Quick SNITCH

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

Reference solvers for April 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 97 02:04 89 (20) 102 (20) 101 (22) 100 (16) 107 (19)
2 Jason 40 02:17 96 (9) 96 (9) 106 (8) 102 (7) 98 (7)
3 Paul Gilbert 121 02:27 93 (26) 96 (24) 105 (23) 97 (24) 108 (24)
4 cmjhutton 109 02:34 84 (22) 98 (22) 97 (22) 107 (23) 114 (20)
5 mistigris 90 02:41 90 (19) 93 (16) 96 (18) 111 (21) 105 (16)
6 aphis99 119 02:43 97 (24) 100 (24) 93 (23) 103 (23) 104 (25)
7 hilarym 97 02:47 92 (20) 98 (19) 104 (23) 101 (20) 106 (15)
8 verlaine 92 02:50 101 (17) 99 (19) 88 (19) 103 (19) 108 (18)
9 Flimmy flammy 122 03:01 90 (26) 98 (22) 95 (25) 102 (26) 116 (23)
10 markdobell 121 03:36 89 (24) 103 (24) 99 (26) 103 (25) 105 (22)
11 richard 91 03:37 99 (19) 101 (19) 97 (20) 96 (18) 105 (15)
12 Heyesey 103 03:37 90 (24) 99 (17) 101 (23) 101 (19) 109 (20)
13 Topical Tim 123 03:52 87 (23) 105 (26) 96 (25) 109 (24) 100 (25)
14 SimonAnthony 81 03:58 92 (15) 95 (15) 98 (21) 102 (17) 111 (13)
15 glheard 93 03:58 97 (22) 102 (19) 90 (21) 105 (18) 107 (13)
16 chindit 117 04:02 96 (23) 93 (23) 99 (25) 104 (24) 106 (22)
17 lickert 121 04:06 97 (23) 97 (22) 97 (24) 104 (26) 102 (26)
18 Kinghedger 94 04:10 97 (16) 104 (19) 93 (17) 98 (20) 104 (22)
19 scrabbler 54 04:18 94 (10) 91 (13) 103 (10) 108 (10) 104 (11)
20 Umpire 88 04:18 87 (18) 102 (20) 92 (16) 105 (17) 111 (17)
21 xyster 57 04:22 94 (14) 94 (13) 98 (9) 103 (11) 111 (10)
22 Tom Stubbs 121 04:22 94 (24) 94 (25) 104 (26) 104 (23) 101 (23)
23 Golvellius 70 04:24 86 (15) 94 (14) 102 (15) 101 (13) 115 (13)
24 Roscoe 105 04:26 95 (23) 102 (18) 98 (22) 101 (21) 103 (21)
25 MikeOsborne 118 04:26 98 (25) 101 (23) 89 (24) 106 (25) 104 (21)
26 tiggis 70 04:32 88 (13) 98 (16) 97 (14) 101 (14) 114 (13)
27 canismiser 81 04:32 87 (20) 104 (15) 101 (20) 109 (18) 97 (8)
28 philjordan1147 116 04:34 100 (21) 96 (22) 95 (24) 100 (25) 107 (24)
29 tilbee 89 04:36 96 (18) 96 (16) 94 (18) 107 (18) 103 (19)
30 MK76 91 04:39 89 (22) 93 (17) 101 (19) 106 (17) 112 (16)
31 Honggui 53 04:40 86 (12) 100 (10) 105 (13) 107 (9) 103 (9)
32 alexh 100 04:40 98 (20) 100 (18) 99 (21) 95 (19) 105 (22)
33 denislaw 66 04:46 92 (9) 109 (12) 89 (15) 108 (15) 98 (15)
34 AlanS 107 04:47 90 (22) 103 (18) 94 (23) 110 (23) 102 (21)
35 andy 119 04:47 90 (25) 103 (25) 95 (24) 111 (24) 99 (21)
36 lucyg43484 116 04:48 89 (25) 103 (21) 98 (25) 101 (24) 107 (21)
37 Liari 87 04:50 84 (15) 98 (17) 96 (17) 106 (18) 108 (20)
38 March 112 04:50 97 (23) 96 (22) 94 (24) 103 (22) 110 (21)
39 chriss 104 04:51 98 (22) 96 (22) 94 (23) 107 (21) 105 (16)
