Quick SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for March 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 79 02:05 96 (18) 95 (17) 95 (13) 111 (15) 100 (16)
2 cmjhutton 123 02:17 96 (24) 102 (25) 100 (24) 102 (26) 97 (24)
3 Paul Gilbert 118 02:23 95 (22) 102 (23) 104 (25) 95 (24) 99 (24)
4 Jason 117 02:35 101 (22) 100 (24) 94 (25) 101 (24) 104 (22)
5 verlaine 121 02:38 96 (22) 105 (24) 94 (26) 106 (24) 95 (25)
6 mistigris 102 02:40 98 (19) 102 (21) 91 (20) 95 (20) 110 (22)
7 hilarym 97 02:47 98 (21) 101 (21) 98 (19) 101 (19) 99 (17)
8 aphis99 121 02:53 101 (25) 93 (22) 97 (26) 97 (25) 109 (23)
9 Flimmy flammy 121 03:14 96 (24) 106 (26) 96 (24) 96 (23) 102 (24)
10 richard 74 03:38 108 (11) 98 (16) 97 (20) 100 (16) 98 (11)
11 Ciolf 98 03:42 99 (17) 100 (20) 100 (20) 102 (19) 97 (22)
12 markdobell 118 03:42 102 (21) 102 (24) 95 (25) 102 (26) 98 (22)
13 Sheapey 55 03:44 89 (10) 101 (9) 94 (11) 111 (13) 100 (12)
14 Heyesey 97 03:47 90 (15) 104 (18) 95 (23) 104 (24) 101 (17)
15 AlanS 94 04:01 103 (21) 94 (20) 99 (20) 100 (17) 101 (16)
16 glheard 103 04:08 101 (20) 102 (24) 95 (22) 104 (19) 93 (18)
17 SimonAnthony 117 04:09 102 (25) 100 (23) 94 (25) 102 (24) 102 (20)
18 Kinghedger 95 04:11 98 (16) 103 (20) 99 (20) 95 (19) 102 (20)
19 Topical Tim 110 04:16 107 (23) 98 (23) 96 (20) 94 (21) 101 (23)
20 Umpire 62 04:19 91 (13) 106 (14) 100 (12) 93 (13) 109 (10)
21 MikeOsborne 112 04:19 98 (25) 107 (22) 91 (23) 103 (23) 100 (19)
22 Deane Short 87 04:21 103 (20) 93 (16) 107 (18) 103 (17) 90 (16)
23 lickert 119 04:23 103 (23) 96 (25) 98 (24) 98 (22) 102 (25)
24 Morphosis 76 04:27 97 (15) 104 (16) 97 (18) 105 (15) 95 (12)
25 Roscoe 86 04:29 89 (20) 114 (15) 89 (18) 105 (17) 105 (16)
26 chindit 117 04:29 99 (24) 98 (22) 97 (24) 105 (25) 98 (22)
27 MK76 80 04:36 107 (19) 101 (13) 93 (18) 96 (17) 103 (13)
28 philjordan1147 105 04:37 101 (21) 99 (21) 100 (22) 96 (19) 101 (22)
29 Tom Stubbs 121 04:43 97 (25) 104 (23) 96 (24) 100 (25) 102 (24)
30 alexh 102 04:46 108 (19) 99 (21) 96 (20) 98 (21) 97 (21)
31 tilbee 82 04:48 106 (14) 98 (15) 95 (21) 104 (15) 96 (17)
32 LouWeed 115 04:49 102 (22) 93 (24) 100 (24) 103 (22) 102 (23)
33 lucyg43484 112 04:50 94 (23) 100 (23) 92 (22) 105 (22) 106 (22)
34 Bluejacket 114 04:50 101 (19) 104 (22) 96 (25) 100 (25) 97 (23)
35 Liari 97 04:52 99 (19) 104 (21) 94 (18) 102 (19) 97 (20)
