Quick SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for February 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 81 02:03 101 (17) 96 (17) 96 (14) 101 (17) 101 (16)
2 cmjhutton 123 02:18 97 (25) 103 (24) 97 (24) 103 (26) 98 (24)
3 Paul Gilbert 119 02:24 98 (22) 104 (24) 99 (26) 96 (24) 100 (23)
4 Jason 117 02:34 101 (23) 103 (24) 92 (24) 101 (24) 101 (22)
5 verlaine 122 02:36 96 (23) 110 (24) 91 (26) 102 (24) 98 (25)
6 mistigris 95 02:43 100 (18) 104 (20) 90 (19) 92 (18) 109 (20)
7 hilarym 97 02:47 97 (21) 101 (19) 97 (21) 102 (20) 100 (16)
8 aphis99 122 02:54 102 (25) 97 (23) 95 (26) 97 (25) 109 (23)
9 Flimmy flammy 122 03:16 95 (25) 111 (25) 95 (25) 96 (23) 99 (24)
10 SGHanson 38 03:22 94 (9) 102 (8) 95 (6) 106 (9) 99 (6)
11 richard 68 03:37 104 (11) 97 (14) 96 (17) 101 (15) 100 (11)
12 markdobell 118 03:39 100 (22) 104 (24) 95 (24) 100 (26) 98 (22)
13 Sheapey 55 03:40 96 (12) 100 (9) 97 (8) 109 (14) 94 (12)
14 Ciolf 98 03:48 96 (17) 100 (20) 103 (21) 97 (17) 100 (23)
15 Heyesey 95 03:54 91 (15) 112 (17) 94 (22) 101 (23) 100 (18)
16 AlanS 96 04:09 102 (21) 97 (20) 100 (21) 97 (18) 102 (16)
17 glheard 100 04:09 100 (19) 105 (23) 95 (20) 102 (20) 96 (18)
18 Kinghedger 97 04:11 97 (17) 105 (20) 98 (22) 96 (18) 101 (20)
19 SimonAnthony 117 04:11 105 (25) 97 (23) 94 (25) 98 (23) 103 (21)
20 Topical Tim 108 04:16 110 (23) 104 (23) 91 (20) 93 (20) 98 (22)
21 MikeOsborne 113 04:18 102 (26) 109 (23) 90 (23) 100 (23) 96 (18)
22 Umpire 70 04:23 96 (12) 106 (16) 101 (15) 90 (15) 106 (12)
23 lickert 119 04:23 101 (23) 100 (25) 96 (24) 97 (22) 104 (25)
24 chindit 117 04:25 102 (25) 102 (22) 97 (24) 100 (24) 98 (22)
25 Roscoe 73 04:26 90 (17) 121 (12) 88 (14) 103 (15) 100 (15)
26 Morphosis 78 04:28 96 (14) 106 (17) 98 (18) 100 (16) 97 (13)
27 Deane Short 68 04:31 105 (16) 95 (12) 107 (14) 100 (13) 88 (13)
28 philjordan1147 107 04:36 100 (21) 103 (23) 95 (23) 97 (19) 102 (21)
29 MK76 81 04:40 107 (18) 98 (13) 97 (19) 93 (18) 103 (13)
30 Tom Stubbs 120 04:43 98 (25) 107 (23) 93 (23) 98 (25) 103 (24)
31 tilbee 86 04:45 104 (17) 101 (15) 96 (23) 100 (15) 98 (16)
32 Honggui 59 04:46 96 (13) 109 (12) 98 (12) 99 (10) 96 (12)
33 canismiser 71 04:47 86 (13) 109 (15) 100 (17) 104 (17) 93 (9)
34 alexh 100 04:48 105 (18) 98 (19) 95 (20) 100 (22) 99 (21)
35 LouWeed 114 04:52 104 (22) 94 (23) 94 (23) 101 (22) 104 (24)