40 andrewlake 109 04:53 96 (25) 99 (20) 95 (21) 105 (22) 104 (21)
41 Ed freshpot 113 04:54 100 (24) 93 (22) 95 (24) 102 (23) 109 (20)
42 pitcaithlie 100 04:57 93 (22) 96 (22) 96 (20) 112 (19) 102 (17)
43 LouWeed 117 04:57 92 (24) 101 (23) 98 (22) 90 (23) 114 (25)
44 Ease This Jam 41 05:00 97 (11) 117 (7) 81 (9) 105 (6) 105 (8)
45 Eddddddd 79 05:08 95 (17) 102 (16) 98 (14) 99 (11) 102 (21)
46 daulbs 93 05:09 94 (20) 104 (19) 89 (18) 102 (20) 110 (16)
47 7dPenguin 96 05:09 97 (21) 96 (20) 101 (15) 102 (17) 102 (23)
48 Tibthorpe 80 05:12 92 (16) 100 (16) 96 (15) 104 (17) 105 (16)
49 fshephe 118 05:12 91 (25) 104 (24) 94 (23) 99 (22) 108 (24)
50 Zander 98 05:14 92 (21) 96 (19) 98 (19) 104 (22) 108 (17)
51 Squallaby 105 05:16 93 (25) 97 (19) 96 (19) 110 (19) 103 (23)
52 ChuckB 78 05:17 97 (19) 102 (16) 94 (16) 106 (13) 100 (14)
53 Penfold_61 75 05:21 95 (19) 100 (9) 95 (17) 101 (12) 107 (18)
54 neilr 98 05:28 91 (19) 97 (22) 103 (20) 98 (19) 109 (18)
55 MossDef 51 05:30 82 (10) 103 (10) 97 (10) 107 (9) 108 (12)
56 LuckOfLucien 99 05:30 89 (23) 101 (19) 99 (18) 105 (21) 106 (18)
57 KET 65 05:31 90 (18) 106 (12) 93 (16) 112 (10) 108 (9)
58 Finzi 128 05:38 94 (25) 100 (25) 93 (26) 106 (26) 104 (26)
59 Freemers 83 05:41 91 (18) 88 (16) 94 (18) 111 (14) 115 (17)
60 Looch 123 05:42 97 (25) 98 (24) 98 (26) 96 (23) 109 (25)
61 Rabbitoh 112 05:44 86 (23) 98 (23) 83 (24) 113 (22) 121 (20)
62 Shabbo 86 05:48 97 (18) 98 (16) 95 (19) 101 (14) 107 (19)
63 nina s 87 05:50 92 (21) 98 (15) 108 (17) 104 (17) 99 (17)
64 mw7000 60 05:52 93 (12) 94 (9) 100 (15) 95 (12) 114 (12)
65 McBeak 100 05:53 105 (22) 92 (18) 96 (21) 99 (20) 104 (19)
66 Encota 102 05:53 92 (20) 94 (17) 96 (23) 111 (20) 105 (22)
67 mcrossib1 77 05:55 89 (20) 97 (13) 91 (18) 127 (9) 108 (17)
68 Rosron 59 05:57 91 (15) 101 (9) 101 (13) 101 (11) 106 (11)
69 esmeralda 94 05:58 90 (20) 98 (17) 102 (22) 103 (17) 104 (18)
70 Crossiant 110 06:00 85 (25) 93 (19) 97 (22) 103 (23) 121 (21)
71 Dzhigit 96 06:03 94 (17) 95 (21) 98 (24) 100 (15) 111 (19)
72 DunPangolin 47 06:08 93 (12) 96 (10) 101 (11) 115 (6) 101 (8)
73 RobR 72 06:17 92 (13) 93 (16) 98 (11) 103 (15) 110 (17)
74 GMcD 119 06:17 95 (25) 93 (24) 99 (23) 102 (24) 109 (23)
75 Adrian Cobb 58 06:21 88 (12) 88 (8) 99 (14) 110 (13) 108 (11)
76 hopkinb 112 06:21 93 (21) 105 (22) 95 (25) 104 (22) 101 (22)
77 jimwetzler 80 06:25 90 (22) 98 (13) 101 (15) 110 (19) 102 (11)
78 uvofiz 86 06:25 91 (18) 100 (19) 93 (16) 106 (19) 107 (14)
79 Tudds 121 06:25 92 (25) 96 (23) 94 (25) 100 (22) 115 (26)
80 robinh 118 06:28 97 (23) 94 (21) 98 (25) 102 (26) 105 (23)
