Quick SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for January 2025

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 89 02:03 100 (19) 92 (17) 95 (16) 103 (18) 108 (19)
2 cmjhutton 120 02:20 97 (25) 100 (23) 97 (24) 104 (25) 100 (23)
3 Paul Gilbert 123 02:28 102 (24) 106 (25) 94 (26) 94 (24) 101 (24)
4 Jason 122 02:36 104 (22) 104 (24) 89 (24) 100 (26) 101 (26)
5 verlaine 125 02:37 95 (23) 106 (25) 94 (27) 105 (25) 99 (25)
6 hilarym 101 02:44 101 (22) 100 (19) 95 (23) 102 (20) 101 (17)
7 mistigris 90 02:46 100 (15) 101 (19) 90 (18) 94 (19) 110 (19)
8 aphis99 127 02:54 102 (26) 101 (24) 94 (27) 97 (25) 105 (25)
9 SGHanson 39 03:21 95 (9) 102 (8) 94 (7) 106 (9) 99 (6)
10 Flimmy flammy 127 03:22 99 (26) 109 (26) 95 (25) 95 (24) 100 (26)
11 richard 72 03:34 104 (12) 100 (14) 94 (18) 103 (17) 99 (11)
12 Sheapey 65 03:37 98 (14) 101 (12) 101 (10) 104 (15) 94 (14)
13 markdobell 121 03:39 104 (23) 102 (23) 93 (26) 101 (27) 99 (22)
14 Ciolf 102 03:53 100 (18) 98 (20) 100 (23) 100 (19) 102 (22)
15 Heyesey 94 03:54 94 (16) 114 (16) 96 (22) 100 (23) 97 (17)
16 Topical Tim 115 04:06 111 (24) 100 (24) 91 (22) 98 (22) 97 (23)
17 Amoeba89 61 04:08 103 (13) 100 (11) 95 (12) 106 (13) 94 (12)
18 Kinghedger 104 04:09 95 (20) 105 (21) 99 (24) 95 (19) 102 (20)
19 SimonAnthony 119 04:11 102 (25) 103 (22) 90 (26) 96 (23) 106 (23)
20 glheard 104 04:12 100 (20) 101 (22) 92 (21) 101 (21) 104 (20)
21 Roscoe 76 04:15 100 (17) 110 (14) 89 (15) 97 (14) 103 (16)
22 Umpire 80 04:15 100 (14) 108 (16) 99 (17) 91 (19) 102 (14)
23 MikeOsborne 108 04:16 105 (25) 105 (22) 87 (22) 100 (22) 99 (17)
24 AlanS 104 04:20 98 (21) 97 (22) 97 (23) 98 (19) 110 (19)
25 chindit 121 04:22 101 (26) 100 (22) 96 (24) 100 (25) 100 (24)
26 Deane Short 51 04:27 111 (12) 96 (10) 102 (10) 95 (10) 90 (9)
27 lickert 124 04:28 103 (24) 95 (24) 96 (26) 101 (24) 104 (26)
28 philjordan1147 113 04:38 100 (23) 103 (24) 96 (24) 99 (21) 100 (21)
29 tilbee 100 04:39 103 (20) 101 (19) 93 (26) 103 (17) 101 (18)
30 MK76 82 04:40 108 (17) 96 (13) 95 (21) 93 (18) 108 (13)
31 canismiser 64 04:41 88 (11) 109 (15) 97 (16) 105 (13) 93 (9)
32 Honggui 58 04:43 92 (12) 107 (12) 97 (12) 98 (10) 103 (12)
33 toots 70 04:43 97 (17) 101 (15) 95 (21) 112 (10) 99 (7)
34 Tom Stubbs 125 04:44 100 (27) 103 (24) 90 (23) 95 (26) 109 (25)
