Quick SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for January 2024

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 75 02:11 87 (18) 101 (16) 100 (17) 106 (11) 106 (13)
2 Paul Gilbert 116 02:30 93 (24) 98 (23) 97 (21) 104 (24) 106 (24)
3 Jason 66 02:34 82 (13) 92 (15) 118 (14) 100 (12) 106 (12)
4 mistigris 98 02:41 87 (18) 94 (20) 100 (19) 108 (22) 105 (19)
5 cmjhutton 115 02:43 87 (24) 100 (24) 98 (23) 101 (20) 112 (24)
6 hilarym 103 02:47 91 (22) 107 (19) 98 (24) 100 (20) 104 (18)
7 verlaine 114 02:49 92 (23) 104 (24) 95 (23) 104 (21) 102 (23)
8 aphis99 118 02:50 91 (24) 102 (25) 94 (23) 106 (22) 105 (24)
9 Flimmy flammy 120 03:05 91 (25) 98 (21) 95 (25) 105 (26) 108 (23)
10 Heyesey 107 03:38 88 (23) 99 (23) 102 (22) 101 (18) 108 (21)
11 markdobell 122 03:38 93 (25) 100 (24) 99 (26) 106 (25) 100 (22)
12 richard 94 03:41 96 (20) 105 (17) 95 (21) 95 (19) 108 (17)
13 Topical Tim 117 03:46 85 (23) 100 (24) 102 (24) 107 (23) 103 (23)
14 glheard 89 03:59 100 (24) 95 (17) 88 (17) 114 (15) 101 (16)
15 Kinghedger 78 04:09 92 (14) 104 (14) 93 (16) 101 (18) 106 (16)
16 lickert 122 04:09 91 (22) 98 (24) 98 (26) 106 (24) 103 (26)
17 chindit 114 04:10 91 (22) 98 (24) 102 (25) 101 (23) 108 (20)
18 xyster 59 04:24 96 (11) 92 (14) 105 (13) 101 (10) 105 (11)
19 Roscoe 102 04:28 94 (22) 100 (18) 98 (21) 105 (20) 101 (21)
20 Umpire 99 04:30 86 (20) 99 (22) 99 (19) 107 (19) 108 (19)
21 philjordan1147 106 04:30 98 (22) 96 (18) 94 (23) 98 (24) 114 (19)
22 tiggis 66 04:31 94 (14) 95 (14) 98 (12) 105 (11) 107 (15)
23 MikeOsborne 108 04:32 89 (24) 103 (22) 93 (20) 111 (24) 102 (18)
24 Tom Stubbs 118 04:32 93 (24) 95 (24) 101 (26) 103 (21) 105 (23)
25 chriss 94 04:35 94 (18) 100 (20) 100 (22) 95 (17) 108 (17)
26 alexh 93 04:37 98 (22) 102 (16) 101 (17) 95 (16) 101 (22)
27 tilbee 89 04:40 100 (18) 96 (16) 92 (18) 108 (19) 101 (18)
28 AlanS 103 04:42 89 (19) 99 (20) 97 (23) 112 (22) 100 (19)
29 Liari 92 04:43 82 (19) 100 (16) 104 (20) 108 (17) 105 (20)
30 canismiser 94 04:45 83 (21) 106 (18) 99 (20) 104 (20) 108 (15)
31 MK76 85 04:46 88 (21) 99 (15) 100 (17) 103 (16) 112 (16)
32 lucyg43484 115 04:48 92 (25) 99 (22) 102 (26) 96 (23) 111 (19)
33 d.middleton 45 04:49 92 (15) 106 (9) 96 (8) 103 (6) 110 (7)
34 andy 116 04:52 92 (25) 102 (22) 95 (24) 105 (21) 106 (24)