81 paul.whitehouse69 80 06:32 93 (20) 103 (13) 100 (19) 97 (14) 107 (14)
82 ilan 103 06:35 95 (22) 102 (22) 97 (23) 99 (17) 107 (19)
83 PGooden 86 06:39 94 (19) 96 (17) 93 (17) 111 (17) 104 (16)
84 Kevin Gregg 87 06:42 87 (18) 100 (17) 99 (21) 102 (15) 109 (16)
85 jon 95 06:46 91 (19) 95 (17) 96 (18) 103 (19) 111 (22)
86 James P 116 06:46 94 (24) 94 (21) 99 (23) 98 (23) 113 (25)
87 julian_w 70 06:47 94 (15) 103 (18) 92 (14) 115 (10) 98 (13)
88 Blackbeard 33 06:48 98 (6) 86 (6) 94 (9) 103 (6) 119 (6)
89 Jeremy Weissmann 49 06:48 100 (12) 103 (7) 89 (11) 104 (10) 104 (9)
90 Riche 82 06:49 106 (16) 102 (17) 98 (21) 93 (13) 98 (15)
91 Gussie 50 06:57 89 (12) 106 (13) 100 (10) 104 (7) 100 (8)
92 Pxspxs 51 07:01 94 (11) 102 (15) 100 (8) 102 (9) 99 (8)
93 SlumdogEngineer 62 07:07 88 (16) 103 (14) 90 (13) 100 (11) 132 (8)
94 KenD51 79 07:07 94 (13) 89 (15) 98 (16) 109 (17) 104 (18)
95 Nangle 71 07:11 87 (13) 93 (11) 97 (19) 110 (12) 108 (16)
96 Puzzleplease 104 07:11 90 (21) 100 (21) 97 (21) 105 (21) 106 (20)
97 chriswestontour 55 07:12 98 (14) 98 (9) 103 (12) 84 (11) 116 (9)
98 Dvynys 86 07:17 93 (19) 105 (18) 95 (18) 100 (17) 107 (14)
99 Mike Harper 118 07:24 91 (26) 101 (23) 96 (23) 102 (23) 108 (23)
100 banishspam 69 07:31 95 (13) 98 (13) 94 (10) 101 (17) 107 (16)
101 1234 78 07:33 93 (19) 94 (14) 96 (17) 106 (13) 111 (15)
102 ChrisBrea 108 07:40 93 (23) 97 (22) 96 (23) 100 (21) 114 (19)
103 Corymbia 100 07:42 84 (24) 102 (16) 97 (15) 103 (23) 113 (22)
104 martinede 57 07:46 100 (14) 90 (11) 103 (13) 95 (6) 106 (13)
105 endafk 73 07:46 90 (13) 90 (15) 86 (12) 113 (19) 110 (14)
106 gsriordan52 104 07:47 92 (18) 102 (21) 94 (22) 108 (22) 101 (21)
107 earlylight 86 07:49 87 (17) 106 (19) 96 (18) 105 (14) 105 (18)
108 TomHerbert 93 07:49 95 (15) 100 (20) 99 (17) 101 (23) 101 (18)
109 dec 56 07:52 94 (15) 101 (11) 83 (11) 96 (6) 120 (13)
110 nigelmzzz 106 07:54 89 (15) 95 (26) 93 (22) 110 (21) 108 (22)
111 CrystalPip 45 07:57 98 (10) 92 (11) 102 (9) 100 (9) 113 (6)
112 docg 41 07:58 97 (12) 104 (7) 92 (7) 101 (8) 105 (7)
113 Desdeeloeste 95 07:58 95 (21) 101 (19) 93 (22) 108 (18) 103 (15)
114 John Arnold 86 08:02 89 (18) 97 (19) 94 (19) 108 (15) 114 (15)
115 Templar Redux 111 08:07 86 (22) 98 (23) 101 (25) 109 (18) 107 (23)
116 jaraab 56 08:10 87 (13) 103 (13) 107 (10) 97 (9) 106 (11)
117 nigel 54 08:14 83 (12) 92 (14) 101 (8) 98 (9) 128 (11)
118 m5harp 94 08:14 85 (18) 99 (17) 96 (19) 103 (19) 112 (21)
119 crosswordian 97 08:18 87 (19) 97 (19) 100 (19) 106 (21) 107 (19)
120 timbo 72 08:21 87 (17) 100 (12) 94 (8) 107 (15) 106 (20)
