Quick SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for November 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 54 01:58 93 (16) 99 (8) 99 (12) 95 (8) 113 (10)
2 Paul Gilbert 124 02:05 86 (25) 98 (25) 103 (25) 101 (25) 109 (24)
3 cmjhutton 108 02:06 90 (23) 94 (20) 103 (23) 103 (22) 111 (20)
4 lili 106 02:12 90 (22) 98 (22) 99 (21) 96 (22) 115 (19)
5 mistigris 99 02:35 86 (19) 102 (18) 101 (22) 103 (20) 103 (20)
6 Magoo 120 02:37 86 (26) 96 (22) 104 (24) 96 (24) 115 (24)
7 verlaine 127 02:38 86 (26) 105 (24) 99 (25) 98 (26) 108 (26)
8 Jason 114 02:39 79 (19) 97 (25) 102 (24) 102 (25) 115 (21)
9 hilarym 104 02:46 87 (23) 98 (22) 100 (22) 104 (19) 112 (18)
10 aphis99 122 02:46 83 (26) 95 (25) 102 (23) 104 (25) 116 (23)
11 HoneyBadger 104 03:07 88 (18) 92 (21) 102 (21) 103 (22) 111 (22)
12 Flimmy flammy 127 03:11 89 (26) 95 (26) 100 (25) 105 (26) 109 (24)
13 Ciolf 114 03:17 84 (21) 98 (24) 100 (23) 103 (23) 113 (23)
14 Sheapey 50 03:18 83 (9) 92 (12) 107 (10) 110 (12) 104 (7)
15 Amoeba89 121 03:19 81 (24) 99 (26) 109 (23) 95 (25) 116 (23)
16 markdobell 117 03:23 85 (23) 95 (24) 102 (23) 104 (24) 111 (23)
17 Wizard of Aus 49 03:31 88 (9) 103 (10) 105 (12) 95 (12) 110 (6)
18 richard 69 03:31 91 (13) 101 (16) 100 (16) 100 (15) 108 (9)
19 Heyesey 112 03:33 90 (24) 97 (22) 102 (21) 100 (24) 113 (21)
20 SimonAnthony 122 03:47 88 (24) 93 (25) 105 (25) 102 (25) 110 (23)
21 AlanS 58 03:50 91 (17) 106 (14) 94 (9) 101 (11) 111 (7)
22 Kinghedger 109 03:52 87 (23) 96 (22) 97 (21) 107 (21) 111 (22)
23 Deane Short 94 03:56 91 (20) 95 (15) 108 (22) 91 (18) 109 (19)
24 glheard 82 04:05 91 (19) 91 (14) 112 (15) 92 (20) 115 (14)
25 Bluejacket 118 04:08 81 (24) 93 (23) 105 (25) 114 (22) 106 (24)
26 MikeOsborne 118 04:09 88 (23) 89 (25) 97 (25) 108 (24) 118 (21)
27 Topical Tim 104 04:12 87 (22) 94 (21) 100 (19) 113 (20) 105 (22)
28 EricK 120 04:12 82 (24) 98 (22) 103 (24) 102 (25) 112 (25)
29 Roscoe 43 04:23 97 (10) 96 (10) 90 (7) 103 (8) 112 (8)
30 JayEm 102 04:24 83 (19) 102 (22) 104 (21) 100 (23) 108 (17)
31 lickert 120 04:27 95 (25) 89 (23) 102 (24) 103 (24) 107 (24)
32 tiggis 53 04:28 88 (10) 98 (14) 106 (9) 91 (10) 117 (10)
33 chindit 112 04:29 91 (20) 91 (24) 105 (21) 103 (24) 108 (23)
34 tilbee 101 04:32 91 (21) 100 (18) 104 (20) 97 (20) 106 (22)
35 andrewlake 115 04:32 87 (25) 109 (21) 94 (22) 100 (23) 109 (24)
36 Jon Delfin 121 04:33 85 (23) 93 (26) 103 (22) 104 (25) 113 (25)
37 lucyg43484 106 04:36 82 (24) 96 (21) 98 (19) 106 (21) 119 (21)
38 canismiser 81 04:38 95 (21) 91 (15) 103 (15) 100 (17) 110 (13)
39 alexh 104 04:40 84 (24) 94 (19) 106 (19) 109 (23) 107 (19)
