Quick SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for February 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 81 02:08 87 (19) 105 (17) 100 (17) 103 (12) 106 (16)
2 Paul Gilbert 117 02:28 91 (25) 98 (23) 97 (23) 101 (23) 110 (23)
3 Jason 49 02:35 81 (9) 90 (11) 126 (10) 91 (9) 109 (10)
4 mistigris 96 02:39 89 (17) 95 (18) 99 (20) 107 (23) 105 (18)
5 cmjhutton 113 02:41 91 (23) 98 (23) 96 (23) 103 (20) 111 (24)
6 hilarym 96 02:48 92 (21) 106 (18) 95 (23) 99 (19) 110 (15)
7 aphis99 119 02:48 93 (24) 105 (24) 92 (25) 103 (22) 105 (24)
8 verlaine 115 02:51 96 (24) 105 (24) 90 (23) 103 (21) 104 (23)
9 Flimmy flammy 121 03:02 89 (25) 104 (22) 95 (25) 104 (26) 107 (23)
10 Heyesey 112 03:36 89 (25) 97 (22) 104 (23) 99 (19) 108 (23)
11 markdobell 122 03:40 92 (25) 105 (24) 95 (26) 106 (25) 100 (22)
12 richard 92 03:41 96 (20) 106 (17) 95 (20) 94 (19) 108 (16)
13 Topical Tim 117 03:43 84 (23) 105 (24) 102 (24) 105 (23) 101 (23)
14 SimonAnthony 45 03:51 81 (8) 96 (8) 97 (12) 106 (10) 119 (7)
15 glheard 90 04:01 99 (24) 100 (19) 86 (18) 112 (14) 104 (15)
16 chindit 115 04:06 94 (22) 100 (23) 98 (25) 98 (23) 107 (22)
17 lickert 122 04:08 93 (22) 101 (24) 98 (26) 102 (24) 105 (26)
18 Kinghedger 81 04:11 97 (14) 107 (15) 91 (17) 99 (19) 104 (16)
19 xyster 67 04:23 95 (13) 93 (15) 103 (15) 104 (11) 105 (13)
20 Golvellius 39 04:26 86 (6) 95 (6) 94 (9) 107 (10) 111 (8)
21 Umpire 99 04:26 87 (20) 99 (22) 98 (18) 101 (18) 110 (21)
22 tiggis 72 04:31 92 (17) 96 (15) 96 (13) 105 (13) 112 (14)
23 Roscoe 99 04:31 92 (21) 108 (18) 96 (20) 101 (19) 102 (21)
24 philjordan1147 113 04:31 99 (23) 97 (19) 91 (25) 100 (25) 112 (21)
25 MikeOsborne 116 04:31 91 (26) 104 (23) 91 (22) 108 (24) 103 (21)
26 Tom Stubbs 116 04:31 93 (23) 99 (24) 101 (26) 101 (20) 104 (23)
27 tilbee 87 04:37 98 (19) 96 (15) 93 (17) 110 (18) 101 (18)
28 alexh 93 04:37 100 (21) 104 (16) 98 (17) 92 (17) 103 (22)
29 denislaw 49 04:40 89 (6) 107 (6) 93 (14) 111 (11) 98 (12)
30 canismiser 92 04:40 83 (20) 105 (17) 100 (20) 104 (22) 111 (13)
31 MK76 83 04:42 89 (19) 96 (16) 97 (17) 107 (15) 112 (16)
32 Liari 92 04:42 84 (19) 96 (17) 102 (19) 106 (17) 108 (20)
33 AlanS 105 04:42 92 (20) 98 (21) 93 (23) 114 (22) 100 (19)
34 chriss 97 04:45 94 (20) 101 (22) 97 (23) 100 (18) 109 (14)
35 Honggui 72 04:51 87 (16) 102 (13) 103 (16) 103 (14) 104 (13)
36 andy 115 04:51 93 (24) 104 (22) 94 (25) 106 (21) 103 (23)
37 lucyg43484 116 04:51 90 (25) 103 (22) 99 (26) 97 (23) 111 (20)
38 d.middleton 43 04:55 93 (14) 106 (8) 97 (8) 101 (6) 106 (7)