35 alexh 111 04:45 104 (21) 97 (22) 94 (22) 101 (24) 102 (22)
36 denislaw 38 04:49 102 (8) 94 (7) 105 (9) 103 (7) 92 (7)
37 lucyg43484 115 04:49 92 (23) 106 (24) 87 (24) 107 (23) 106 (21)
38 LouWeed 119 04:52 104 (23) 92 (23) 93 (25) 105 (23) 105 (25)
39 andrewlake 126 04:54 96 (26) 108 (25) 88 (25) 96 (26) 109 (24)
40 Liari 89 04:58 101 (18) 102 (19) 94 (17) 100 (17) 101 (18)
41 Bluejacket 114 05:00 98 (20) 101 (25) 97 (25) 100 (22) 102 (22)
42 scrabbler 122 05:01 99 (24) 110 (24) 89 (26) 96 (25) 105 (23)
43 andy 127 05:02 107 (25) 100 (24) 94 (26) 96 (26) 100 (26)
44 tiggis 53 05:03 102 (11) 96 (11) 86 (8) 112 (13) 96 (10)
45 LuckOfLucien 88 05:03 98 (13) 102 (19) 95 (20) 98 (19) 105 (17)
46 March 120 05:06 100 (24) 103 (22) 93 (24) 97 (25) 104 (25)
47 EricK 66 05:09 101 (12) 100 (15) 100 (14) 106 (13) 91 (12)
48 neilr 101 05:11 99 (20) 103 (22) 93 (18) 99 (25) 106 (16)
49 cdb_100 123 05:11 95 (24) 108 (24) 85 (25) 97 (25) 114 (25)
50 CentralLine 40 05:13 104 (7) 102 (6) 91 (12) 93 (7) 113 (8)
51 McBeakLives 91 05:13 107 (22) 104 (17) 95 (19) 100 (17) 89 (16)
52 ChuckB 62 05:14 101 (15) 108 (9) 94 (10) 97 (14) 99 (14)
53 pitcaithlie 84 05:16 106 (19) 104 (15) 91 (20) 91 (15) 106 (15)
54 Squallaby 115 05:17 100 (23) 104 (22) 93 (24) 103 (22) 99 (24)
55 Zander 105 05:18 99 (21) 104 (23) 99 (24) 98 (20) 97 (17)
56 7dPenguin 110 05:18 99 (22) 103 (20) 94 (22) 100 (24) 101 (22)
57 JayEm 68 05:19 103 (12) 98 (10) 105 (17) 97 (11) 94 (18)
58 Tibthorpe 109 05:20 98 (23) 104 (22) 94 (21) 100 (20) 100 (23)
59 Freemers 120 05:21 96 (25) 95 (24) 91 (25) 92 (23) 123 (23)
60 fshephe 125 05:21 102 (25) 102 (26) 91 (26) 100 (24) 103 (24)
61 Ed freshpot 110 05:22 90 (21) 110 (23) 87 (22) 97 (21) 112 (23)
62 nina s 98 05:25 103 (23) 107 (21) 92 (17) 99 (19) 95 (18)
63 Penfold_61 63 05:35 97 (15) 109 (10) 91 (15) 101 (6) 103 (17)
64 AndyKnott321 49 05:36 96 (12) 100 (7) 98 (11) 104 (12) 101 (7)
65 Rabbitoh 105 05:37 102 (20) 101 (21) 87 (20) 105 (20) 102 (24)
66 cmcnsmith 37 05:39 92 (8) 107 (7) 100 (7) 96 (7) 103 (8)
67 rrricharrrd 100 05:39 100 (20) 106 (22) 93 (21) 100 (19) 98 (18)
68 esmeralda 88 05:42 110 (20) 102 (18) 96 (16) 97 (18) 89 (16)
69 Finzi 129 05:42 101 (27) 100 (26) 93 (27) 100 (25) 104 (24)
70 KET 71 05:45 97 (12) 106 (20) 91 (13) 103 (12) 97 (14)
71 Looch 123 05:49 98 (25) 102 (23) 91 (26) 107 (25) 100 (24)