121 plett11 126 08:22 89 (26) 91 (25) 96 (25) 120 (25) 102 (25)
122 richardCV22 109 08:23 90 (23) 99 (18) 99 (22) 108 (21) 102 (25)
123 Cuppa378 56 08:26 81 (10) 104 (8) 105 (12) 97 (14) 109 (12)
124 Sheen 88 08:28 88 (24) 96 (17) 111 (12) 102 (15) 107 (20)
125 DamienKnapma 110 08:28 86 (23) 103 (21) 95 (23) 107 (20) 107 (23)
126 Dr_Bob 45 08:30 94 (8) 98 (14) 98 (9) 93 (8) 120 (6)
127 wwicksteed 77 08:32 90 (16) 88 (12) 108 (16) 103 (16) 106 (17)
128 crucihacker 56 08:34 100 (10) 97 (11) 87 (13) 117 (8) 103 (14)
129 Doyler 85 08:34 103 (20) 96 (15) 97 (15) 93 (15) 105 (20)
130 johndun 110 08:34 95 (22) 105 (23) 91 (21) 94 (20) 111 (24)
131 mattindoha 104 08:38 89 (22) 98 (21) 94 (19) 104 (18) 112 (24)
132 goblin 128 08:38 97 (26) 97 (26) 97 (25) 102 (25) 105 (26)
133 Deezzaa 107 08:43 96 (22) 103 (18) 90 (21) 99 (24) 110 (22)
134 john.brassey 86 08:47 90 (16) 97 (16) 95 (13) 102 (21) 110 (20)
135 Mkgnao 102 08:47 100 (20) 100 (19) 93 (23) 103 (22) 104 (18)
136 vinyl12345 91 08:48 94 (20) 105 (16) 94 (23) 99 (16) 109 (16)
137 vefatica 95 08:48 94 (20) 105 (16) 101 (19) 98 (21) 100 (19)
138 barracuda 113 08:52 88 (25) 102 (23) 98 (20) 108 (22) 103 (23)
139 ulaca 113 08:56 106 (24) 90 (20) 94 (25) 96 (21) 110 (23)
140 OldSolver 62 08:57 97 (13) 97 (10) 97 (14) 100 (14) 108 (11)
141 TonyN6 82 08:57 102 (19) 98 (11) 94 (16) 104 (19) 98 (17)
142 kath 77 09:00 94 (17) 98 (18) 102 (14) 103 (12) 103 (16)
143 Zabadak3 114 09:00 94 (19) 97 (24) 96 (22) 102 (24) 107 (25)
144 sue.cresswell 37 09:05 97 (7) 91 (7) 102 (9) 82 (7) 124 (7)
145 Yatton50 68 09:19 87 (18) 121 (11) 86 (13) 101 (14) 111 (12)
146 luxtonj61 95 09:23 97 (18) 105 (17) 94 (18) 101 (19) 101 (23)
147 Bambersheila55 59 09:24 93 (11) 102 (8) 92 (13) 99 (13) 110 (14)
148 smalley552 66 09:25 101 (15) 98 (16) 97 (12) 107 (11) 96 (12)
149 FelicityTT 49 09:26 88 (11) 101 (7) 96 (13) 103 (8) 113 (10)
150 Mudge 54 09:26 99 (9) 107 (12) 95 (10) 97 (12) 100 (11)
151 CoxBurglar 51 09:30 99 (9) 98 (12) 101 (12) 104 (9) 96 (9)
152 Nigel1953 64 09:34 90 (15) 93 (11) 105 (11) 108 (12) 103 (15)
153 Jeeves 114 09:35 94 (20) 102 (23) 95 (21) 99 (25) 106 (25)
154 hipponym 114 09:36 101 (24) 94 (21) 100 (24) 92 (22) 109 (23)
155 hemantyd 57 09:38 94 (14) 87 (10) 113 (11) 97 (12) 109 (10)
156 raincloud 46 09:41 77 (8) 94 (12) 108 (7) 119 (13) 88 (6)
157 BertieVII 96 09:55 88 (20) 94 (21) 99 (21) 104 (15) 115 (19)
158 Poff 61 09:56 87 (15) 104 (10) 100 (14) 117 (10) 96 (12)
159 annikins 49 09:59 96 (8) 103 (14) 93 (10) 97 (9) 106 (8)
160 Birdingbob 101 10:03 98 (22) 93 (21) 95 (18) 107 (22) 104 (18)