40 MK76 105 04:40 85 (22) 93 (19) 102 (23) 103 (22) 117 (19)
41 philjordan1147 105 04:41 87 (22) 97 (22) 100 (18) 102 (21) 113 (22)
42 cdb_100 109 04:41 81 (24) 83 (22) 100 (20) 132 (22) 104 (21)
43 Tom Stubbs 120 04:41 87 (25) 100 (23) 100 (24) 101 (23) 109 (25)
44 benbush 48 04:43 88 (10) 93 (9) 98 (13) 106 (8) 118 (8)
45 rrricharrrd 102 04:44 80 (23) 97 (17) 97 (17) 103 (24) 121 (21)
46 Aybee 114 04:44 82 (23) 102 (23) 101 (22) 103 (22) 109 (24)
47 Ed freshpot 95 04:45 87 (23) 92 (20) 100 (16) 112 (19) 112 (17)
48 March 121 04:45 91 (25) 98 (23) 102 (25) 102 (24) 105 (24)
49 scrabbler 94 04:46 89 (20) 102 (19) 102 (19) 95 (18) 111 (18)
50 clarkeybaby 43 04:47 94 (9) 102 (8) 100 (9) 100 (8) 102 (9)
51 Freemers 74 04:49 80 (14) 107 (15) 101 (15) 97 (15) 111 (15)
52 ram80 46 04:50 92 (7) 91 (8) 113 (10) 100 (10) 98 (11)
53 LouWeed 113 04:50 82 (23) 91 (23) 104 (23) 103 (24) 120 (20)
54 d.middleton 42 04:51 93 (14) 104 (7) 105 (7) 101 (8) 103 (6)
55 andy 117 04:53 84 (24) 95 (25) 104 (22) 104 (25) 111 (21)
56 neilr 83 04:55 84 (17) 97 (19) 110 (16) 98 (19) 114 (12)
57 Zander 102 04:55 85 (23) 100 (21) 105 (20) 100 (22) 113 (16)
58 The Dabbler 50 04:58 98 (10) 96 (11) 103 (11) 101 (10) 100 (8)
59 Honggui 54 05:00 87 (12) 104 (12) 94 (13) 106 (10) 116 (7)
60 Tibthorpe 95 05:00 92 (23) 101 (16) 97 (21) 103 (17) 109 (18)
61 Squallaby 114 05:01 85 (22) 97 (23) 104 (21) 96 (24) 116 (24)
62 Freemers1968 45 05:03 72 (10) 89 (8) 88 (10) 144 (10) 103 (7)
63 Riche 83 05:03 91 (22) 97 (15) 96 (14) 98 (14) 116 (18)
64 Vannyx 91 05:04 85 (22) 86 (19) 117 (18) 108 (18) 107 (14)
65 Paul Hammond 84 05:06 83 (14) 91 (17) 104 (16) 104 (19) 112 (18)
66 Rabbitoh 103 05:07 88 (21) 97 (20) 104 (20) 100 (22) 110 (20)
67 AndyKnott321 65 05:08 89 (15) 100 (12) 105 (14) 97 (14) 110 (10)
68 SBQuick 48 05:11 91 (11) 98 (10) 105 (9) 103 (10) 103 (8)
69 Streaky Bacon 76 05:11 91 (16) 99 (18) 103 (16) 102 (16) 105 (10)
70 ChuckB 56 05:12 92 (17) 99 (12) 99 (9) 108 (11) 104 (7)
71 KarenR 99 05:13 83 (19) 85 (21) 107 (21) 106 (19) 118 (19)
72 babka 89 05:14 75 (19) 97 (18) 100 (18) 102 (16) 125 (18)
73 7dPenguin 108 05:18 86 (25) 93 (17) 100 (20) 97 (25) 123 (21)
74 nina s 80 05:20 87 (16) 99 (15) 103 (16) 112 (17) 96 (16)
75 mcrossib1 64 05:21 86 (14) 93 (15) 112 (9) 101 (12) 110 (14)
76 Anomalospiza 104 05:21 84 (22) 95 (21) 108 (20) 96 (19) 115 (22)
77 mw7000 56 05:24 75 (10) 99 (12) 110 (11) 93 (12) 120 (11)
78 KET 50 05:25 90 (14) 102 (15) 116 (8) 89 (7) 104 (6)
79 chriswestontour 63 05:28 94 (17) 97 (15) 101 (13) 106 (11) 102 (7)