36 lucyg43484 112 04:53 94 (22) 104 (23) 90 (23) 106 (23) 103 (21)
37 Bluejacket 114 04:53 101 (19) 102 (24) 98 (25) 100 (25) 96 (21)
38 denislaw 50 04:54 107 (9) 98 (10) 99 (11) 98 (10) 96 (10)
39 andrewlake 121 04:54 95 (25) 109 (25) 91 (24) 96 (24) 105 (23)
40 Liari 90 04:55 99 (18) 105 (19) 95 (17) 102 (18) 97 (18)
41 scrabbler 120 04:57 98 (23) 111 (23) 90 (25) 98 (25) 102 (24)
42 andy 123 05:00 109 (23) 100 (23) 97 (26) 97 (25) 98 (26)
43 LuckOfLucien 73 05:01 99 (11) 102 (17) 96 (16) 100 (16) 100 (13)
44 Freemers 115 05:02 99 (23) 101 (24) 98 (25) 96 (21) 103 (22)
45 cdb_100 117 05:04 97 (22) 104 (23) 89 (24) 97 (24) 112 (24)
46 tiggis 55 05:05 103 (11) 94 (12) 92 (9) 112 (12) 96 (11)
47 March 115 05:06 100 (23) 103 (21) 96 (23) 95 (23) 103 (25)
48 EricK 82 05:07 97 (15) 100 (18) 97 (18) 108 (16) 97 (15)
49 McBeakLives 97 05:07 109 (22) 104 (18) 92 (20) 104 (19) 85 (18)
50 ChuckB 55 05:16 101 (13) 108 (9) 94 (9) 95 (12) 100 (12)
51 neilr 101 05:16 98 (21) 101 (23) 94 (18) 99 (24) 106 (15)
52 JayEm 80 05:17 100 (15) 96 (13) 103 (19) 101 (13) 98 (20)
53 Tibthorpe 106 05:17 99 (22) 105 (22) 94 (21) 100 (19) 100 (22)
54 7dPenguin 108 05:18 98 (21) 103 (20) 94 (23) 99 (23) 104 (21)
55 pitcaithlie 76 05:19 107 (16) 103 (16) 90 (17) 94 (14) 102 (13)
56 Zander 101 05:21 102 (17) 102 (22) 98 (24) 96 (20) 100 (18)
57 Ed freshpot 107 05:21 92 (21) 109 (21) 94 (22) 96 (20) 106 (23)
58 fshephe 118 05:21 102 (24) 100 (25) 95 (25) 100 (22) 100 (22)
59 Squallaby 110 05:24 99 (21) 104 (22) 94 (23) 104 (21) 96 (23)
60 nina s 84 05:28 105 (19) 105 (17) 92 (15) 99 (18) 94 (15)
61 AndyKnott321 48 05:33 94 (10) 100 (6) 96 (11) 105 (12) 102 (9)
62 rrricharrrd 101 05:33 98 (20) 106 (23) 94 (21) 101 (19) 98 (18)
63 mcrossib1 78 05:39 92 (16) 105 (17) 93 (14) 98 (12) 107 (19)
64 Finzi 126 05:41 100 (26) 102 (25) 92 (26) 101 (25) 103 (24)
65 Rabbitoh 107 05:44 104 (21) 104 (22) 89 (21) 104 (21) 96 (22)
66 Adelaider 82 05:45 104 (15) 98 (14) 99 (16) 99 (20) 97 (17)
67 esmeralda 84 05:45 107 (19) 99 (18) 100 (16) 102 (17) 85 (14)
68 KET 65 05:46 95 (9) 106 (18) 91 (13) 103 (11) 99 (14)
69 Riche 94 05:47 106 (19) 102 (17) 95 (22) 92 (16) 103 (20)
70 Encota 104 05:51 101 (23) 96 (21) 101 (19) 96 (20) 103 (21)
71 Looch 114 05:51 100 (23) 99 (21) 95 (23) 107 (25) 96 (22)