35 Honggui 79 04:55 91 (17) 98 (15) 101 (18) 105 (14) 103 (15)
36 Ed freshpot 97 04:55 99 (20) 93 (18) 92 (20) 103 (18) 111 (21)
37 andrewlake 114 04:56 95 (25) 104 (19) 92 (22) 103 (23) 104 (25)
38 March 116 04:57 95 (24) 96 (22) 97 (24) 99 (23) 112 (23)
39 pitcaithlie 86 04:59 84 (19) 102 (19) 100 (18) 109 (16) 107 (14)
40 LouWeed 115 05:01 92 (23) 105 (24) 97 (21) 92 (21) 109 (26)
41 Eddddddd 54 05:10 94 (13) 105 (11) 99 (10) 91 (8) 107 (12)
42 7dPenguin 106 05:15 98 (22) 97 (23) 99 (19) 101 (19) 103 (23)
43 Zander 103 05:17 92 (21) 98 (22) 95 (19) 99 (22) 114 (19)
44 ChuckB 67 05:21 94 (14) 100 (16) 96 (14) 104 (12) 107 (11)
45 Ease This Jam 56 05:22 85 (13) 132 (11) 84 (12) 96 (9) 104 (11)
46 Penfold_61 86 05:23 93 (18) 101 (15) 98 (20) 101 (14) 106 (19)
47 Tibthorpe 102 05:23 94 (20) 102 (20) 96 (22) 103 (21) 103 (19)
48 daulbs 104 05:25 83 (21) 100 (20) 89 (20) 110 (23) 114 (20)
49 Squallaby 110 05:25 88 (24) 100 (21) 100 (19) 106 (23) 104 (23)
50 fshephe 115 05:25 88 (24) 99 (22) 97 (24) 103 (20) 109 (25)
51 nina s 88 05:26 85 (18) 92 (17) 102 (14) 109 (17) 108 (22)
52 Aly Duncan 58 05:27 99 (17) 89 (9) 99 (12) 102 (12) 110 (8)
53 MossDef 49 05:28 82 (10) 100 (10) 100 (10) 108 (8) 108 (11)
54 george.plumbly 60 05:34 90 (12) 100 (13) 98 (14) 112 (10) 101 (11)
55 neilr 101 05:36 94 (19) 102 (19) 98 (21) 101 (20) 102 (22)
56 KET 67 05:38 90 (16) 106 (16) 94 (14) 101 (12) 112 (9)
57 Paul Hammond 45 05:39 84 (11) 107 (8) 96 (10) 108 (9) 111 (7)
58 Finzi 123 05:43 97 (25) 100 (23) 93 (26) 104 (24) 104 (25)
59 cath23 44 05:46 84 (7) 90 (9) 102 (9) 110 (10) 107 (9)
60 esmeralda 101 05:47 87 (23) 103 (19) 106 (20) 97 (19) 106 (20)
61 Rabbitoh 106 05:48 86 (23) 99 (20) 93 (22) 118 (21) 103 (20)
62 Looch 122 05:50 92 (24) 104 (23) 97 (25) 98 (24) 106 (26)
63 Rosron 62 05:54 94 (17) 92 (6) 101 (14) 102 (11) 105 (14)
64 Dzhigit 84 05:55 94 (15) 100 (17) 98 (19) 95 (17) 112 (16)
65 RobR 44 05:56 93 (9) 88 (8) 94 (8) 106 (8) 112 (11)
66 MrChumley 40 05:57 97 (12) 104 (7) 95 (7) 98 (8) 106 (6)
67 Encota 50 05:58 94 (10) 103 (6) 92 (12) 99 (10) 110 (12)
68 GeorgeTz 54 05:58 98 (12) 95 (10) 99 (13) 105 (12) 101 (7)
69 McBeak 105 06:02 100 (23) 100 (19) 99 (21) 100 (22) 100 (20)
70 Crossiant 111 06:03 87 (20) 93 (23) 96 (22) 104 (24) 117 (22)
71 Carol 54 06:04 86 (13) 97 (8) 101 (12) 103 (9) 111 (12)
