Quick SNITCH

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

Times Quick Cryptic Crossword 3032

Date 04 July 2025
Number 3032
Setter Jalna
Day of week Friday
NITCH 101
Count of ref solvers 77
Ref solvers excluded with errors 6
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 3032

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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
cmjhutton 02:18 02:05 90 89
verlaine 02:38 02:50 107 105
aphis99 aphis99 02:51 02:44 95 94
Flimmy flammy 03:11 03:20 104 102
Ciolf 03:37 04:10 115 113
markdobell 03:39 03:54 106 104
Heyesey 03:41 02:36 70 69
Amoeba89 03:55 03:28 88 87
AlanS 03:55 04:10 106 104
Kinghedger 04:01 04:09 103 101
Topical Tim Topical Tim 04:11 04:58 118 116
Deane Short 04:13 04:33 107 105
lickert 04:15 07:35 178 176
MikeOsborne 04:17 04:22 101 100
toots 04:30 04:58 110 108
MK76 04:35 07:27 162 160
chindit 04:37 05:15 113 111
EricK 04:38 04:46 102 100
Bluejacket 04:39 03:54 83 82
tilbee 04:40 04:26 95 94
Freemers 04:44 05:51 123 121
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 04:46 05:19 111 109
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 04:46 05:18 111 109
Jon Delfin 04:52 04:53 100 99
LouWeed LouWeed 04:53 06:53 140 138
andy 04:55 04:35 93 92
fshephe 04:56 03:36 72 71
footballblue 04:56 06:17 127 125
cdb_100 05:00 03:54 78 77
JayEm 05:01 04:01 80 79
Ed freshpot 05:04 05:31 108 106
Aly Duncan 05:07 04:51 94 93
Riche Riche 05:32 06:45 121 119
rrricharrrd 05:32 04:44 85 84
esmeralda 05:38 06:38 117 115
Finzi 05:39 06:10 109 107
mw7000 05:48 07:07 122 120
Looch 05:58 07:47 130 128
KET 06:02 04:54 81 80
hopkinb hopkinb 06:07 05:33 90 89
Anomalospiza 06:10 07:42 124 122
Rosron 06:18 06:21 100 99
Adrian Cobb 06:34 07:31 114 112
Dzhigit 06:34 05:24 82 81
Tudds 06:38 07:49 117 115
GMcD 06:38 07:23 111 109
ilan 06:52 07:41 111 109
mjsaunders9 06:56 07:46 112 110
KenD51 06:57 06:25 92 91
janesa 07:03 06:13 88 87
Nangle 07:08 06:46 94 93
Obrador 07:10 07:58 111 109
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 07:13 09:02 125 123
Jamie Fox 07:15 07:03 97 96
robinh 07:18 07:59 109 107
DamienKnapma 07:29 06:31 87 86
Mike Harper Mike Harper 07:35 05:14 69 68
Corymbia Corymbia 07:47 06:30 83 82
Solving slo mo 08:07 07:05 87 86
John Arnold 08:12 09:58 121 119
ulaca ulaca 08:25 07:29 88 87
OldSolver 08:27 10:00 118 116
Templar Redux Templar 08:30 06:47 79 78
johndun John Dunleavy 08:40 08:08 93 92
goblin 08:43 07:52 90 89
m5harp 08:46 25:53 295 292
mattindoha 08:49 08:48 99 98
RPY 08:52 12:13 137 135
MichelinPoitiers 08:55 11:24 127 125
Rosey6 08:55 09:35 107 105
vefatica vefatica 08:56 08:03 90 89
Peloton 08:59 08:50 98 97
Mkgnao Mkgnao 09:04 08:03 88 87
nigelmzzz 09:06 11:08 122 120
dec 09:07 08:50 96 95
mich_punk 09:17 10:48 116 114
barracuda barracuda 09:28 06:31 68 67
Deezzaa Deezzaa 09:31 13:57 146 144
Edprof 09:38 10:00 103 101
Solfynn 09:39 08:21 86 85
Poff 09:40 11:09 115 113
annikins 09:51 07:54 80 79
piltdown man 10:06 09:22 92 91
Alias Noble 10:29 10:05 96 95
starstruck starstruck_au 10:49 13:43 126 124
The Mighty Salmon 10:56 09:57 91 90
symbenall2 11:11 10:30 93 92
TonyN6 11:14 16:25 146 144
simjt simjt 11:21 13:15 116 114
rlowin2 11:21 13:32 119 117
Cedric Statherby 11:34 12:03 104 102
Dr. Memory 11:41 11:02 94 93
maisiemae 11:43 14:52 126 124
alistair.boere 11:45 13:37 115 113
Captain Burnaby 11:50 09:18 78 77
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 11:52 09:22 78 77
BertieVII 12:14 18:23 150 148
Richard the First 12:20 11:19 91 90
Sonofjim 12:42 13:36 107 105
Hugster 12:49 08:15 64 63
hectorslave 12:50 13:11 102 100
suethepotterer 12:51 15:17 118 116
tyrotim tyrotim 13:07 16:32 126 124
trish_tang 13:12 10:52 82 81
Mendes Mendesest 14:04 20:37 146 144
Muckypuppy 14:25 21:53 151 149
Mark from Ipswich 14:31 11:26 78 77
Steve Wood 14:31 11:20 78 77
kfb20 14:58 18:11 121 119
pfalloon 15:15 08:48 57 56
david.14587 15:55 16:48 105 103
New Driver 16:06 13:09 81 80
david 19:23 17:32 90 89
TonyK 19:27 17:31 90 89
bangsar DearHector 21:12 20:00 94 93
philby 22:00 37:52 172 170
dominic.c-b 22:21 21:15 95 94
paulmcl 24:28 08:17 33 32
MrMonro 24:59 22:42 90 89
kevinlimanta 35:46 21:22 59 58
revolting tonic 38:45 35:39 92 91
stephenpmars 44:52 36:58 82 81
crossworder 48:57 27:27 56 55

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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