36 andrewlake 121 04:54 94 (24) 107 (24) 92 (24) 99 (25) 104 (24)
37 Honggui 52 04:55 94 (10) 106 (11) 97 (10) 98 (8) 100 (13)
38 canismiser 70 04:55 85 (12) 103 (13) 104 (18) 103 (16) 97 (11)
39 Freemers 117 04:55 97 (22) 97 (24) 99 (26) 101 (22) 103 (23)
40 scrabbler 119 04:55 96 (23) 107 (22) 92 (25) 100 (25) 102 (24)
41 cdb_100 116 04:57 97 (21) 95 (23) 94 (23) 98 (25) 111 (24)
42 LuckOfLucien 58 04:59 104 (8) 103 (14) 98 (13) 100 (14) 94 (9)
43 tiggis 64 05:01 99 (13) 91 (15) 96 (12) 118 (12) 96 (12)
44 andy 124 05:01 107 (23) 99 (24) 96 (26) 99 (25) 98 (26)
45 EricK 101 05:02 95 (19) 98 (22) 99 (22) 106 (20) 99 (18)
46 denislaw 61 05:03 104 (10) 106 (14) 100 (13) 96 (12) 90 (12)
47 McBeakLives 103 05:03 106 (22) 103 (20) 95 (21) 107 (19) 87 (21)
48 JayEm 92 05:09 96 (17) 95 (17) 90 (20) 121 (16) 99 (22)
49 March 117 05:10 100 (23) 99 (22) 96 (24) 97 (23) 105 (25)
50 Ed freshpot 110 05:12 95 (20) 99 (21) 95 (23) 103 (23) 105 (23)
51 neilr 99 05:16 100 (19) 99 (21) 97 (19) 97 (23) 106 (17)
52 7dPenguin 107 05:16 97 (21) 99 (20) 98 (23) 102 (23) 102 (20)
53 fshephe 118 05:18 97 (24) 100 (26) 97 (23) 104 (23) 100 (22)
54 Zander 102 05:20 100 (16) 99 (22) 99 (24) 99 (21) 101 (19)
55 Tibthorpe 107 05:20 100 (21) 103 (22) 94 (22) 101 (20) 100 (22)
56 ChuckB 59 05:21 100 (13) 108 (10) 95 (11) 96 (12) 100 (13)
57 pitcaithlie 75 05:25 108 (14) 100 (16) 93 (18) 97 (13) 101 (14)
58 nina s 78 05:25 108 (16) 107 (18) 90 (13) 95 (16) 95 (15)
59 Squallaby 110 05:25 98 (18) 103 (23) 96 (25) 102 (21) 100 (23)
60 AndyKnott321 49 05:36 94 (10) 105 (7) 99 (11) 103 (12) 97 (9)
61 esmeralda 86 05:36 105 (19) 97 (19) 104 (17) 105 (18) 83 (13)
62 Adelaider 95 05:36 100 (18) 100 (17) 102 (20) 98 (20) 97 (20)
63 Riche 95 05:39 107 (19) 100 (18) 98 (21) 93 (17) 100 (20)
64 Finzi 126 05:39 98 (26) 101 (25) 94 (26) 102 (25) 102 (24)
65 drginacoco 51 05:41 105 (9) 73 (10) 98 (11) 109 (10) 112 (11)
66 KET 63 05:45 90 (11) 105 (16) 98 (14) 110 (9) 96 (13)
67 Paul Hammond 59 05:46 91 (12) 117 (12) 91 (11) 108 (10) 92 (14)
68 Rabbitoh 113 05:46 100 (22) 104 (23) 92 (22) 106 (22) 96 (24)
69 rrricharrrd 106 05:49 90 (21) 101 (24) 90 (23) 92 (19) 127 (19)
70 Looch 109 05:49 101 (20) 96 (21) 97 (23) 107 (23) 97 (22)
71 mcrossib1 82 05:50 89 (15) 102 (17) 91 (15) 110 (15) 105 (20)
72 Encota 112 05:54 98 (24) 96 (22) 100 (21) 102 (22) 101 (23)
73 RobR 59 05:55 96 (13) 100 (12) 102 (15) 95 (13) 107 (6)