39 Ed freshpot 100 04:57 98 (21) 90 (19) 95 (21) 102 (18) 111 (21)
40 pitcaithlie 91 04:58 85 (20) 104 (20) 100 (19) 108 (17) 103 (15)
41 March 110 04:58 95 (23) 95 (21) 94 (23) 102 (22) 112 (21)
42 andrewlake 110 04:59 94 (25) 106 (18) 90 (20) 102 (23) 106 (24)
43 LouWeed 115 05:00 91 (23) 107 (24) 98 (21) 90 (21) 111 (26)
44 Eddddddd 65 05:04 95 (16) 103 (14) 100 (11) 94 (8) 103 (16)
45 7dPenguin 97 05:14 98 (22) 98 (20) 99 (15) 100 (17) 102 (23)
46 Zander 108 05:15 91 (22) 100 (23) 95 (21) 100 (22) 114 (20)
47 ChuckB 74 05:17 94 (17) 99 (13) 95 (15) 105 (15) 104 (14)
48 Penfold_61 89 05:19 92 (20) 103 (14) 98 (19) 101 (15) 104 (21)
49 daulbs 103 05:21 90 (21) 101 (20) 89 (19) 102 (22) 115 (21)
50 Tibthorpe 96 05:22 91 (19) 104 (19) 97 (20) 103 (20) 103 (18)
51 fshephe 118 05:22 90 (24) 104 (23) 95 (24) 98 (22) 110 (25)
52 Ease This Jam 53 05:23 84 (13) 137 (10) 83 (12) 92 (8) 107 (10)
53 footballblue 31 05:24 87 (6) 100 (7) 101 (6) 108 (6) 103 (6)
54 Squallaby 108 05:24 90 (24) 95 (19) 98 (19) 107 (23) 106 (23)
55 MossDef 50 05:29 82 (10) 103 (10) 97 (10) 107 (9) 107 (11)
56 KET 74 05:33 91 (16) 105 (17) 92 (17) 101 (13) 114 (11)
57 nina s 82 05:34 85 (18) 95 (14) 100 (15) 105 (16) 111 (19)
58 neilr 97 05:35 94 (18) 104 (20) 100 (21) 97 (18) 103 (20)
59 george.plumbly 46 05:38 86 (9) 103 (11) 95 (11) 114 (7) 103 (8)
60 fishernick79 47 05:40 91 (12) 106 (10) 90 (11) 109 (6) 112 (8)
61 Finzi 126 05:41 97 (25) 101 (25) 92 (26) 104 (24) 104 (26)
62 Paul Hammond 36 05:42 87 (7) 110 (7) 93 (9) 101 (7) 110 (6)
63 Looch 122 05:47 93 (24) 104 (24) 95 (25) 96 (23) 108 (26)
64 Rabbitoh 106 05:50 87 (23) 99 (21) 93 (23) 115 (22) 106 (17)
65 Rosron 62 05:54 95 (18) 92 (6) 99 (14) 103 (12) 107 (12)
66 Encota 64 05:56 94 (13) 106 (9) 90 (15) 104 (12) 105 (15)
67 LuckOfLucien 100 05:56 90 (21) 100 (19) 99 (21) 104 (19) 106 (20)
68 Dzhigit 89 05:57 92 (16) 101 (18) 97 (21) 95 (17) 112 (17)
69 esmeralda 102 05:57 89 (22) 104 (19) 102 (21) 95 (20) 109 (20)
70 MrChumley 43 05:58 99 (12) 103 (7) 96 (9) 98 (8) 103 (7)
71 McBeak 109 05:59 102 (24) 96 (19) 96 (24) 101 (23) 103 (19)
72 mw7000 49 06:03 96 (10) 99 (6) 100 (15) 99 (8) 103 (10)
73 Freemers 78 06:03 93 (16) 98 (14) 91 (15) 105 (15) 108 (18)
74 Crossiant 109 06:03 89 (20) 93 (21) 96 (22) 99 (25) 121 (21)
75 mcrossib1 54 06:06 87 (13) 100 (7) 91 (12) 127 (8) 103 (14)
76 RobR 55 06:06 96 (12) 89 (11) 90 (9) 106 (10) 113 (13)
77 Shabbo 89 06:06 93 (18) 91 (18) 101 (18) 96 (13) 112 (22)
78 Carol 53 06:09 84 (13) 102 (8) 100 (11) 104 (10) 112 (11)