161 Pauline Minter 54 10:05 87 (12) 99 (13) 100 (9) 112 (10) 102 (10)
162 iholloway 69 10:07 85 (15) 116 (16) 95 (16) 92 (7) 105 (15)
163 Pendrov 60 10:24 89 (10) 100 (14) 105 (15) 101 (12) 100 (9)
164 alastair52 59 10:35 77 (14) 89 (12) 74 (9) 158 (14) 84 (10)
165 suethepotterer 71 10:54 102 (14) 97 (15) 93 (15) 97 (15) 111 (12)
166 starstruck 81 11:14 98 (16) 92 (13) 96 (17) 96 (17) 113 (18)
167 Nuck_the_king 77 11:18 83 (17) 97 (11) 102 (17) 113 (17) 102 (15)
168 Cryptique 42 11:21 95 (7) 80 (10) 85 (8) 120 (10) 120 (7)
169 Dr. Memory 68 11:23 91 (16) 100 (12) 103 (15) 102 (14) 104 (11)
170 home.bright 46 11:27 95 (13) 81 (6) 83 (8) 117 (11) 113 (8)
171 maisiemae 60 11:27 100 (18) 97 (8) 90 (12) 86 (10) 121 (12)
172 WordPlodder 100 11:37 100 (21) 85 (10) 105 (23) 97 (24) 102 (22)
173 simjt 118 11:38 98 (23) 102 (23) 94 (25) 108 (23) 97 (24)
174 ifincham2 63 11:57 87 (12) 89 (11) 96 (14) 114 (13) 110 (13)
175 ezoredfox 56 12:16 86 (9) 104 (15) 97 (10) 99 (11) 106 (11)
176 tyrotim 98 12:17 93 (20) 98 (18) 94 (20) 104 (21) 107 (19)
177 Rhys 57 12:19 105 (13) 91 (8) 95 (12) 92 (11) 110 (13)
178 mpbthorpe 44 12:30 91 (6) 82 (7) 98 (10) 113 (11) 104 (10)
179 chabuduo 92 12:55 85 (19) 94 (18) 95 (19) 117 (20) 107 (16)
180 alistair.boere 97 13:25 91 (21) 101 (20) 101 (19) 107 (21) 97 (16)
181 Corbo 47 13:44 79 (11) 104 (13) 89 (7) 113 (9) 115 (7)
182 Mendes 68 14:33 91 (12) 110 (12) 94 (15) 103 (15) 100 (14)
183 phcbarnes 69 14:34 77 (12) 100 (16) 99 (9) 107 (18) 109 (14)
184 intentional rounding 67 16:29 121 (6) 103 (16) 98 (16) 91 (15) 97 (14)
185 kfb20 45 16:45 101 (10) 95 (11) 95 (6) 96 (9) 111 (9)
186 I like cheese 38 16:48 121 (8) 85 (7) 85 (7) 80 (8) 123 (8)
187 maryht 68 18:07 96 (17) 97 (13) 102 (12) 98 (13) 105 (13)
188 pfalloon 84 18:13 63 (18) 65 (18) 245 (14) 66 (14) 84 (20)
189 TonyK 91 18:57 87 (14) 99 (18) 105 (20) 104 (18) 100 (21)
190 DaveH 50 19:23 110 (13) 108 (7) 84 (11) 88 (8) 106 (11)
191 david.14587 75 19:58 97 (16) 101 (13) 107 (14) 98 (18) 94 (14)
192 mozbadel 42 20:18 96 (7) 97 (7) 106 (8) 103 (11) 94 (9)
193 The Real Steve Snackman 106 20:19 87 (21) 102 (18) 102 (23) 99 (20) 107 (24)
194 dominic.c-b 56 23:25 99 (14) 95 (10) 99 (12) 99 (11) 107 (9)
195 ian.shepherd 53 26:39 98 (15) 106 (10) 92 (8) 103 (9) 98 (11)
196 Pompeydave 46 28:04 90 (11) 84 (10) 103 (12) 122 (7) 110 (6)
197 mcfarl 101 41:07 94 (22) 105 (17) 90 (19) 101 (22) 107 (21)
198 youngbaz 86 72:07 52 (17) 147 (20) 87 (18) 122 (12) 89 (19)
199 hod45pat 41 102:33 47 (8) 168 (6) 116 (7) 94 (14) 95 (6)
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