Quick SNITCH

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

Times Quick Cryptic Crossword 3010

Date 09 June 2025
Number 3010
Setter Trelawney
Day of week Monday
NITCH 61
Count of ref solvers 72
Ref solvers excluded with errors 9
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 3010

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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 02:17 01:40 72 118
cmjhutton 02:19 01:34 67 109
verlaine 02:37 01:40 63 103
hilarym 02:47 02:06 75 122
Magoo 02:47 01:51 66 108
aphis99 aphis99 02:53 02:09 74 121
Flimmy flammy 03:11 01:42 53 86
markdobell 03:39 02:05 57 93
Heyesey 03:41 02:16 61 100
Sheapey Sheapey 03:50 02:11 56 91
AlanS 03:54 03:49 97 159
Amoeba89 03:59 01:55 48 78
glheard 04:00 03:04 76 124
SimonAnthony 04:02 02:44 67 109
Kinghedger 04:03 02:47 68 111
Topical Tim Topical Tim 04:07 02:55 70 114
Deane Short 04:14 02:39 62 101
lickert 04:15 03:27 81 132
MikeOsborne 04:16 02:55 68 111
chindit 04:35 03:35 78 127
Roscoe 04:35 03:00 65 106
tilbee 04:39 03:40 78 127
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 04:41 03:13 68 111
cdb_100 04:42 04:17 91 149
Freemers 04:44 03:08 66 108
lucyg43484 04:44 02:51 60 98
EricK 04:45 02:36 54 88
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 04:46 03:23 70 114
Bluejacket 04:46 02:11 45 73
alexh 04:48 02:09 44 72
LouWeed LouWeed 04:53 03:28 70 114
scrabbler 04:53 03:39 74 121
andy 04:55 02:50 57 93
canismiser 04:56 03:32 71 116
andrewlake 04:56 02:56 59 96
footballblue 04:56 04:02 81 132
Liari 04:57 03:06 62 101
d.middleton 04:57 03:16 65 106
fshephe 04:59 03:07 62 101
JayEm 05:00 02:21 47 77
Honggui 05:01 02:48 55 90
LuckOfLucien 05:01 03:41 73 119
Johninterred 05:05 03:41 72 118
March 05:05 02:43 53 86
neilr neilr 05:07 03:32 69 113
Aybee 05:10 03:08 60 98
7dPenguin 7dPenguin 05:13 04:15 81 132
Adelaider 05:14 03:35 68 111
Squallaby 05:17 03:25 64 104
DunPangolin 05:19 04:47 89 145
ChuckB 05:19 04:15 79 129
Tibthorpe 05:20 04:16 80 131
alisonm74 05:21 03:25 63 103
nina s 05:21 02:38 49 80
Zander 05:22 03:39 68 111
cmcnsmith 05:24 03:54 72 118
AndyKnott321 05:34 05:02 90 147
Riche Riche 05:37 04:20 77 126
Finzi 05:39 05:02 89 145
esmeralda 05:39 04:09 73 119
whichcraft 05:40 03:09 55 90
rrricharrrd 05:44 02:44 47 77
Vannyx 05:45 03:15 56 91
Streaky Bacon 05:50 03:24 58 95
Rabbitoh galspray 05:52 03:31 59 96
chriswestontour 05:52 05:24 92 150
mcrossib1 05:52 03:40 62 101
Encota 05:53 03:13 54 88
Looch 05:58 03:25 57 93
RobR RobR 05:58 04:22 73 119
KarenR 06:02 03:22 55 90
SBQuick 06:02 03:00 49 80
hopkinb hopkinb 06:07 02:17 37 60
Rosron 06:13 03:42 59 96
Mike C 06:15 02:56 46 75
PGooden 06:17 04:01 63 103
andrewfeist96 06:18 03:20 52 85
dr.shred 06:19 03:33 56 91
Anomalospiza 06:20 03:22 53 86
Kalakuta72 06:27 04:10 64 104
Adrian Cobb 06:28 05:18 81 132
thewanderingeditor 06:33 03:31 53 86
paul.whitehouse69 06:36 03:49 57 93
Dzhigit 06:40 04:21 65 106
plusjeremy (Jeremy Weissmann) plusjeremy 06:40 03:18 49 80
Tudds 06:43 05:49 86 140
GMcD 06:43 05:15 78 127
Curarist 06:43 05:06 75 122
jimwetzler 06:44 03:47 56 91
ilan 06:51 04:32 66 108
mjsaunders9 06:57 06:04 87 142
Nangle 07:05 05:09 72 118
Willie F 07:05 04:34 64 104
James P 07:08 04:36 64 104
robertbridge 07:13 04:24 60 98
earlylight 07:20 03:41 50 81
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 07:21 04:43 64 104
Obrador 07:21 04:53 66 108