72 Encota 115 05:50 99 (25) 96 (22) 98 (22) 98 (22) 106 (24)
73 Riche 93 05:54 104 (21) 101 (16) 93 (22) 94 (16) 105 (18)
74 Adelaider 70 05:55 109 (12) 97 (12) 101 (13) 97 (18) 96 (15)
75 mcrossib1 85 05:59 91 (19) 100 (18) 98 (12) 91 (14) 113 (22)
76 RobR 45 06:01 98 (11) 88 (7) 95 (9) 92 (10) 127 (8)
77 KarenR 85 06:02 96 (15) 108 (17) 89 (18) 105 (18) 100 (17)
78 Paul Hammond 77 06:04 97 (14) 111 (17) 93 (15) 105 (13) 92 (18)
79 chriswestontour 55 06:05 96 (11) 102 (9) 102 (13) 97 (10) 100 (12)
80 mw7000 83 06:15 98 (16) 98 (15) 96 (21) 101 (17) 107 (14)
81 julian_w 81 06:16 96 (19) 109 (18) 91 (16) 100 (14) 102 (14)
82 Streaky Bacon 70 06:17 102 (12) 98 (15) 94 (17) 94 (13) 111 (13)
83 PGooden 113 06:17 96 (22) 103 (22) 94 (25) 102 (20) 103 (24)
84 Carol 60 06:20 99 (13) 111 (12) 97 (13) 89 (11) 102 (11)
85 jimwetzler 70 06:24 89 (13) 100 (13) 98 (17) 105 (12) 106 (15)
86 Shabbo 76 06:24 93 (16) 108 (18) 90 (13) 90 (12) 110 (17)
87 Mike C 105 06:24 96 (23) 109 (22) 91 (19) 105 (21) 95 (20)
88 Dzhigit 113 06:26 93 (25) 102 (23) 102 (23) 94 (22) 109 (20)
89 Adrian Cobb 85 06:27 93 (14) 103 (18) 92 (20) 106 (15) 104 (18)
90 hopkinb 115 06:29 98 (25) 103 (20) 98 (26) 99 (23) 100 (21)
91 SBQuick 76 06:32 89 (14) 105 (15) 92 (12) 99 (18) 110 (17)
92 andrewfeist96 66 06:35 106 (12) 101 (12) 93 (15) 96 (13) 103 (14)
93 Vannyx 92 06:36 104 (17) 97 (18) 102 (19) 98 (22) 95 (16)
94 Tudds 116 06:41 100 (26) 107 (21) 94 (25) 96 (22) 102 (22)
95 GMcD 120 06:41 99 (23) 104 (27) 85 (25) 96 (22) 115 (23)
96 ilan 106 06:46 101 (24) 104 (20) 93 (19) 104 (22) 93 (21)
97 jon 80 06:48 102 (18) 112 (18) 90 (15) 92 (16) 99 (13)
98 Kevin Gregg 81 06:48 97 (12) 107 (17) 93 (19) 101 (16) 100 (17)
99 robinh 111 06:50 95 (21) 105 (22) 94 (24) 102 (22) 102 (22)
100 paul.whitehouse69 90 06:52 100 (19) 107 (16) 97 (20) 99 (21) 94 (14)
101 James P 107 06:59 102 (24) 99 (18) 96 (22) 99 (24) 102 (19)
102 Onelug 56 07:00 99 (11) 116 (9) 104 (12) 86 (11) 95 (13)
103 Kalakuta72 48 07:02 93 (11) 120 (8) 79 (8) 103 (10) 102 (11)
104 hazyfantazee 43 07:05 95 (6) 89 (11) 93 (6) 100 (10) 117 (10)
105 Nangle 87 07:12 95 (17) 98 (16) 94 (19) 102 (17) 107 (18)
106 SlumdogEngineer 47 07:13 100 (11) 85 (8) 102 (11) 94 (11) 126 (6)
107 uvofiz 103 07:13 94 (19) 107 (21) 94 (23) 99 (22) 104 (18)
