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 Riche 82 06:49 106 (16) 102 (17) 98 (21) 93 (13) 98 (15)
90 Gussie 50 06:57 89 (12) 106 (13) 100 (10) 104 (7) 100 (8)
91 Pxspxs 51 07:01 94 (11) 102 (15) 100 (8) 102 (9) 99 (8)
92 SlumdogEngineer 62 07:07 88 (16) 103 (14) 90 (13) 100 (11) 132 (8)
93 KenD51 79 07:07 94 (13) 89 (15) 98 (16) 109 (17) 104 (18)
94 Nangle 71 07:11 87 (13) 93 (11) 97 (19) 110 (12) 108 (16)
95 Puzzleplease 104 07:11 90 (21) 100 (21) 97 (21) 105 (21) 106 (20)
96 chriswestontour 55 07:12 98 (14) 98 (9) 103 (12) 84 (11) 116 (9)
97 Dvynys 86 07:17 93 (19) 105 (18) 95 (18) 100 (17) 107 (14)
98 Mike Harper 118 07:24 91 (26) 101 (23) 96 (23) 102 (23) 108 (23)
99 banishspam 69 07:31 95 (13) 98 (13) 94 (10) 101 (17) 107 (16)
100 1234 78 07:33 93 (19) 94 (14) 96 (17) 106 (13) 111 (15)
101 ChrisBrea 108 07:40 93 (23) 97 (22) 96 (23) 100 (21) 114 (19)
102 Corymbia 100 07:42 84 (24) 102 (16) 97 (15) 103 (23) 113 (22)
103 martinede 57 07:46 100 (14) 90 (11) 103 (13) 95 (6) 106 (13)
104 endafk 73 07:46 90 (13) 90 (15) 86 (12) 113 (19) 110 (14)
105 gsriordan52 104 07:47 92 (18) 102 (21) 94 (22) 108 (22) 101 (21)
106 earlylight 86 07:49 87 (17) 106 (19) 96 (18) 105 (14) 105 (18)
107 TomHerbert 93 07:49 95 (15) 100 (20) 99 (17) 101 (23) 101 (18)
108 dec 56 07:52 94 (15) 101 (11) 83 (11) 96 (6) 120 (13)
109 nigelmzzz 106 07:54 89 (15) 95 (26) 93 (22) 110 (21) 108 (22)
110 CrystalPip 45 07:57 98 (10) 92 (11) 102 (9) 100 (9) 113 (6)
111 docg 41 07:58 97 (12) 104 (7) 92 (7) 101 (8) 105 (7)
112 Desdeeloeste 95 07:58 95 (21) 101 (19) 93 (22) 108 (18) 103 (15)
113 John Arnold 86 08:02 89 (18) 97 (19) 94 (19) 108 (15) 114 (15)
114 Templar Redux 111 08:07 86 (22) 98 (23) 101 (25) 109 (18) 107 (23)
115 jaraab 56 08:10 87 (13) 103 (13) 107 (10) 97 (9) 106 (11)
116 nigel 54 08:14 83 (12) 92 (14) 101 (8) 98 (9) 128 (11)
117 m5harp 94 08:14 85 (18) 99 (17) 96 (19) 103 (19) 112 (21)
118 crosswordian 97 08:18 87 (19) 97 (19) 100 (19) 106 (21) 107 (19)
119 timbo 72 08:21 87 (17) 100 (12) 94 (8) 107 (15) 106 (20)
120 plett11 126 08:22 89 (26) 91 (25) 96 (25) 120 (25) 102 (25)
121 richardCV22 109 08:23 90 (23) 99 (18) 99 (22) 108 (21) 102 (25)
122 Cuppa378 56 08:26 81 (10) 104 (8) 105 (12) 97 (14) 109 (12)
123 Sheen 88 08:28 88 (24) 96 (17) 111 (12) 102 (15) 107 (20)
124 DamienKnapma 110 08:28 86 (23) 103 (21) 95 (23) 107 (20) 107 (23)
125 Dr_Bob 45 08:30 94 (8) 98 (14) 98 (9) 93 (8) 120 (6)