72 Paul Hammond 62 05:53 94 (12) 111 (14) 93 (12) 109 (9) 93 (15)
73 Rosron 35 05:58 96 (9) 126 (7) 87 (6) 94 (7) 92 (6)
74 RobR 54 05:58 96 (12) 98 (10) 101 (12) 96 (13) 111 (7)
75 mw7000 73 06:03 101 (15) 99 (12) 95 (20) 102 (15) 104 (11)
76 KarenR 100 06:03 92 (18) 107 (21) 91 (20) 103 (21) 104 (20)
77 Streaky Bacon 87 06:07 99 (15) 99 (18) 94 (21) 94 (17) 114 (16)
78 chriswestontour 56 06:08 93 (12) 102 (8) 104 (12) 99 (12) 99 (12)
79 Mike C 89 06:10 99 (20) 110 (19) 94 (16) 97 (17) 96 (17)
80 andrewfeist96 60 06:17 96 (11) 103 (12) 95 (12) 101 (10) 103 (15)
81 Shabbo 67 06:18 96 (15) 109 (16) 92 (10) 89 (12) 106 (14)
82 hopkinb 109 06:18 98 (23) 110 (19) 93 (25) 101 (23) 98 (19)
83 PGooden 112 06:19 95 (21) 100 (23) 96 (24) 100 (20) 106 (24)
84 julian_w 78 06:22 99 (17) 102 (18) 95 (14) 103 (16) 97 (13)
85 Carol 62 06:24 94 (13) 107 (15) 100 (13) 86 (9) 106 (12)
86 Dzhigit 107 06:24 95 (23) 104 (23) 103 (22) 94 (21) 103 (18)
87 jimwetzler 73 06:28 90 (15) 99 (15) 101 (16) 102 (13) 105 (14)
88 Adrian Cobb 83 06:28 92 (15) 106 (16) 92 (20) 107 (14) 102 (18)
89 SBQuick 60 06:31 86 (10) 106 (11) 102 (9) 95 (14) 107 (16)
90 Vannyx 89 06:37 105 (15) 97 (17) 107 (19) 95 (21) 94 (17)
91 Kalakuta72 46 06:43 96 (12) 108 (9) 89 (8) 106 (9) 98 (8)
92 jon 73 06:44 102 (18) 110 (18) 93 (13) 94 (14) 92 (10)
93 ilan 103 06:44 100 (23) 102 (19) 97 (19) 106 (20) 93 (22)
94 Tudds 115 06:46 100 (25) 108 (22) 95 (25) 97 (22) 98 (21)
95 GMcD 115 06:48 101 (22) 103 (26) 90 (24) 93 (21) 110 (22)
96 Kevin Gregg 75 06:52 96 (11) 104 (14) 94 (18) 100 (14) 104 (18)
97 drginacoco 54 06:55 97 (10) 78 (10) 108 (10) 111 (11) 102 (13)
98 paul.whitehouse69 83 06:58 99 (18) 107 (15) 102 (19) 97 (18) 92 (13)
99 Onelug 65 06:59 100 (13) 117 (9) 105 (13) 89 (14) 94 (16)
100 earlylight 44 07:04 87 (8) 102 (8) 96 (10) 113 (10) 96 (8)
101 James P 105 07:04 99 (24) 101 (18) 98 (21) 99 (23) 101 (19)
102 robinh 108 07:07 93 (20) 103 (22) 96 (23) 102 (23) 102 (20)
103 uvofiz 97 07:15 92 (19) 108 (20) 97 (21) 100 (20) 101 (17)
104 Dvynys 74 07:17 99 (16) 102 (18) 94 (17) 105 (12) 98 (11)
105 KenD51 75 07:17 104 (9) 103 (19) 102 (19) 96 (11) 93 (17)
106 Nangle 87 07:17 97 (16) 95 (16) 97 (19) 100 (18) 108 (18)
107 FraserH 84 07:20 97 (16) 102 (22) 99 (19) 103 (14) 96 (13)
108 Puzzleplease 106 07:20 100 (21) 108 (20) 96 (21) 100 (23) 93 (21)