72 Shabbo 80 06:04 93 (16) 88 (16) 103 (15) 95 (13) 114 (20)
73 LuckOfLucien 84 06:04 90 (17) 99 (16) 99 (17) 103 (17) 107 (17)
74 Freemers 72 06:06 95 (15) 97 (14) 93 (13) 103 (14) 109 (16)
75 DunPangolin 78 06:09 92 (20) 99 (18) 100 (18) 109 (11) 105 (11)
76 GMcD 112 06:13 93 (23) 93 (21) 102 (24) 101 (21) 108 (23)
77 Blackbeard 44 06:16 85 (9) 107 (9) 78 (10) 104 (7) 126 (9)
78 jimwetzler 73 06:17 85 (18) 108 (14) 103 (12) 104 (16) 102 (13)
79 Tudds 109 06:17 93 (23) 95 (19) 94 (24) 102 (22) 114 (21)
80 Wyn Lewis 34 06:25 84 (6) 109 (7) 99 (8) 105 (7) 98 (6)
81 Michael Dove 41 06:28 86 (12) 95 (8) 104 (8) 115 (7) 109 (6)
82 Kevin Gregg 79 06:28 89 (17) 99 (14) 107 (19) 97 (16) 104 (13)
83 hopkinb 97 06:32 90 (19) 100 (17) 97 (23) 102 (17) 108 (21)
84 uvofiz 103 06:33 89 (18) 106 (23) 94 (22) 102 (21) 105 (19)
85 ilan 96 06:34 90 (21) 107 (18) 97 (22) 100 (14) 105 (21)
86 PGooden 75 06:38 95 (16) 94 (15) 95 (17) 108 (14) 109 (13)
87 Jeremy Weissmann 47 06:39 90 (13) 113 (6) 100 (8) 103 (8) 101 (12)
88 Viscomte 60 06:39 87 (11) 101 (12) 99 (17) 109 (11) 104 (9)
89 paul.whitehouse69 82 06:39 101 (18) 99 (15) 98 (19) 92 (15) 108 (15)
90 robinh 108 06:45 93 (22) 94 (19) 102 (23) 102 (23) 105 (21)
91 julian_w 72 06:52 96 (12) 97 (16) 97 (16) 105 (13) 104 (15)
92 jon 88 06:52 90 (14) 100 (18) 94 (15) 95 (22) 115 (19)
93 Kalakuta72 48 06:55 95 (11) 91 (10) 108 (8) 106 (10) 98 (9)
94 James P 109 06:55 90 (22) 97 (21) 100 (22) 99 (20) 110 (24)
95 KenD51 45 06:57 92 (10) 91 (9) 94 (8) 119 (9) 101 (9)
96 Nangle 72 07:05 84 (13) 99 (12) 100 (16) 102 (16) 110 (15)
97 Riche 83 07:06 97 (16) 107 (15) 97 (19) 95 (18) 104 (15)
98 SlumdogEngineer 56 07:12 85 (11) 105 (10) 92 (16) 91 (8) 127 (11)
99 Dvynys 77 07:17 84 (15) 108 (15) 101 (15) 100 (12) 103 (20)
100 Gussie 41 07:19 89 (9) 110 (7) 102 (10) 96 (7) 102 (8)
101 valerian1967 40 07:21 93 (7) 98 (11) 102 (7) 97 (9) 110 (6)
102 Mike Harper 105 07:22 95 (21) 104 (19) 94 (20) 102 (22) 102 (23)
103 Puzzleplease 102 07:23 84 (18) 100 (19) 98 (22) 107 (23) 106 (20)
104 Pxspxs 42 07:24 94 (7) 99 (12) 101 (9) 100 (6) 104 (8)
105 earlylight 81 07:33 86 (19) 103 (16) 98 (18) 110 (11) 108 (17)
106 1234 66 07:35 90 (15) 92 (11) 99 (14) 101 (12) 116 (14)
107 endafk 88 07:45 91 (21) 92 (14) 86 (14) 109 (22) 115 (17)