74 mw7000 75 05:55 100 (16) 99 (12) 100 (20) 106 (16) 91 (11)
75 Rosron 41 05:57 97 (8) 125 (8) 94 (8) 92 (10) 89 (7)
76 chriswestontour 56 05:57 96 (14) 106 (7) 106 (10) 100 (13) 95 (12)
77 andrewfeist96 58 06:04 98 (12) 100 (11) 91 (12) 97 (9) 110 (14)
78 Streaky Bacon 102 06:05 98 (17) 98 (20) 95 (25) 93 (20) 112 (20)
79 KarenR 102 06:06 89 (18) 106 (21) 92 (21) 107 (22) 102 (20)
80 Mike C 83 06:12 98 (18) 107 (16) 97 (15) 101 (17) 95 (17)
81 PGooden 112 06:17 98 (21) 92 (23) 97 (25) 104 (20) 107 (23)
82 Vannyx 85 06:18 103 (15) 97 (17) 111 (17) 88 (19) 100 (17)
83 hopkinb 104 06:18 97 (22) 107 (18) 94 (23) 105 (23) 94 (18)
84 ramf 45 06:22 99 (9) 108 (8) 83 (9) 102 (9) 106 (10)
85 Carol 64 06:25 91 (15) 102 (13) 99 (11) 96 (10) 108 (15)
86 jimwetzler 75 06:27 93 (14) 98 (16) 100 (18) 101 (14) 106 (13)
87 SBQuick 59 06:28 88 (9) 97 (11) 101 (10) 102 (15) 105 (14)
88 Kalakuta72 45 06:29 97 (12) 104 (7) 86 (9) 103 (8) 109 (9)
89 Adrian Cobb 83 06:29 93 (14) 104 (16) 93 (19) 108 (17) 100 (17)
90 julian_w 76 06:30 98 (14) 101 (18) 97 (13) 98 (16) 103 (15)
91 Shabbo 65 06:31 95 (13) 107 (15) 92 (12) 97 (13) 105 (12)
92 Dzhigit 102 06:33 94 (20) 102 (22) 108 (22) 91 (20) 101 (18)
93 paul.whitehouse69 79 06:42 106 (17) 98 (14) 104 (18) 95 (16) 94 (14)
94 GMcD 115 06:46 99 (21) 102 (26) 91 (24) 97 (22) 109 (22)
95 jon 71 06:49 102 (16) 107 (18) 94 (11) 92 (14) 98 (12)
96 ilan 102 06:49 98 (21) 103 (20) 98 (20) 103 (20) 95 (21)
97 Onelug 70 06:51 98 (14) 111 (11) 109 (15) 90 (15) 94 (15)
98 Tudds 116 06:53 97 (25) 104 (22) 95 (25) 103 (23) 99 (21)
99 Kevin Gregg 73 07:00 98 (12) 102 (15) 96 (16) 98 (14) 102 (16)
100 earlylight 55 07:06 91 (11) 101 (10) 100 (13) 107 (11) 99 (10)
101 endafk 86 07:10 92 (16) 97 (17) 98 (19) 104 (16) 105 (18)
102 robinh 111 07:10 92 (21) 100 (22) 99 (24) 103 (24) 103 (20)
103 James P 102 07:12 102 (23) 93 (17) 99 (21) 95 (21) 106 (20)
104 uvofiz 101 07:13 89 (21) 109 (20) 99 (22) 99 (20) 103 (18)
105 janesa 59 07:14 106 (11) 111 (9) 96 (13) 93 (15) 97 (11)
106 FraserH 84 07:18 92 (19) 104 (20) 102 (20) 104 (11) 95 (14)
107 Nangle 91 07:19 95 (17) 99 (17) 96 (18) 99 (19) 108 (20)
108 moirconsult 46 07:25 49 (6) 117 (8) 70 (9) 117 (12) 119 (11)
109 Puzzleplease 108 07:25 97 (21) 105 (21) 98 (21) 101 (22) 96 (23)
110 KenD51 72 07:26 95 (9) 102 (18) 102 (18) 103 (9) 95 (18)
111 Dvynys 74 07:32 90 (14) 97 (18) 102 (17) 114 (12) 97 (13)