109 dr.shred 39 07:26 90 (12) 127 (6) 94 (8) 99 (6) 100 (7)
110 Obrador 47 07:31 108 (10) 97 (12) 92 (7) 98 (9) 100 (9)
111 valerian1967 58 07:32 105 (15) 97 (14) 81 (10) 107 (9) 107 (10)
112 janesa 66 07:32 98 (13) 114 (11) 94 (14) 97 (16) 97 (12)
113 Corymbia 103 07:33 99 (19) 102 (17) 96 (21) 96 (23) 105 (23)
114 Mike Harper 124 07:35 103 (25) 97 (24) 95 (24) 103 (25) 100 (26)
115 edwards.robert1 72 07:37 103 (17) 99 (15) 88 (10) 105 (12) 100 (18)
116 SlumdogEngineer 49 07:39 101 (9) 81 (7) 99 (13) 86 (13) 143 (7)
117 endafk 92 07:40 97 (17) 103 (18) 93 (20) 101 (18) 103 (19)
118 ChrisBrea 98 07:43 105 (22) 100 (21) 90 (15) 96 (20) 103 (20)
119 DamienKnapma 95 07:51 105 (15) 102 (19) 91 (23) 102 (20) 100 (18)
120 Jamie Fox 82 07:52 110 (16) 110 (16) 86 (17) 92 (18) 102 (15)
121 Desdeeloeste 85 07:54 102 (17) 101 (19) 96 (17) 98 (17) 99 (15)
122 1234 70 07:57 98 (17) 110 (14) 90 (10) 97 (14) 101 (15)
123 td349 39 08:04 101 (7) 121 (8) 84 (9) 87 (7) 104 (8)
124 wwicksteed 63 08:06 100 (11) 102 (11) 98 (15) 103 (15) 95 (11)
125 Aldus 59 08:16 96 (11) 102 (15) 106 (12) 98 (11) 93 (10)
126 plett11 123 08:16 97 (23) 100 (24) 93 (25) 102 (25) 106 (26)
127 TomHerbert 58 08:17 83 (11) 102 (12) 102 (14) 104 (13) 106 (8)
128 Sheen 66 08:21 96 (18) 104 (12) 94 (12) 102 (11) 104 (13)
129 ulaca 103 08:25 89 (23) 108 (19) 88 (20) 100 (22) 116 (19)
130 John Arnold 86 08:28 98 (17) 104 (22) 99 (19) 99 (14) 96 (14)
131 uffindellbirtjn 38 08:32 91 (10) 109 (8) 108 (6) 97 (6) 96 (8)
132 Templar Redux 107 08:34 96 (23) 122 (23) 87 (25) 95 (18) 98 (18)
133 Zabadak3 80 08:35 100 (13) 108 (18) 94 (18) 97 (13) 98 (18)
134 vefatica 82 08:38 96 (16) 105 (14) 99 (18) 96 (16) 102 (18)
135 OldSolver 44 08:41 92 (7) 104 (9) 99 (11) 97 (11) 107 (6)
136 johndun 113 08:41 93 (20) 102 (23) 95 (25) 98 (25) 111 (20)
137 Edprof 51 08:42 103 (6) 111 (12) 95 (10) 94 (13) 95 (10)
138 goblin 128 08:42 94 (26) 108 (24) 93 (26) 102 (26) 102 (26)
139 Jeeves 115 08:45 97 (25) 103 (24) 94 (21) 103 (23) 101 (22)
140 nigelmzzz 102 08:46 98 (18) 106 (22) 99 (23) 96 (16) 98 (23)
141 m5harp 79 08:47 101 (16) 96 (14) 89 (15) 101 (16) 109 (18)
142 vinyl12345 81 08:48 98 (17) 99 (14) 102 (18) 96 (17) 103 (15)
143 crucihacker 84 08:48 97 (19) 110 (16) 90 (16) 99 (16) 102 (17)
144 mattindoha 98 08:50 97 (19) 100 (20) 102 (22) 106 (17) 94 (20)