KenD51 07:21 04:23 59 96
Jamie Fox 07:29 03:13 42 68
Puzzleplease 07:29 04:07 55 90
edwards.robert1 07:31 04:45 63 103
DamienKnapma 07:33 03:39 48 78
Aldus 07:35 05:17 69 113
Mike Harper Mike Harper 07:36 03:23 44 72
Desdeeloeste Desdeeloeste 07:37 04:37 60 98
Dvynys Dvynys 07:45 04:36 59 96
Corymbia Corymbia 07:50 04:45 60 98
mjwiseman 07:59 07:03 88 144
plett11 Plett11 08:13 04:08 50 81
John Arnold 08:17 05:16 63 103
ulaca ulaca 08:31 04:04 47 77
john.brassey 08:33 05:23 62 101
goblin 08:35 06:21 73 119
OldSolver 08:35 04:41 54 88
johndun John Dunleavy 08:37 06:11 71 116
vinyl12345 vinyl1 08:37 06:22 73 119
Templar Redux Templar 08:38 05:36 64 104
smalley552 08:40 05:20 61 100
Jeeves 08:41 04:41 53 86
alex.scordellis 08:42 11:38 133 218
m5harp 08:47 04:47 54 88
Cuppa378 08:50 05:19 60 98
vefatica vefatica 08:52 06:17 70 114
kath 08:52 05:25 61 100
nigelmzzz 09:00 04:38 51 83
Mkgnao Mkgnao 09:07 06:12 68 111
MichelinPoitiers 09:07 06:42 73 119
dec 09:10 05:11 56 91
crosswordian 09:10 04:33 49 80
RPY 09:14 04:25 47 77
gsriordan52 09:15 07:09 77 126
JeffHobbs 09:17 04:54 52 85
Deezzaa Deezzaa 09:27 05:22 56 91
barracuda barracuda 09:30 08:00 84 137
raincloud 09:37 05:58 62 101
Coffell 09:39 07:13 74 121
Mike Mansbridge 09:47 15:32 158 259
hookyt 09:47 04:20 44 72
piltdown man 10:02 08:15 82 134
richardCV22 10:11 06:15 61 100
annikins 10:17 05:37 54 88
Alias Noble 10:18 06:51 66 108
Birdingbob 10:26 09:22 89 145
phatman 10:36 05:24 50 81
intentional rounding 11:07 06:53 61 100
Nuck_the_king 11:09 05:56 53 86
paul.verney 11:20 06:48 60 98
maisiemae 11:26 07:20 64 104
Dr. Memory 11:38 07:50 67 109
Cedric Statherby 11:39 07:13 61 100
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 11:40 11:10 95 155
rlowin2 11:42 06:40 56 91
maggiema 11:56 06:26 53 86
E Bradford E Bradford 12:01 05:47 48 78
jackk.larg 12:03 05:56 49 80
The Real Steve Snackman 12:05 05:58 49 80
BertieVII 12:14 11:26 93 152
kapietro kapietro 12:46 09:27 74 121
chabuduo chabuduo 13:01 08:26 64 104
ifincham2 13:13 09:11 69 113
tyrotim tyrotim 13:14 10:11 76 124
Rammy Trainor 13:21 05:42 42 68
trish_tang 13:33 08:24 61 100
Hugster 13:39 07:44 56 91
Mendes Mendesest 14:04 06:15 44 72
nigel 14:10 04:46 33 54
Merlin_55 Merlin 14:42 09:52 67 109
Guy Hatton 14:59 07:18 48 78
Muckypuppy 15:01 07:05 47 77
Steve Wood 15:06 07:51 51 83
Mark from Ipswich 15:08 08:02 53 86
kfb20 15:10 07:20 48 78
Doofenschmirtz Doofenschmirtz 15:12 05:25 35 57
horners1974 Jonathan Hornby 15:18 04:45 31 50
Xebeq 15:22 08:03 52 85
pfalloon 15:43 06:13 39 63
david.14587 15:57 09:09 57 93
140 Mandak 262 Jamuna 16:03 09:06 56 91
RPE10538 RPE10538 16:37 11:17 67 109
james 16:38 06:14 37 60
danielbluebisson Blue92 16:42 05:47 34 55
New Driver 16:43 04:38 27 44
tomtom2 17:31 10:08 57 93
Jean in Oxford 17:45 12:40 71 116
winelover 19:40 08:51 45 73
bangsar DearHector 21:22 11:22 53 86
Hazelnut 21:35 12:12 56 91
dominic.c-b 21:45 13:02 59 96
Askani 23:18 07:51 33 54
Tired_commuter Tired_commuter 24:50 14:05 56 91
Sotogrande1 24:54 10:47 43 70
Damien Grover 25:28 20:10 79 129
Flora Garden 25:34 14:17 55 90
MrMonro 25:37 12:27 48 78
paulmcl 27:01 07:04 26 42
shankar 33:32 19:56 59 96
revolting tonic 37:51 45:12 119 195
kevinlimanta 38:50 14:49 38 62
crossworder 52:03 27:15 52 85

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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