126 wwicksteed 77 08:32 90 (16) 88 (12) 108 (16) 103 (16) 106 (17)
127 crucihacker 56 08:34 100 (10) 97 (11) 87 (13) 117 (8) 103 (14)
128 Doyler 85 08:34 103 (20) 96 (15) 97 (15) 93 (15) 105 (20)
129 johndun 110 08:34 95 (22) 105 (23) 91 (21) 94 (20) 111 (24)
130 mattindoha 104 08:38 89 (22) 98 (21) 94 (19) 104 (18) 112 (24)
131 goblin 128 08:38 97 (26) 97 (26) 97 (25) 102 (25) 105 (26)
132 Deezzaa 107 08:43 96 (22) 103 (18) 90 (21) 99 (24) 110 (22)
133 john.brassey 86 08:47 90 (16) 97 (16) 95 (13) 102 (21) 110 (20)
134 Mkgnao 102 08:47 100 (20) 100 (19) 93 (23) 103 (22) 104 (18)
135 vinyl12345 91 08:48 94 (20) 105 (16) 94 (23) 99 (16) 109 (16)
136 vefatica 95 08:48 94 (20) 105 (16) 101 (19) 98 (21) 100 (19)
137 barracuda 113 08:52 88 (25) 102 (23) 98 (20) 108 (22) 103 (23)
138 ulaca 113 08:56 106 (24) 90 (20) 94 (25) 96 (21) 110 (23)
139 OldSolver 62 08:57 97 (13) 97 (10) 97 (14) 100 (14) 108 (11)
140 TonyN6 82 08:57 102 (19) 98 (11) 94 (16) 104 (19) 98 (17)
141 kath 77 09:00 94 (17) 98 (18) 102 (14) 103 (12) 103 (16)
142 Zabadak3 114 09:00 94 (19) 97 (24) 96 (22) 102 (24) 107 (25)
143 sue.cresswell 37 09:05 97 (7) 91 (7) 102 (9) 82 (7) 124 (7)
144 Yatton50 68 09:19 87 (18) 121 (11) 86 (13) 101 (14) 111 (12)
145 luxtonj61 95 09:23 97 (18) 105 (17) 94 (18) 101 (19) 101 (23)
146 Bambersheila55 59 09:24 93 (11) 102 (8) 92 (13) 99 (13) 110 (14)
147 smalley552 66 09:25 101 (15) 98 (16) 97 (12) 107 (11) 96 (12)
148 FelicityTT 49 09:26 88 (11) 101 (7) 96 (13) 103 (8) 113 (10)
149 Mudge 54 09:26 99 (9) 107 (12) 95 (10) 97 (12) 100 (11)
150 CoxBurglar 51 09:30 99 (9) 98 (12) 101 (12) 104 (9) 96 (9)
151 Nigel1953 64 09:34 90 (15) 93 (11) 105 (11) 108 (12) 103 (15)
152 Jeeves 114 09:35 94 (20) 102 (23) 95 (21) 99 (25) 106 (25)
153 hipponym 114 09:36 101 (24) 94 (21) 100 (24) 92 (22) 109 (23)
154 hemantyd 57 09:38 94 (14) 87 (10) 113 (11) 97 (12) 109 (10)
155 raincloud 46 09:41 77 (8) 94 (12) 108 (7) 119 (13) 88 (6)
156 BertieVII 96 09:55 88 (20) 94 (21) 99 (21) 104 (15) 115 (19)
157 Poff 61 09:56 87 (15) 104 (10) 100 (14) 117 (10) 96 (12)
158 annikins 49 09:59 96 (8) 103 (14) 93 (10) 97 (9) 106 (8)
159 Birdingbob 101 10:03 98 (22) 93 (21) 95 (18) 107 (22) 104 (18)
160 Pauline Minter 54 10:05 87 (12) 99 (13) 100 (9) 112 (10) 102 (10)
161 iholloway 69 10:07 85 (15) 116 (16) 95 (16) 92 (7) 105 (15)
162 Pendrov 60 10:24 89 (10) 100 (14) 105 (15) 101 (12) 100 (9)