112 Obrador 46 07:35 108 (10) 98 (9) 92 (6) 93 (10) 104 (11)
113 Mike Harper 124 07:35 99 (25) 91 (24) 104 (24) 101 (25) 101 (26)
114 td349 56 07:37 99 (10) 110 (12) 93 (13) 88 (10) 106 (11)
115 valerian1967 52 07:38 102 (14) 94 (10) 86 (10) 112 (9) 105 (9)
116 DamienKnapma 98 07:38 106 (13) 103 (20) 94 (24) 97 (20) 101 (21)
117 edwards.robert1 65 07:39 104 (15) 100 (15) 88 (9) 105 (11) 98 (15)
118 Corymbia 105 07:41 96 (18) 103 (18) 96 (21) 101 (24) 101 (24)
119 SlumdogEngineer 47 07:43 104 (7) 80 (6) 99 (12) 88 (14) 131 (8)
120 Desdeeloeste 90 07:46 105 (18) 101 (20) 96 (19) 98 (18) 97 (15)
121 ChrisBrea 93 07:51 105 (20) 101 (20) 95 (16) 94 (18) 102 (19)
122 1234 72 07:55 100 (16) 108 (16) 91 (11) 94 (14) 101 (15)
123 Jamie Fox 101 07:57 105 (20) 106 (20) 84 (20) 103 (22) 100 (19)
124 martinede 51 08:01 99 (8) 104 (11) 99 (11) 91 (10) 105 (11)
125 wwicksteed 59 08:09 100 (11) 101 (11) 96 (14) 103 (13) 97 (10)
126 Aldus 56 08:14 97 (14) 102 (13) 108 (11) 97 (10) 92 (8)
127 John Arnold 88 08:19 96 (17) 101 (22) 103 (19) 103 (16) 94 (14)
128 Sheen 65 08:23 97 (17) 97 (12) 92 (12) 109 (11) 104 (13)
129 OldSolver 50 08:26 95 (8) 105 (10) 103 (14) 96 (11) 97 (7)
130 plett11 121 08:27 97 (21) 100 (24) 91 (25) 106 (25) 103 (26)
131 vefatica 80 08:33 97 (14) 105 (15) 100 (19) 96 (15) 100 (17)
132 Templar Redux 106 08:41 93 (21) 121 (22) 89 (24) 97 (19) 98 (20)
133 goblin 128 08:41 93 (26) 106 (24) 95 (26) 102 (26) 103 (26)
134 ulaca 99 08:42 86 (22) 108 (18) 90 (20) 102 (22) 117 (17)
135 crucihacker 87 08:43 100 (19) 104 (16) 91 (16) 102 (19) 100 (17)
136 Jeeves 116 08:43 97 (25) 101 (25) 94 (22) 103 (22) 103 (22)
137 vinyl12345 86 08:44 99 (18) 95 (16) 105 (20) 100 (20) 97 (12)
138 m5harp 77 08:48 101 (16) 87 (13) 99 (15) 100 (16) 108 (17)
139 Zabadak3 62 08:50 105 (10) 106 (14) 93 (15) 96 (9) 98 (14)
140 johndun 112 08:50 93 (19) 98 (23) 97 (25) 99 (25) 112 (20)
141 kath 64 08:54 91 (6) 95 (14) 99 (15) 102 (14) 105 (15)
142 nigelmzzz 89 08:55 100 (16) 103 (20) 102 (20) 95 (14) 97 (19)
143 mattindoha 100 08:55 93 (19) 100 (22) 104 (23) 105 (17) 95 (19)
144 Cuppa378 50 08:56 86 (8) 100 (13) 109 (10) 96 (9) 104 (10)
145 mjsaunders9 119 08:56 194 (23) 77 (22) 69 (24) 80 (26) 82 (24)
146 luxtonj61 85 08:58 102 (13) 97 (19) 106 (18) 93 (19) 100 (16)
147 Edprof 58 09:00 99 (7) 102 (15) 100 (12) 99 (14) 97 (10)
148 hemantyd 58 09:00 100 (13) 99 (10) 107 (13) 98 (13) 91 (9)