145 dec 62 08:59 99 (13) 108 (9) 93 (13) 98 (14) 102 (13)
146 GMB 50 09:02 101 (9) 100 (11) 104 (11) 97 (13) 96 (6)
147 kath 61 09:02 95 (8) 97 (10) 96 (14) 100 (14) 106 (15)
148 smalley552 72 09:04 93 (15) 108 (17) 96 (12) 102 (12) 97 (16)
149 Doyler 58 09:07 100 (11) 111 (12) 79 (13) 110 (10) 101 (12)
150 luxtonj61 94 09:07 104 (15) 100 (21) 102 (20) 95 (21) 98 (17)
151 gsriordan52 102 09:07 93 (21) 102 (21) 99 (19) 102 (21) 103 (20)
152 mjsaunders9 112 09:09 195 (22) 78 (21) 69 (23) 76 (25) 83 (21)
153 timbo 65 09:10 92 (14) 102 (13) 91 (15) 96 (10) 118 (13)
154 hemantyd 54 09:11 99 (12) 104 (9) 107 (12) 96 (12) 90 (9)
155 Mkgnao 104 09:14 97 (23) 100 (21) 96 (20) 107 (18) 99 (22)
156 crosswordian 54 09:19 100 (13) 99 (11) 95 (12) 96 (9) 108 (9)
157 raincloud 72 09:22 93 (11) 120 (15) 90 (18) 89 (15) 106 (13)
158 ofarrell 38 09:23 78 (8) 104 (9) 115 (6) 102 (8) 102 (7)
159 barracuda 102 09:28 94 (19) 105 (22) 89 (22) 108 (18) 102 (21)
160 Deezzaa 109 09:43 100 (19) 99 (23) 97 (25) 99 (22) 103 (20)
161 mich_punk 52 09:46 95 (12) 97 (10) 93 (9) 88 (7) 115 (14)
162 Nigel1953 45 09:49 99 (10) 104 (8) 93 (11) 87 (7) 114 (9)
163 richardCV22 96 09:52 95 (19) 99 (22) 94 (20) 105 (17) 106 (18)
164 Cryptique 41 09:57 89 (7) 126 (7) 92 (10) 100 (9) 95 (8)
165 Word Psmith 58 10:09 108 (9) 101 (12) 90 (15) 103 (12) 101 (10)
166 Poff 76 10:09 100 (14) 99 (14) 103 (15) 95 (18) 101 (15)
167 annikins 55 10:26 99 (10) 113 (11) 96 (9) 95 (15) 97 (10)
168 Nuck_the_king 70 10:27 99 (14) 129 (13) 91 (14) 93 (15) 88 (14)
169 piltdown man 61 10:37 99 (16) 105 (14) 101 (13) 78 (11) 120 (7)
170 maisiemae 63 10:38 84 (14) 133 (7) 89 (15) 94 (14) 116 (13)
171 russellcannon 59 10:45 96 (9) 95 (11) 97 (16) 101 (12) 110 (11)
172 Birdingbob 99 10:50 103 (23) 104 (13) 99 (22) 95 (22) 99 (19)
173 TonyN6 104 10:57 87 (21) 94 (18) 85 (22) 116 (22) 115 (21)
174 starstruck 66 11:04 96 (13) 93 (10) 96 (12) 95 (12) 110 (19)
175 simjt 110 11:18 100 (22) 107 (21) 85 (23) 101 (21) 106 (23)
176 phatman 68 11:29 104 (15) 114 (12) 82 (13) 89 (15) 110 (13)
177 E Bradford 56 11:39 102 (9) 110 (14) 100 (14) 87 (11) 96 (8)
178 intentional rounding 85 11:39 95 (14) 103 (16) 106 (17) 102 (20) 91 (18)
179 BertieVII 97 11:57 93 (19) 95 (21) 103 (18) 93 (21) 116 (18)
180 symbenall2 41 12:08 76 (6) 109 (9) 93 (6) 106 (12) 102 (8)