163 alastair52 59 10:35 77 (14) 89 (12) 74 (9) 158 (14) 84 (10)
164 suethepotterer 71 10:54 102 (14) 97 (15) 93 (15) 97 (15) 111 (12)
165 starstruck 81 11:14 98 (16) 92 (13) 96 (17) 96 (17) 113 (18)
166 Nuck_the_king 77 11:18 83 (17) 97 (11) 102 (17) 113 (17) 102 (15)
167 Cryptique 42 11:21 95 (7) 80 (10) 85 (8) 120 (10) 120 (7)
168 Dr. Memory 68 11:23 91 (16) 100 (12) 103 (15) 102 (14) 104 (11)
169 home.bright 46 11:27 95 (13) 81 (6) 83 (8) 117 (11) 113 (8)
170 maisiemae 60 11:27 100 (18) 97 (8) 90 (12) 86 (10) 121 (12)
171 WordPlodder 100 11:37 100 (21) 85 (10) 105 (23) 97 (24) 102 (22)
172 simjt 118 11:38 98 (23) 102 (23) 94 (25) 108 (23) 97 (24)
173 ifincham2 63 11:57 87 (12) 89 (11) 96 (14) 114 (13) 110 (13)
174 ezoredfox 56 12:16 86 (9) 104 (15) 97 (10) 99 (11) 106 (11)
175 tyrotim 98 12:17 93 (20) 98 (18) 94 (20) 104 (21) 107 (19)
176 Rhys 57 12:19 105 (13) 91 (8) 95 (12) 92 (11) 110 (13)
177 mpbthorpe 44 12:30 91 (6) 82 (7) 98 (10) 113 (11) 104 (10)
178 chabuduo 92 12:55 85 (19) 94 (18) 95 (19) 117 (20) 107 (16)
179 alistair.boere 97 13:25 91 (21) 101 (20) 101 (19) 107 (21) 97 (16)
180 Corbo 47 13:44 79 (11) 104 (13) 89 (7) 113 (9) 115 (7)
181 Mendes 68 14:33 91 (12) 110 (12) 94 (15) 103 (15) 100 (14)
182 phcbarnes 69 14:34 77 (12) 100 (16) 99 (9) 107 (18) 109 (14)
183 intentional rounding 67 16:29 121 (6) 103 (16) 98 (16) 91 (15) 97 (14)
184 kfb20 45 16:45 101 (10) 95 (11) 95 (6) 96 (9) 111 (9)
185 I like cheese 38 16:48 121 (8) 85 (7) 85 (7) 80 (8) 123 (8)
186 maryht 68 18:07 96 (17) 97 (13) 102 (12) 98 (13) 105 (13)
187 pfalloon 84 18:13 63 (18) 65 (18) 245 (14) 66 (14) 84 (20)
188 TonyK 91 18:57 87 (14) 99 (18) 105 (20) 104 (18) 100 (21)
189 DaveH 50 19:23 110 (13) 108 (7) 84 (11) 88 (8) 106 (11)
190 david.14587 75 19:58 97 (16) 101 (13) 107 (14) 98 (18) 94 (14)
191 mozbadel 42 20:18 96 (7) 97 (7) 106 (8) 103 (11) 94 (9)
192 The Real Steve Snackman 106 20:19 87 (21) 102 (18) 102 (23) 99 (20) 107 (24)
193 dominic.c-b 56 23:25 99 (14) 95 (10) 99 (12) 99 (11) 107 (9)
194 ian.shepherd 53 26:39 98 (15) 106 (10) 92 (8) 103 (9) 98 (11)
195 Pompeydave 46 28:04 90 (11) 84 (10) 103 (12) 122 (7) 110 (6)
196 mcfarl 101 41:07 94 (22) 105 (17) 90 (19) 101 (22) 107 (21)
197 youngbaz 86 72:07 52 (17) 147 (20) 87 (18) 122 (12) 89 (19)
198 hod45pat 41 102:33 47 (8) 168 (6) 116 (7) 94 (14) 95 (6)
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