149 smalley552 69 09:00 98 (12) 107 (16) 100 (13) 101 (12) 92 (16)
150 dec 56 09:04 101 (10) 96 (9) 99 (11) 101 (12) 100 (14)
151 timbo 77 09:06 91 (15) 104 (17) 93 (18) 97 (12) 114 (15)
152 Doyler 56 09:10 100 (12) 112 (10) 80 (13) 111 (11) 100 (10)
153 Manuel1 51 09:12 103 (10) 97 (12) 86 (7) 95 (12) 115 (10)
154 Mkgnao 98 09:15 98 (22) 93 (19) 96 (18) 110 (17) 101 (22)
155 crosswordian 54 09:23 98 (14) 100 (11) 97 (11) 95 (8) 107 (10)
156 gsriordan52 103 09:23 93 (18) 97 (22) 98 (20) 108 (22) 101 (21)
157 barracuda 103 09:33 93 (18) 106 (23) 90 (22) 109 (18) 100 (22)
158 Coffell 47 09:35 84 (9) 95 (9) 110 (11) 101 (7) 104 (11)
159 raincloud 75 09:38 88 (13) 118 (15) 101 (19) 90 (13) 97 (15)
160 Deezzaa 107 09:45 102 (16) 96 (24) 98 (24) 100 (23) 103 (20)
161 ofarrell 46 09:46 76 (10) 103 (10) 110 (6) 106 (10) 106 (10)
162 mich_punk 58 09:59 87 (11) 91 (12) 100 (11) 101 (9) 115 (15)
163 Word Psmith 57 10:13 109 (8) 105 (14) 92 (15) 100 (11) 96 (9)
164 richardCV22 86 10:15 94 (17) 95 (20) 96 (18) 111 (14) 105 (17)
165 Poff 78 10:21 95 (14) 99 (15) 109 (16) 95 (16) 97 (17)
166 piltdown man 66 10:23 96 (16) 106 (15) 101 (16) 82 (11) 116 (8)
167 annikins 57 10:31 98 (9) 108 (11) 97 (11) 99 (14) 95 (12)
168 russellcannon 59 10:32 90 (9) 92 (11) 102 (15) 104 (12) 106 (12)
169 alexngbr 38 10:33 80 (7) 106 (6) 91 (8) 111 (10) 107 (7)
170 Nuck_the_king 69 10:35 100 (14) 115 (14) 98 (12) 95 (15) 89 (14)
171 Birdingbob 90 10:51 101 (21) 101 (11) 98 (20) 98 (21) 100 (17)
172 TonyN6 105 11:07 88 (22) 94 (18) 84 (23) 120 (21) 113 (21)
173 starstruck 66 11:08 96 (13) 86 (9) 97 (11) 96 (14) 112 (19)
174 phatman 69 11:09 104 (14) 118 (11) 83 (14) 83 (14) 111 (16)
175 simjt 109 11:22 100 (21) 104 (21) 90 (22) 99 (22) 105 (23)
176 maisiemae 65 11:37 78 (14) 114 (9) 94 (15) 108 (14) 109 (13)
177 intentional rounding 84 11:42 97 (14) 103 (17) 104 (17) 105 (20) 87 (16)
178 E Bradford 63 11:45 94 (11) 114 (16) 102 (16) 89 (10) 89 (10)
179 symbenall2 47 12:09 75 (6) 112 (11) 90 (7) 101 (14) 106 (9)
180 youngbaz 66 12:10 102 (13) 104 (11) 101 (16) 96 (12) 95 (14)
181 alistair.boere 76 12:17 91 (15) 95 (12) 97 (15) 115 (18) 96 (16)
182 BertieVII 97 12:21 90 (19) 85 (20) 112 (19) 95 (21) 117 (18)
183 WordPlodder 109 12:21 95 (23) 97 (23) 96 (25) 100 (24) 117 (14)
184 rlowin2 49 12:23 90 (11) 101 (10) 103 (9) 102 (10) 102 (9)