80 cmcnsmith 50 05:29 96 (12) 98 (12) 100 (10) 105 (8) 102 (8)
81 dr.shred 79 05:29 86 (17) 91 (15) 105 (13) 102 (16) 113 (18)
82 Encota 97 05:30 85 (16) 97 (21) 109 (22) 99 (21) 104 (17)
83 Carol 52 05:31 87 (14) 100 (6) 90 (9) 103 (10) 117 (13)
84 esmeralda 88 05:31 79 (18) 86 (18) 108 (22) 115 (15) 112 (15)
85 Mike C 81 05:36 84 (16) 90 (15) 102 (18) 104 (19) 119 (13)
86 Onelug 57 05:38 81 (15) 95 (11) 110 (14) 112 (8) 108 (9)
87 thewanderingeditor 64 05:38 80 (15) 106 (13) 100 (11) 105 (15) 111 (10)
88 Looch 108 05:39 87 (21) 91 (21) 109 (22) 101 (21) 108 (23)
89 andrewfeist96 78 05:41 80 (17) 86 (18) 109 (11) 111 (16) 117 (16)
90 Shabbo 59 05:43 87 (13) 98 (15) 98 (13) 108 (11) 115 (7)
91 Finzi 122 05:44 89 (25) 98 (25) 100 (22) 103 (26) 108 (24)
92 Crossiant 98 05:49 83 (17) 95 (20) 95 (18) 107 (20) 113 (23)
93 cath23 44 05:51 86 (9) 95 (7) 103 (8) 99 (11) 114 (9)
94 hopkinb 105 05:58 83 (22) 94 (22) 108 (21) 106 (20) 108 (20)
95 Rosron 48 06:00 83 (12) 105 (7) 108 (10) 96 (10) 112 (9)
96 julian_w 81 06:01 88 (14) 95 (18) 103 (16) 100 (14) 108 (19)
97 paul.whitehouse69 65 06:02 91 (18) 97 (14) 108 (12) 106 (11) 102 (10)
98 PGooden 90 06:03 84 (19) 91 (19) 96 (17) 107 (16) 119 (19)
99 Tudds 103 06:03 91 (21) 95 (23) 99 (20) 103 (20) 112 (19)
100 Dzhigit 100 06:10 78 (19) 95 (19) 99 (21) 105 (22) 120 (19)
101 James P 100 06:21 85 (19) 92 (22) 107 (19) 102 (20) 112 (20)
102 Jamie Fox 98 06:26 87 (20) 92 (20) 107 (18) 99 (19) 113 (21)
103 Adrian Cobb 75 06:29 87 (15) 95 (18) 102 (12) 105 (18) 112 (12)
104 GMcD 92 06:29 81 (19) 86 (18) 105 (20) 105 (16) 119 (19)
105 jimwetzler 61 06:30 80 (14) 93 (13) 109 (13) 100 (11) 123 (10)
106 uvofiz 91 06:31 87 (19) 87 (17) 104 (18) 104 (19) 115 (18)
107 janesa 48 06:35 87 (8) 87 (12) 104 (12) 109 (8) 114 (8)
108 jon 55 06:35 84 (8) 94 (12) 95 (14) 100 (9) 120 (12)
109 mjsaunders9 105 06:35 86 (21) 95 (22) 111 (21) 99 (18) 106 (23)
110 valerian1967 61 06:41 93 (11) 89 (11) 106 (13) 100 (14) 107 (12)
111 The Caffeine Kid 57 06:46 83 (12) 93 (12) 105 (12) 112 (12) 107 (9)
112 KenD51 49 06:51 90 (6) 82 (10) 103 (15) 106 (7) 111 (11)
113 DamienKnapma 88 06:51 85 (20) 94 (17) 101 (17) 101 (16) 118 (18)
114 Dvynys 89 06:52 83 (18) 95 (17) 113 (18) 91 (17) 114 (19)
115 ilan 77 06:56 90 (13) 93 (15) 106 (15) 101 (18) 105 (16)
116 Puzzleplease 83 06:58 82 (18) 95 (19) 102 (17) 103 (14) 119 (15)
117 mjwiseman 46 07:00 86 (10) 94 (11) 96 (7) 101 (9) 123 (9)
118 Nangle 80 07:03 79 (15) 91 (16) 107 (16) 106 (15) 113 (18)
119 Kevin Gregg 68 07:06 79 (13) 96 (17) 106 (15) 103 (12) 115 (11)
120 Corymbia 76 07:06 81 (15) 89 (13) 101 (15) 104 (15) 118 (18)