79 Blackbeard 44 06:11 95 (8) 95 (8) 79 (11) 109 (7) 122 (10)
80 DunPangolin 66 06:13 92 (17) 98 (15) 100 (15) 109 (9) 105 (10)
81 Tudds 117 06:14 94 (24) 98 (22) 94 (25) 97 (22) 116 (24)
82 GMcD 116 06:17 94 (24) 96 (23) 100 (24) 100 (21) 108 (24)
83 jimwetzler 78 06:21 87 (20) 104 (15) 101 (14) 107 (17) 101 (12)
84 Aloysius 37 06:24 91 (8) 89 (7) 116 (7) 104 (6) 100 (9)
85 Viscomte 56 06:31 90 (10) 102 (11) 102 (16) 100 (10) 103 (9)
86 ilan 104 06:33 91 (20) 106 (22) 95 (24) 98 (16) 107 (22)
87 hopkinb 106 06:33 89 (20) 107 (19) 97 (24) 100 (20) 105 (23)
88 uvofiz 96 06:34 89 (17) 105 (22) 94 (20) 101 (19) 107 (18)
89 Kevin Gregg 83 06:38 88 (17) 102 (14) 104 (21) 98 (16) 106 (15)
90 robinh 113 06:40 94 (23) 97 (19) 101 (24) 102 (24) 104 (23)
91 paul.whitehouse69 78 06:43 99 (18) 103 (16) 96 (18) 89 (13) 112 (13)
92 PGooden 74 06:47 92 (15) 95 (14) 94 (17) 109 (14) 109 (14)
93 jon 93 06:50 90 (16) 100 (18) 92 (16) 98 (21) 112 (22)
94 James P 117 06:54 93 (24) 91 (22) 100 (24) 100 (22) 113 (25)
95 julian_w 77 07:00 95 (12) 103 (17) 94 (18) 106 (14) 99 (16)
96 KenD51 50 07:01 97 (10) 91 (10) 97 (10) 110 (10) 102 (10)
97 Riche 86 07:05 96 (17) 105 (17) 98 (21) 95 (16) 104 (15)
98 Kalakuta72 40 07:09 97 (9) 89 (10) 102 (8) 108 (7) 108 (6)
99 Nangle 76 07:16 91 (13) 93 (13) 98 (17) 103 (16) 110 (17)
100 Pxspxs 52 07:20 96 (9) 101 (15) 98 (11) 99 (7) 102 (10)
101 Puzzleplease 103 07:20 86 (19) 101 (19) 95 (23) 106 (22) 110 (20)
102 DianeRS 55 07:22 83 (15) 107 (12) 102 (6) 97 (13) 119 (9)
103 Dvynys 86 07:23 88 (18) 107 (18) 96 (17) 102 (14) 106 (19)
104 SlumdogEngineer 59 07:26 89 (11) 104 (11) 86 (15) 94 (10) 125 (12)
105 Mike Harper 115 07:27 96 (24) 106 (21) 91 (22) 100 (24) 104 (24)
106 banishspam 57 07:33 96 (11) 102 (12) 96 (9) 99 (14) 104 (11)
107 1234 74 07:37 90 (17) 96 (14) 97 (14) 100 (13) 114 (16)
108 earlylight 84 07:40 85 (19) 104 (17) 95 (19) 107 (13) 111 (16)
109 frost 38 07:45 90 (6) 105 (12) 90 (6) 101 (8) 106 (6)
110 endafk 87 07:46 91 (19) 92 (14) 86 (14) 108 (22) 114 (18)
111 martinede 46 07:51 98 (10) 92 (6) 106 (12) 95 (6) 100 (12)
112 gsriordan52 98 07:52 90 (17) 109 (22) 93 (19) 101 (20) 103 (20)
113 ChrisBrea 101 07:58 94 (20) 100 (19) 96 (21) 95 (21) 113 (20)
114 dec 49 07:59 95 (11) 105 (8) 80 (11) 101 (9) 120 (10)
115 jaraab 55 08:00 85 (12) 104 (14) 103 (8) 103 (8) 104 (13)
116 Corymbia 99 08:02 87 (22) 105 (18) 98 (17) 98 (21) 110 (21)
117 TomHerbert 90 08:07 96 (16) 100 (19) 101 (21) 101 (18) 99 (16)
118 John Arnold 84 08:09 83 (17) 108 (15) 91 (21) 100 (15) 120 (16)