108 gsriordan52 89 07:56 89 (14) 109 (20) 91 (17) 101 (19) 104 (19)
109 John Arnold 78 07:58 82 (16) 104 (13) 93 (20) 104 (12) 118 (17)
110 ChrisBrea 96 07:58 96 (18) 103 (17) 95 (20) 95 (20) 108 (21)
111 jaraab 48 08:04 84 (10) 104 (11) 102 (8) 100 (9) 107 (10)
112 Corymbia 87 08:06 87 (22) 105 (15) 103 (14) 94 (19) 116 (17)
113 TomHerbert 81 08:09 94 (16) 100 (18) 102 (18) 102 (15) 99 (14)
114 crosswordian 77 08:12 87 (14) 100 (16) 97 (13) 101 (17) 110 (17)
115 dec 38 08:14 90 (8) 114 (7) 79 (8) 98 (7) 119 (8)
116 mattindoha 99 08:15 88 (21) 97 (18) 103 (16) 100 (21) 109 (23)
117 nigel 53 08:17 77 (14) 94 (10) 125 (9) 87 (7) 117 (13)
118 DamienKnapma 49 08:19 83 (10) 98 (10) 98 (10) 108 (9) 111 (10)
119 Desdeeloeste 56 08:21 91 (11) 98 (8) 94 (15) 110 (12) 105 (10)
120 Mike Mansbridge 37 08:22 87 (10) 87 (7) 103 (8) 104 (6) 126 (6)
121 plett11 104 08:25 89 (23) 90 (19) 103 (19) 107 (23) 108 (20)
122 m5harp 68 08:29 83 (14) 99 (12) 99 (12) 103 (12) 111 (18)
123 Templar Redux 89 08:29 92 (17) 103 (18) 93 (18) 101 (18) 108 (18)
124 nigelmzzz 80 08:30 81 (10) 101 (19) 88 (14) 104 (18) 113 (19)
125 johndun 85 08:33 98 (13) 93 (15) 90 (19) 92 (18) 121 (20)
126 richardCV22 51 08:36 98 (11) 95 (6) 99 (12) 100 (9) 103 (13)
127 goblin 99 08:38 93 (20) 99 (20) 99 (20) 97 (19) 109 (20)
128 Deezzaa 87 08:40 94 (16) 104 (14) 84 (19) 100 (19) 116 (19)
129 Sheen 74 08:44 88 (17) 108 (12) 93 (11) 101 (15) 107 (19)
130 barracuda 93 08:47 91 (17) 92 (19) 97 (19) 108 (17) 108 (21)
131 OldSolver 50 08:49 79 (9) 109 (8) 95 (10) 99 (12) 115 (11)
132 ulaca 87 08:55 98 (16) 94 (16) 95 (17) 92 (17) 115 (21)
133 vefatica 74 08:56 92 (14) 105 (15) 102 (13) 100 (16) 99 (16)
134 kath 64 08:57 91 (16) 90 (9) 102 (11) 101 (12) 110 (16)
135 raincloud 44 08:59 77 (10) 107 (10) 97 (7) 105 (11) 118 (6)
136 john.brassey 70 09:03 84 (12) 101 (14) 99 (13) 99 (16) 112 (15)
137 Mkgnao 85 09:10 96 (15) 99 (17) 92 (18) 104 (18) 107 (17)
138 vinyl12345 68 09:15 91 (13) 109 (11) 98 (17) 94 (15) 110 (12)
139 Nigel1953 41 09:16 97 (10) 99 (7) 98 (6) 97 (10) 107 (8)
140 Zabadak3 78 09:18 95 (11) 96 (17) 89 (16) 102 (15) 112 (19)
141 luxtonj61 72 09:24 97 (11) 105 (15) 95 (14) 97 (14) 102 (18)
142 Doyler 72 09:27 93 (13) 116 (15) 86 (15) 106 (14) 95 (15)
143 maisiemae 59 09:29 126 (13) 89 (11) 89 (14) 95 (10) 95 (11)