121 raincloud 61 07:14 71 (12) 98 (15) 109 (12) 97 (13) 131 (9)
122 Desdeeloeste 82 07:17 82 (17) 102 (21) 101 (17) 95 (13) 118 (14)
123 nigel 40 07:22 76 (10) 103 (8) 104 (6) 94 (8) 127 (8)
124 robinh 83 07:27 83 (16) 104 (13) 98 (15) 102 (19) 110 (20)
125 intentional rounding 80 07:29 79 (15) 92 (16) 101 (16) 116 (16) 109 (17)
126 Mike Harper 107 07:29 79 (21) 91 (22) 112 (24) 100 (20) 115 (20)
127 ChrisBrea 66 07:31 81 (12) 93 (13) 109 (11) 100 (12) 111 (18)
128 Templar Redux 108 07:31 82 (21) 96 (24) 101 (22) 102 (21) 119 (20)
129 Solving slo mo 51 07:32 121 (6) 92 (11) 94 (11) 96 (11) 105 (12)
130 1234 48 07:33 84 (7) 102 (11) 108 (12) 98 (12) 98 (6)
131 Mudge 61 07:33 84 (11) 88 (12) 113 (13) 95 (11) 113 (14)
132 John Arnold 54 07:40 95 (11) 92 (12) 98 (11) 103 (10) 113 (10)
133 robertL 39 07:42 80 (7) 100 (6) 93 (6) 109 (8) 108 (12)
134 plett11 111 07:43 81 (21) 96 (25) 100 (23) 104 (22) 117 (20)
135 hemantyd 49 07:44 80 (9) 81 (11) 102 (9) 104 (13) 141 (7)
136 ulaca 78 07:58 84 (14) 89 (14) 108 (16) 108 (16) 105 (18)
137 johndun 100 07:59 84 (19) 91 (21) 100 (22) 101 (18) 121 (20)
138 crucihacker 49 08:07 77 (11) 88 (10) 101 (10) 103 (8) 132 (10)
139 john.brassey 47 08:14 81 (8) 90 (8) 100 (10) 115 (7) 108 (14)
140 vefatica 62 08:19 88 (15) 98 (16) 107 (11) 100 (9) 109 (11)
141 Jeeves 74 08:19 83 (15) 94 (14) 104 (15) 108 (17) 108 (13)
142 RPY 58 08:21 76 (12) 99 (14) 102 (13) 103 (10) 122 (9)
143 gsriordan52 70 08:22 78 (13) 97 (16) 100 (18) 108 (14) 121 (9)
144 mattindoha 74 08:26 89 (9) 89 (17) 110 (12) 95 (18) 112 (18)
145 mich_punk 44 08:27 83 (6) 86 (8) 98 (10) 109 (8) 111 (12)
146 m5harp 66 08:29 78 (15) 91 (13) 88 (10) 97 (12) 135 (16)
147 goblin 91 08:29 88 (18) 90 (17) 108 (19) 105 (18) 105 (19)
148 kath 36 08:35 85 (10) 87 (7) 121 (6) 96 (7) 121 (6)
149 Word Psmith 38 08:35 86 (7) 95 (10) 110 (9) 94 (6) 113 (6)
150 starstruck 74 08:38 83 (15) 97 (13) 94 (16) 99 (15) 125 (15)
151 nigelmzzz 66 08:42 68 (9) 93 (17) 110 (10) 99 (13) 117 (17)
152 Peloton 54 08:45 78 (8) 96 (10) 105 (11) 110 (10) 102 (15)
153 piltdown man 48 08:47 90 (10) 85 (9) 106 (11) 116 (9) 100 (9)
154 Deezzaa 79 08:51 79 (16) 93 (14) 108 (16) 104 (15) 112 (18)
155 vinyl12345 82 09:00 78 (12) 91 (19) 103 (17) 109 (19) 111 (15)
156 Mkgnao 65 09:01 81 (11) 86 (14) 101 (16) 118 (9) 113 (15)
157 crosswordian 49 09:06 84 (9) 87 (13) 104 (7) 100 (8) 123 (12)
158 Kernowdoc 58 09:19 81 (13) 101 (12) 105 (13) 106 (8) 108 (12)
159 E Bradford 61 09:25 78 (13) 101 (15) 118 (12) 99 (13) 104 (8)
160 horners1974 52 09:43 87 (12) 97 (10) 98 (12) 104 (9) 115 (9)