108 Dvynys 74 07:16 99 (15) 105 (17) 88 (18) 107 (12) 101 (12)
109 Puzzleplease 109 07:16 103 (23) 110 (20) 94 (20) 99 (24) 92 (22)
110 KenD51 72 07:18 103 (11) 104 (17) 102 (17) 94 (8) 94 (19)
111 FraserH 91 07:23 100 (16) 102 (23) 95 (20) 103 (16) 98 (16)
112 drginacoco 74 07:28 101 (14) 79 (12) 93 (15) 106 (16) 112 (17)
113 valerian1967 73 07:29 99 (19) 100 (17) 84 (13) 105 (11) 110 (13)
114 Corymbia 112 07:29 103 (21) 101 (20) 94 (22) 95 (25) 105 (24)
115 dr.shred 47 07:31 88 (12) 120 (9) 95 (9) 95 (9) 104 (8)
116 Obrador 56 07:31 105 (12) 101 (15) 86 (7) 92 (10) 106 (12)
117 janesa 69 07:31 99 (17) 107 (11) 96 (12) 99 (17) 98 (12)
118 ChrisBrea 108 07:34 107 (24) 99 (20) 89 (20) 98 (23) 103 (21)
119 Mike Harper 127 07:34 104 (24) 93 (25) 93 (25) 103 (26) 103 (27)
120 Jamie Fox 62 07:40 106 (12) 114 (12) 89 (13) 90 (14) 101 (11)
121 martinede 63 07:44 99 (15) 103 (13) 95 (14) 92 (9) 107 (12)
122 CrystalPip 35 07:47 97 (6) 97 (7) 90 (9) 115 (7) 102 (6)
123 1234 70 07:47 100 (18) 106 (13) 91 (10) 98 (14) 101 (15)
124 DamienKnapma 93 07:56 106 (14) 100 (18) 92 (22) 103 (21) 100 (18)
125 Desdeeloeste 91 08:01 107 (18) 100 (20) 94 (18) 100 (19) 97 (16)
126 endafk 98 08:03 99 (18) 102 (19) 92 (22) 98 (19) 107 (20)
127 wwicksteed 55 08:04 99 (9) 102 (11) 101 (12) 102 (13) 91 (10)
128 TomHerbert 68 08:11 87 (14) 99 (15) 102 (15) 103 (15) 109 (9)
129 Templar Redux 103 08:14 103 (22) 104 (22) 90 (24) 99 (17) 103 (18)
130 ulaca 105 08:14 91 (23) 104 (19) 90 (22) 99 (21) 117 (20)
131 John Arnold 88 08:15 97 (18) 105 (22) 96 (19) 98 (14) 99 (15)
132 Aldus 50 08:16 97 (8) 102 (12) 103 (10) 98 (12) 95 (8)
133 plett11 126 08:16 98 (24) 99 (24) 91 (26) 102 (26) 107 (26)
134 Sheen 71 08:20 101 (21) 103 (12) 92 (15) 108 (13) 94 (10)
135 jaraab 54 08:28 97 (17) 100 (9) 89 (8) 106 (11) 105 (9)
136 johndun 120 08:32 92 (22) 105 (24) 95 (26) 99 (27) 108 (21)
137 goblin 133 08:33 92 (27) 105 (25) 93 (27) 102 (27) 105 (27)
138 Zabadak3 101 08:35 95 (17) 104 (22) 95 (23) 96 (16) 106 (23)
139 OldSolver 50 08:36 92 (8) 106 (12) 89 (11) 101 (12) 111 (7)
140 vefatica 86 08:42 98 (17) 105 (16) 96 (18) 97 (18) 103 (17)
141 nigelmzzz 103 08:43 102 (17) 105 (21) 96 (24) 96 (18) 99 (23)
142 mattindoha 103 08:44 100 (20) 98 (18) 98 (24) 105 (19) 98 (22)
143 vinyl12345 85 08:46 99 (19) 100 (15) 102 (19) 95 (17) 102 (15)