144 CoxBurglar 40 09:45 99 (7) 101 (8) 103 (10) 95 (7) 98 (8)
145 wwicksteed 54 09:46 91 (11) 93 (8) 103 (11) 103 (11) 105 (13)
146 smalley552 45 09:53 94 (8) 101 (12) 89 (9) 103 (8) 112 (8)
147 alastair52 66 09:53 74 (17) 91 (14) 79 (12) 163 (14) 90 (9)
148 FelicityTT 43 09:57 93 (9) 103 (10) 90 (9) 85 (7) 125 (8)
149 Pauline Minter 46 09:58 88 (8) 108 (10) 84 (8) 116 (10) 97 (10)
150 BertieVII 78 10:07 91 (16) 101 (16) 95 (16) 95 (13) 113 (17)
151 Jeeves 72 10:08 97 (11) 101 (15) 94 (13) 100 (17) 104 (16)
152 Birdingbob 66 10:23 99 (16) 92 (15) 95 (8) 108 (12) 103 (15)
153 Pendrov 55 10:30 85 (9) 100 (11) 99 (13) 101 (12) 110 (10)
154 suethepotterer 74 11:13 89 (16) 106 (17) 104 (15) 92 (14) 107 (12)
155 Rozz 40 11:14 81 (10) 114 (7) 104 (8) 102 (9) 102 (6)
156 Dr. Memory 47 11:18 83 (12) 100 (10) 112 (9) 99 (10) 114 (6)
157 hipponym 81 11:26 104 (17) 101 (16) 99 (17) 85 (14) 106 (17)
158 paul.verney 38 11:28 97 (9) 101 (7) 94 (9) 95 (7) 115 (6)
159 Troothful 37 11:42 83 (6) 103 (7) 87 (8) 119 (9) 99 (7)
160 starstruck 64 11:46 90 (13) 101 (12) 89 (14) 106 (13) 113 (12)
161 Rhys 37 11:50 103 (9) 98 (6) 100 (7) 95 (7) 101 (8)
162 WordPlodder 57 11:58 107 (10) 84 (6) 110 (13) 93 (14) 98 (14)
163 simjt 84 12:00 89 (15) 101 (16) 92 (17) 103 (16) 110 (20)
164 tyrotim 74 12:10 95 (15) 97 (13) 92 (15) 102 (16) 111 (15)
165 ifincham2 55 12:19 90 (8) 96 (10) 95 (11) 97 (11) 112 (15)
166 alistair.boere 74 12:33 84 (15) 101 (15) 95 (15) 119 (16) 97 (13)
167 Nuck_the_king 61 13:05 72 (11) 159 (6) 81 (15) 85 (14) 128 (15)
168 chabuduo 41 13:20 72 (8) 103 (8) 96 (7) 126 (9) 97 (9)
169 ezoredfox 47 13:33 79 (9) 85 (10) 94 (9) 107 (8) 129 (11)
170 phcbarnes 44 14:04 77 (8) 92 (10) 105 (6) 111 (10) 111 (10)
171 Xebeq 31 14:13 80 (6) 122 (6) 100 (6) 93 (7) 104 (6)
172 maryht 80 19:17 93 (16) 97 (15) 95 (16) 97 (16) 115 (17)
173 TonyK 61 19:23 87 (10) 94 (11) 102 (12) 109 (13) 101 (15)
174 pfalloon 52 21:15 79 (9) 54 (10) 284 (8) 71 (12) 62 (13)
175 The Real Steve Snackman 45 21:57 96 (9) 95 (7) 107 (10) 94 (8) 102 (11)
176 david.14587 46 23:29 85 (7) 122 (10) 118 (7) 85 (10) 91 (12)
177 Ajay 42 26:43 86 (9) 107 (6) 97 (8) 95 (10) 115 (9)
178 mcfarl 76 40:48 101 (16) 101 (13) 94 (14) 101 (18) 99 (15)
179 deebeeem 50 42:59 85 (10) 132 (9) 207 (8) 52 (12) 60 (11)
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