161 barracuda 56 09:43 88 (11) 98 (11) 105 (11) 98 (12) 109 (11)
162 Birdingbob 52 10:03 79 (10) 75 (9) 122 (11) 101 (9) 111 (13)
163 Alias Noble 74 10:14 78 (13) 90 (15) 109 (13) 96 (16) 121 (17)
164 The Real Steve Snackman 73 10:22 73 (14) 95 (16) 106 (15) 105 (16) 121 (12)
165 martinr486 52 10:25 84 (14) 95 (8) 110 (14) 103 (8) 109 (8)
166 chabuduo 102 10:40 85 (21) 89 (21) 93 (20) 98 (21) 135 (19)
167 Captain Burnaby 42 10:46 81 (10) 110 (7) 110 (7) 102 (9) 102 (9)
168 simjt 101 10:46 85 (18) 92 (22) 101 (19) 103 (20) 114 (22)
169 Solfynn 34 10:51 53 (6) 89 (7) 95 (6) 90 (8) 165 (7)
170 rlowin2 37 10:53 91 (9) 94 (7) 106 (6) 86 (6) 116 (9)
171 TonyN6 68 10:56 83 (14) 91 (17) 105 (17) 100 (10) 128 (10)
172 maisiemae 57 11:04 86 (12) 69 (9) 101 (13) 104 (10) 128 (13)
173 mpbthorpe 48 11:14 87 (12) 78 (7) 81 (8) 124 (9) 118 (12)
174 alistair.boere 40 11:17 77 (7) 78 (7) 106 (8) 110 (8) 116 (10)
175 BertieVII 62 11:19 81 (12) 98 (9) 103 (14) 103 (14) 110 (13)
176 Sonofjim 44 11:23 93 (8) 88 (11) 105 (8) 95 (8) 118 (9)
177 Muckypuppy 68 11:36 79 (14) 109 (14) 92 (12) 99 (14) 117 (14)
178 tyrotim 57 11:51 75 (12) 91 (11) 104 (12) 107 (13) 124 (9)
179 suethepotterer 60 11:54 92 (11) 95 (11) 101 (11) 98 (11) 108 (16)
180 Mark from Ipswich 72 11:54 77 (12) 89 (14) 101 (15) 114 (15) 111 (16)
181 kapietro 85 11:55 81 (12) 94 (18) 105 (20) 97 (18) 115 (17)
182 Steve Wood 76 11:58 85 (16) 85 (12) 109 (15) 109 (16) 106 (17)
183 youngbaz 42 12:00 85 (8) 104 (11) 106 (7) 97 (7) 105 (9)
184 WordPlodder 100 12:18 97 (19) 85 (20) 111 (20) 97 (21) 108 (20)
185 danielbluebisson 61 12:40 80 (15) 81 (14) 128 (14) 97 (11) 124 (7)
186 pfalloon 71 12:50 71 (13) 96 (12) 109 (15) 113 (17) 103 (14)
187 Mendes 80 13:30 87 (17) 92 (17) 98 (15) 101 (18) 125 (13)
188 RPE10538 54 15:14 79 (11) 98 (14) 89 (11) 111 (11) 133 (7)
189 kfb20 59 15:17 78 (11) 72 (10) 118 (10) 107 (13) 115 (15)
190 ian.shepherd 41 18:01 82 (8) 96 (10) 106 (7) 86 (7) 124 (9)
191 TonyK 51 18:01 94 (6) 94 (12) 99 (10) 100 (11) 108 (12)
192 bangsar 71 19:52 88 (12) 96 (17) 87 (12) 100 (17) 126 (13)
193 tomtom2 68 20:39 61 (14) 80 (11) 152 (16) 85 (13) 106 (14)
194 thechan 37 23:11 54 (7) 202 (8) 79 (7) 79 (7) 74 (8)
195 shankar 46 28:41 78 (14) 76 (9) 75 (7) 134 (9) 155 (7)
196 revolting tonic 54 32:06 89 (12) 70 (7) 114 (9) 104 (14) 111 (12)
197 andybry 57 35:11 70 (10) 85 (10) 111 (10) 103 (14) 121 (13)
198 crossworder 70 41:24 79 (16) 84 (15) 111 (12) 106 (13) 124 (14)
199 mcfarl 62 52:58 67 (12) 111 (15) 105 (13) 81 (13) 142 (9)
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