185 martinr486 84 12:41 108 (16) 108 (21) 91 (16) 94 (17) 94 (14)
186 Sonofjim 61 12:55 96 (8) 104 (16) 93 (10) 93 (13) 108 (14)
187 ifincham2 58 13:08 94 (10) 94 (9) 101 (13) 103 (13) 102 (13)
188 tyrotim 85 13:08 102 (17) 101 (17) 105 (19) 92 (17) 96 (15)
189 kapietro 105 13:09 98 (17) 96 (21) 93 (22) 99 (22) 111 (23)
190 The Real Steve Snackman 105 13:17 96 (22) 98 (22) 97 (22) 104 (21) 104 (18)
191 chabuduo 113 13:23 94 (22) 106 (23) 101 (22) 100 (24) 97 (22)
192 mpbthorpe 49 13:29 88 (8) 84 (7) 99 (12) 100 (12) 120 (10)
193 nick.wilson 69 13:47 91 (15) 94 (12) 95 (13) 99 (14) 117 (15)
194 Mendes 89 14:34 101 (17) 111 (21) 97 (17) 98 (15) 89 (19)
195 trish_tang 45 14:54 114 (10) 111 (6) 77 (7) 90 (11) 104 (11)
196 Charpentier 62 15:01 96 (12) 105 (15) 93 (10) 105 (11) 97 (14)
197 horners1974 72 15:11 67 (13) 78 (16) 69 (17) 212 (15) 63 (11)
198 Jax74 39 15:33 87 (7) 90 (8) 98 (9) 113 (7) 109 (8)
199 Holly O 40 15:38 87 (8) 97 (6) 102 (6) 93 (13) 126 (7)
200 Xebeq 65 15:51 101 (12) 102 (10) 92 (16) 91 (10) 109 (17)
201 kfb20 67 15:54 105 (16) 106 (13) 84 (9) 91 (16) 106 (13)
202 Mark from Ipswich 90 16:04 93 (15) 94 (19) 105 (19) 101 (18) 104 (19)
203 Steve Wood 98 16:17 90 (23) 107 (22) 97 (18) 107 (18) 97 (17)
204 RPE10538 71 16:35 100 (15) 93 (11) 107 (19) 89 (13) 104 (13)
205 david.14587 71 16:50 106 (16) 105 (14) 96 (13) 88 (13) 100 (15)
206 tomtom2 69 17:02 89 (9) 102 (13) 107 (15) 89 (16) 107 (16)
207 TonyK 102 19:42 106 (21) 96 (18) 93 (17) 95 (24) 106 (22)
208 winelover 49 20:11 115 (8) 86 (11) 92 (10) 97 (8) 110 (12)
209 Hazelnut 41 20:45 84 (9) 98 (6) 105 (10) 106 (9) 104 (7)
210 ian.shepherd 77 20:48 96 (16) 108 (17) 96 (15) 105 (17) 88 (12)
211 bangsar 49 21:07 104 (10) 103 (13) 91 (8) 109 (8) 89 (10)
212 maryht 75 21:14 100 (16) 95 (13) 106 (13) 96 (15) 101 (18)
213 RK123 36 21:46 88 (8) 106 (6) 93 (6) 125 (8) 86 (8)
214 pfalloon 107 22:05 95 (23) 82 (18) 85 (21) 125 (23) 106 (22)
215 thechan 45 22:47 75 (11) 72 (11) 73 (6) 269 (6) 73 (11)
216 dominic.c-b 42 23:15 97 (10) 99 (11) 93 (6) 106 (8) 103 (7)
217 pamelalewis51 72 23:18 95 (13) 98 (15) 101 (23) 105 (11) 98 (10)
218 Dofray 43 24:00 95 (9) 106 (6) 94 (8) 96 (8) 105 (12)
219 Damien Grover 37 26:22 42 (6) 153 (7) 105 (8) 68 (9) 129 (7)
220 IanV 44 32:41 103 (8) 103 (11) 104 (10) 89 (9) 96 (6)
221 shankar 52 36:18 132 (10) 67 (12) 131 (8) 70 (14) 128 (8)
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