) from the crossword.

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