144 Jeeves 116 08:49 97 (25) 101 (24) 93 (21) 104 (24) 101 (22)
145 m5harp 81 08:50 100 (19) 93 (14) 88 (13) 102 (14) 109 (21)
146 gsriordan52 103 08:55 94 (23) 99 (20) 100 (18) 103 (22) 102 (20)
147 crosswordian 61 08:58 100 (16) 100 (13) 93 (13) 98 (10) 110 (9)
148 kath 62 08:58 94 (9) 105 (9) 96 (15) 100 (15) 103 (14)
149 crucihacker 82 08:58 98 (18) 103 (17) 100 (16) 99 (14) 97 (17)
150 uffindellbirtjn 53 08:59 92 (12) 100 (12) 104 (9) 105 (10) 99 (10)
151 Edprof 55 08:59 101 (7) 115 (12) 87 (10) 95 (15) 100 (11)
152 GMB 55 09:00 99 (10) 101 (13) 100 (13) 100 (12) 97 (7)
153 luxtonj61 103 09:00 99 (19) 106 (20) 97 (23) 95 (22) 102 (19)
154 smalley552 68 09:06 96 (14) 113 (16) 93 (12) 95 (11) 97 (15)
155 dec 59 09:12 99 (14) 109 (9) 96 (11) 97 (13) 99 (12)
156 timbo 48 09:13 93 (11) 100 (9) 90 (11) 98 (7) 118 (10)
157 Mkgnao 112 09:13 100 (24) 102 (22) 93 (24) 109 (20) 96 (22)
158 Doyler 66 09:15 105 (10) 114 (14) 80 (16) 104 (14) 99 (12)
159 raincloud 70 09:22 102 (10) 107 (14) 91 (18) 88 (14) 112 (14)
160 Deezzaa 113 09:23 98 (21) 101 (23) 96 (25) 100 (25) 103 (19)
161 richardCV22 103 09:34 95 (19) 105 (23) 90 (22) 102 (20) 106 (19)
162 barracuda 102 09:37 92 (20) 105 (20) 89 (21) 109 (21) 103 (20)
163 Cryptique 44 09:46 82 (7) 125 (9) 87 (10) 106 (10) 94 (8)
164 hemantyd 57 09:54 86 (12) 99 (10) 101 (14) 101 (11) 112 (10)
165 Poff 71 09:59 98 (13) 100 (14) 99 (14) 96 (17) 105 (13)
166 mich_punk 44 10:13 94 (9) 94 (9) 90 (7) 94 (7) 116 (12)
167 russellcannon 56 10:15 101 (10) 99 (10) 97 (16) 101 (13) 100 (7)
168 Word Psmith 61 10:23 103 (10) 101 (11) 93 (17) 101 (12) 103 (11)
169 maisiemae 70 10:29 94 (15) 134 (7) 87 (18) 99 (16) 105 (14)
170 Nuck_the_king 71 10:35 100 (14) 121 (13) 90 (16) 83 (14) 107 (14)
171 piltdown man 58 10:37 98 (15) 105 (14) 106 (12) 80 (10) 107 (7)
172 annikins 60 10:43 101 (12) 114 (13) 92 (10) 92 (13) 96 (12)
173 Birdingbob 103 10:50 107 (24) 101 (16) 96 (23) 95 (22) 99 (18)
174 starstruck 74 10:58 96 (14) 91 (11) 91 (15) 103 (12) 110 (22)
175 horners1974 65 11:03 93 (13) 111 (12) 96 (13) 103 (14) 95 (13)
176 TonyN6 101 11:05 87 (20) 93 (16) 82 (22) 106 (23) 129 (20)
177 E Bradford 54 11:16 110 (10) 105 (11) 102 (14) 88 (12) 89 (7)
178 simjt 114 11:21 96 (23) 108 (22) 89 (25) 103 (22) 102 (22)
179 youngbaz 72 11:41 97 (13) 109 (14) 100 (17) 93 (13) 98 (15)