119 crosswordian 90 08:10 88 (18) 100 (16) 96 (17) 102 (19) 110 (20)
120 Cuppa378 41 08:13 85 (7) 109 (6) 94 (8) 100 (10) 108 (10)
121 Desdeeloeste 72 08:14 92 (13) 96 (12) 93 (19) 111 (15) 106 (13)
122 mattindoha 106 08:17 88 (23) 98 (19) 99 (18) 100 (21) 111 (25)
123 nigelmzzz 94 08:21 80 (13) 102 (22) 90 (17) 104 (20) 112 (22)
124 m5harp 81 08:22 84 (17) 102 (13) 96 (16) 101 (15) 113 (20)
125 Templar Redux 103 08:25 89 (21) 105 (21) 98 (21) 101 (19) 105 (21)
126 plett11 120 08:29 91 (26) 93 (22) 100 (23) 108 (26) 107 (23)
127 DamienKnapma 68 08:33 85 (14) 108 (13) 92 (14) 105 (13) 109 (14)
128 goblin 118 08:34 94 (24) 100 (23) 99 (24) 98 (23) 107 (24)
129 Mike Mansbridge 43 08:35 89 (11) 79 (8) 122 (10) 100 (6) 107 (8)
130 nigel 60 08:37 76 (14) 94 (13) 118 (10) 96 (9) 117 (14)
131 richardCV22 69 08:37 94 (15) 98 (9) 97 (16) 107 (12) 102 (17)
132 johndun 97 08:38 98 (16) 100 (18) 92 (20) 92 (19) 113 (24)
133 Sheen 82 08:39 86 (21) 105 (14) 97 (10) 100 (17) 110 (20)
134 timbo 45 08:41 89 (11) 104 (6) 93 (7) 115 (7) 101 (14)
135 Dr_Bob 42 08:47 91 (9) 100 (10) 98 (9) 87 (7) 124 (7)
136 Deezzaa 99 08:48 95 (20) 108 (16) 82 (19) 99 (22) 113 (22)
137 barracuda 107 08:48 90 (21) 95 (21) 97 (22) 108 (20) 107 (23)
138 john.brassey 85 08:52 89 (15) 103 (17) 97 (15) 99 (19) 108 (19)
139 TonyN6 56 08:53 105 (11) 89 (7) 95 (15) 105 (11) 102 (12)
140 vefatica 86 08:58 94 (17) 105 (16) 101 (16) 99 (18) 100 (19)
141 ulaca 101 08:58 98 (20) 93 (18) 89 (20) 99 (20) 114 (23)
142 OldSolver 57 09:01 84 (10) 108 (10) 93 (13) 101 (12) 111 (12)
143 kath 71 09:01 90 (16) 96 (12) 97 (13) 103 (12) 109 (18)
144 Mkgnao 101 09:03 99 (19) 102 (18) 91 (22) 102 (21) 105 (21)
145 Nigel1953 54 09:07 96 (14) 104 (10) 92 (8) 101 (12) 105 (10)
146 vinyl12345 83 09:07 93 (17) 105 (14) 95 (21) 99 (16) 110 (15)
147 luxtonj61 86 09:13 98 (14) 104 (18) 95 (15) 101 (17) 99 (22)
148 Zabadak3 96 09:13 97 (14) 98 (21) 89 (20) 101 (18) 111 (23)
149 Doyler 83 09:17 99 (15) 109 (17) 86 (18) 109 (15) 96 (18)
150 raincloud 53 09:21 77 (11) 105 (11) 105 (9) 108 (14) 102 (8)
151 Yatton50 50 09:29 91 (14) 137 (8) 85 (12) 90 (8) 109 (8)
152 smalley552 55 09:38 95 (11) 104 (14) 89 (10) 103 (10) 106 (10)
153 CoxBurglar 47 09:41 93 (9) 100 (10) 102 (11) 107 (8) 96 (9)
154 wwicksteed 71 09:41 94 (15) 88 (11) 104 (13) 102 (15) 106 (17)
155 hemantyd 41 09:47 112 (8) 83 (10) 119 (6) 100 (8) 93 (9)
156 FelicityTT 50 09:47 90 (11) 112 (10) 91 (10) 90 (8) 113 (11)
157 Pauline Minter 51 09:50 91 (10) 108 (11) 84 (8) 114 (11) 96 (11)