181 alistair.boere 88 12:13 96 (15) 94 (15) 93 (18) 108 (21) 104 (19)
182 youngbaz 69 12:17 103 (13) 109 (13) 98 (16) 97 (12) 92 (15)
183 rlowin2 50 12:34 95 (10) 96 (8) 100 (12) 105 (11) 101 (9)
184 ifincham2 54 12:38 99 (10) 104 (9) 103 (12) 100 (11) 93 (12)
185 WordPlodder 103 12:46 94 (22) 101 (22) 96 (24) 98 (22) 113 (13)
186 chabuduo 113 12:48 96 (23) 112 (23) 99 (22) 92 (23) 98 (22)
187 kapietro 107 12:57 102 (19) 98 (22) 90 (21) 96 (22) 111 (23)
188 tyrotim 83 13:03 102 (16) 111 (17) 98 (19) 89 (16) 96 (15)
189 mpbthorpe 50 13:09 97 (7) 92 (7) 96 (13) 92 (11) 117 (12)
190 martinr486 82 13:13 117 (17) 107 (18) 87 (15) 90 (15) 94 (17)
191 Sonofjim 60 13:14 90 (9) 115 (17) 95 (10) 92 (13) 96 (11)
192 nick.wilson 60 13:34 91 (13) 95 (11) 94 (12) 99 (12) 119 (12)
193 The Real Steve Snackman 107 13:52 98 (22) 104 (21) 93 (23) 101 (21) 103 (20)
194 Jax74 49 14:59 90 (9) 98 (11) 94 (12) 109 (8) 111 (9)
195 Mendes 86 14:59 104 (17) 114 (18) 93 (17) 96 (15) 90 (19)
196 horners1974 72 15:10 67 (14) 82 (15) 66 (15) 202 (16) 64 (12)
197 Charpentier 59 15:13 93 (12) 108 (13) 97 (10) 102 (11) 98 (13)
198 kfb20 66 16:01 104 (16) 110 (13) 87 (10) 93 (16) 102 (11)
199 Xebeq 58 16:21 107 (10) 101 (10) 89 (15) 87 (8) 111 (15)
200 Holly O 40 16:27 85 (8) 114 (6) 97 (6) 89 (13) 125 (7)
201 Mark from Ipswich 80 16:43 95 (13) 98 (17) 103 (17) 99 (17) 101 (16)
202 RPE10538 60 16:48 100 (12) 93 (9) 102 (16) 92 (11) 107 (12)
203 david.14587 67 16:49 106 (15) 114 (13) 90 (12) 95 (14) 92 (13)
204 Steve Wood 97 16:54 92 (22) 104 (23) 100 (18) 107 (18) 95 (16)
205 tomtom2 61 17:00 90 (9) 101 (12) 112 (13) 87 (14) 105 (13)
206 TonyK 103 19:40 102 (21) 96 (18) 94 (18) 98 (24) 106 (22)
207 winelover 41 20:55 127 (6) 89 (9) 91 (9) 93 (7) 105 (10)
208 ian.shepherd 76 21:22 89 (16) 113 (18) 94 (14) 104 (16) 92 (12)
209 pfalloon 110 21:24 103 (24) 89 (18) 87 (21) 135 (23) 81 (24)
210 bangsar 39 21:27 108 (8) 100 (10) 88 (6) 107 (7) 92 (8)
211 maryht 86 21:32 99 (19) 98 (16) 104 (15) 90 (16) 105 (20)
212 dominic.c-b 43 23:51 100 (9) 101 (12) 95 (7) 103 (8) 97 (7)
213 Dofray 48 23:59 96 (11) 106 (6) 92 (8) 103 (11) 101 (12)
214 pamelalewis51 70 24:31 91 (12) 92 (13) 95 (21) 133 (13) 87 (11)
215 deebeeem 41 46:50 67 (9) 29 (7) 176 (8) 136 (11) 62 (6)
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