180 BertieVII 103 11:51 95 (20) 103 (21) 91 (21) 91 (22) 118 (19)
181 phatman 73 11:54 104 (19) 94 (12) 73 (13) 88 (15) 136 (14)
182 intentional rounding 88 12:18 92 (16) 109 (16) 98 (19) 102 (18) 96 (19)
183 chabuduo 115 12:42 97 (24) 119 (23) 96 (23) 90 (23) 95 (22)
184 tyrotim 83 12:49 103 (15) 111 (17) 100 (20) 88 (15) 95 (16)
185 alistair.boere 96 12:52 94 (18) 95 (17) 101 (19) 102 (22) 104 (20)
186 rlowin2 56 12:53 99 (13) 94 (9) 97 (13) 109 (12) 98 (9)
187 nick.wilson 49 13:02 98 (10) 87 (9) 93 (9) 98 (11) 119 (10)
188 WordPlodder 94 13:04 93 (21) 100 (18) 98 (23) 96 (20) 119 (12)
189 martinr486 86 13:14 118 (18) 106 (18) 86 (18) 95 (15) 92 (17)
190 ifincham2 61 13:15 103 (11) 99 (10) 99 (12) 98 (13) 99 (15)
191 Sonofjim 61 13:18 98 (10) 115 (18) 94 (9) 93 (14) 88 (10)
192 kapietro 116 13:23 103 (23) 100 (23) 87 (21) 97 (25) 110 (24)
193 The Real Steve Snackman 113 14:40 97 (23) 107 (23) 89 (25) 104 (22) 102 (20)
194 Mendes 89 15:09 101 (18) 115 (17) 95 (17) 95 (17) 93 (20)
195 Jax74 47 15:33 87 (9) 93 (10) 94 (11) 114 (9) 112 (8)
196 Charpentier 57 15:54 92 (11) 103 (15) 89 (9) 105 (10) 105 (12)
197 Xebeq 56 16:22 108 (8) 97 (10) 96 (14) 87 (9) 108 (15)
198 kfb20 64 16:31 102 (17) 107 (12) 95 (11) 91 (14) 103 (10)
199 tomtom2 67 17:00 91 (11) 104 (12) 109 (14) 87 (16) 107 (14)
200 Steve Wood 107 17:11 92 (23) 105 (26) 98 (21) 104 (19) 99 (18)
201 RPE10538 49 17:13 104 (10) 85 (7) 98 (12) 98 (8) 106 (12)
202 Mark from Ipswich 77 17:41 98 (13) 95 (16) 105 (17) 99 (17) 101 (14)
203 TonyK 107 19:44 100 (21) 96 (19) 93 (20) 101 (24) 106 (23)
204 ian.shepherd 79 20:43 95 (16) 115 (17) 96 (19) 97 (16) 92 (11)
205 Hazelnut 41 21:10 89 (10) 105 (6) 102 (9) 103 (9) 102 (7)
206 pfalloon 109 21:11 104 (25) 86 (18) 95 (21) 133 (22) 77 (23)
207 Geldart 46 21:16 88 (8) 91 (11) 114 (9) 85 (7) 113 (11)
208 Dofray 50 21:52 100 (11) 91 (6) 87 (8) 110 (13) 100 (12)
209 maryht 98 21:52 100 (22) 101 (17) 94 (19) 88 (17) 111 (23)
210 thechan 47 22:31 81 (10) 69 (8) 63 (6) 185 (11) 74 (12)
211 dominic.c-b 44 23:34 100 (9) 101 (11) 92 (7) 105 (9) 96 (8)
212 pamelalewis51 78 23:41 93 (12) 94 (14) 92 (23) 128 (15) 92 (14)
213 mozbadel 43 25:46 100 (9) 107 (7) 96 (6) 95 (11) 101 (10)
214 deebeeem 57 48:08 55 (12) 32 (12) 140 (10) 162 (14) 107 (9)
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