158 Jeeves 92 09:54 95 (15) 103 (19) 93 (17) 101 (21) 103 (20)
159 BertieVII 92 09:56 89 (19) 105 (18) 95 (20) 96 (15) 111 (20)
160 maisiemae 59 10:00 117 (15) 89 (10) 89 (14) 93 (10) 105 (10)
161 alastair52 67 10:03 75 (18) 95 (12) 79 (12) 156 (15) 89 (10)
162 iholloway 57 10:05 88 (13) 118 (12) 93 (15) 103 (7) 100 (10)
163 Birdingbob 80 10:15 98 (19) 95 (17) 93 (11) 109 (16) 101 (17)
164 Pendrov 63 10:40 84 (9) 105 (13) 99 (15) 100 (15) 107 (11)
165 hipponym 97 10:56 107 (20) 101 (18) 97 (20) 85 (18) 106 (21)
166 alex.scordellis 39 10:59 88 (9) 72 (8) 77 (6) 132 (10) 123 (6)
167 jackk.larg 47 11:04 98 (10) 112 (10) 92 (13) 94 (6) 101 (8)
168 suethepotterer 88 11:09 98 (18) 102 (19) 100 (18) 93 (18) 105 (15)
169 Rozz 39 11:12 81 (10) 116 (6) 104 (8) 103 (9) 103 (6)
170 Troothful 39 11:18 82 (7) 99 (6) 86 (9) 126 (9) 100 (8)
171 paul.verney 49 11:19 96 (10) 103 (10) 95 (12) 98 (9) 108 (8)
172 Dr. Memory 59 11:22 85 (16) 102 (10) 110 (13) 100 (12) 107 (8)
173 Cryptique 43 11:29 97 (7) 84 (9) 86 (11) 120 (9) 117 (7)
174 starstruck 79 11:32 93 (15) 101 (14) 88 (17) 107 (17) 109 (16)
175 simjt 101 11:48 91 (19) 103 (18) 92 (21) 105 (19) 106 (24)
176 WordPlodder 73 11:52 106 (14) 85 (7) 106 (16) 97 (18) 96 (18)
177 ifincham2 62 12:11 89 (10) 96 (10) 92 (14) 105 (12) 111 (16)
178 tyrotim 91 12:11 97 (19) 100 (16) 93 (19) 105 (19) 103 (18)
179 chabuduo 57 12:38 81 (12) 102 (11) 95 (10) 119 (12) 100 (12)
180 alistair.boere 91 12:43 88 (19) 106 (18) 91 (19) 113 (20) 98 (15)
181 ezoredfox 57 13:14 79 (10) 89 (14) 93 (10) 105 (11) 128 (12)
182 Nuck_the_king 73 13:19 75 (15) 146 (8) 86 (17) 92 (16) 121 (17)
183 Xebeq 38 14:07 87 (7) 123 (6) 96 (7) 97 (10) 100 (8)
184 Corbo 39 14:11 81 (8) 103 (8) 96 (8) 104 (8) 116 (7)
185 Mendes 55 14:47 76 (7) 112 (10) 97 (13) 103 (12) 102 (13)
186 Masha 38 17:32 107 (6) 92 (7) 97 (9) 109 (7) 96 (9)
187 maryht 94 18:54 95 (20) 95 (17) 96 (18) 98 (19) 113 (20)
188 pfalloon 67 19:04 80 (13) 61 (13) 264 (10) 78 (14) 65 (17)
189 TonyK 76 19:20 85 (12) 99 (14) 103 (15) 107 (16) 101 (19)
190 The Real Steve Snackman 63 21:34 91 (12) 99 (10) 102 (14) 102 (12) 102 (15)
191 david.14587 60 22:28 89 (10) 127 (11) 109 (11) 91 (14) 87 (14)
192 dominic.c-b 42 23:15 91 (11) 101 (6) 105 (10) 104 (8) 98 (7)
193 Ajay 48 25:43 85 (10) 100 (8) 99 (9) 96 (11) 118 (10)
194 deebeeem 63 37:14 88 (12) 119 (13) 199 (10) 56 (16) 65 (12)
195 mcfarl 94 39:56 99 (19) 106 (16) 92 (18) 101 (22) 100 (19)
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