Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 27763

Date 07 September 2020
Number 27763
Day of week Monday
NITCH 65
Count of ref solvers 60
Ref solvers excluded with errors 6
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 27763

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Detailed solving results

Reference, Tracked and Blog solvers with error-free solutions to this puzzle are shown below.

We also show the solver's Personal NITCH, which is their result on this puzzle compared to their average time, and the Wavelength Index of Times Cryptic Hardness, the WITCH, which is the Personal NITCH compared to the SNITCH.

Name TfTT Name Average time This time Personal NITCH WITCH
Nigel1953 03:42 03:07 84 129
edwards.robert1 04:29 04:41 104 160
mohn mohn2 05:26 03:03 56 86
Diskus 06:34 04:58 75 115
Eamon Ryan 06:40 04:57 74 113
verlaine Verlaine 07:06 04:08 58 89
Nathan Panning 07:12 03:58 55 84
aphis99 aphis99 08:10 05:55 72 110
hilarym 08:21 05:33 66 101
Paul Gilbert 08:35 05:09 60 92
asaldanha 09:10 05:34 60 92
mauefw Mauefw 09:21 06:21 67 103
Midas 09:27 07:05 74 113
boulemiche 09:27 09:14 97 149
richard 09:45 07:00 71 109
AlanS 09:49 07:17 74 113
lili 10:13 04:21 42 64
chindit 10:18 09:46 94 144
scrabbler 10:32 08:32 81 124
chriswords 10:37 07:45 72 110
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 11:18 08:59 79 121
jimpen 11:22 09:16 81 124
glheard glh 11:25 08:01 70 107
lickert 11:56 08:00 67 103
Kinghedger 12:04 06:00 49 75
Topical Tim Topical Tim 12:12 06:27 52 80
robertL 12:22 06:13 50 76
p.wild 12:36 08:30 67 103
andy 12:36 11:22 90 138
jim42078 12:42 09:41 76 116
neilr neilr 12:51 10:16 79 121
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:51 09:14 71 109
trux trux20 12:54 08:15 63 96
canismiser 12:54 12:49 99 152
keriothe_ keriothe 12:56 08:07 62 95
John Walsh 13:04 11:20 86 132
HenryBW 13:19 09:50 73 112
Stavros Stavrolex 13:38 07:10 52 80
Ben Staveley 13:42 09:16 67 103
xyster 13:55 08:04 57 87
Spur58 13:58 11:57 85 130
Groucho 14:00 10:37 75 115
fshephe 14:04 14:57 106 163
Silva 14:08 13:48 97 149
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 14:27 08:13 56 86
jamesah 14:42 10:38 72 110
qieduan 14:42 10:39 72 110
Tibthorpe 14:48 05:55 39 60
Spanna 14:53 11:08 74 113
grape 15:05 11:04 73 112
Malcj malcj 15:09 09:27 62 95
tilbee 15:33 11:36 74 113
March (JeffCollins) mch1 15:36 08:21 53 81
Penfold_61 Penfold 15:43 13:13 84 129
doublecross anguswalker 15:46 10:37 67 103
cyrillic 15:49 11:39 73 112
David Crooks dcrooks 15:56 08:55 55 84
tunflog 15:56 12:42 79 121
Aloysius 16:01 11:51 73 112
phthisis 16:24 12:47 77 118
d.middleton 16:42 11:04 66 101
MK76 16:57 16:15 95 146
Golvellius 17:05 15:10 88 135
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 17:10 13:36 79 121
tapbarker 17:16 17:36 101 155
johninterred Johninterred 17:26 10:39 61 93
Pavel Tudor 17:50 15:57 89 136
robinh 18:06 16:41 92 141
GMcD 18:10 09:22 51 78
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:14 12:56 70 107
RobR RobR 18:33 11:44 63 96
LouWeed LouWeed 18:37 13:30 72 110
Mick in Iraq 18:42 14:52 79 121
LJCN 18:43 12:20 65 100
annelambirth 18:48 13:35 72 110
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 19:11 16:55 88 135
Zinzan 19:12 17:30 91 140
rupe 19:39 10:48 54 83
peterh 19:44 15:09 76 116
Looch 19:46 14:21 72 110
pterodactyl 19:47 10:14 51 78
Hamish.S 19:55 15:26 77 118
Pootle Pootle 20:09 13:49 68 104
Zabadak (zabadak2) 20:14 11:01 54 83
Terrier 20:24 12:20 60 92
benedick 20:29 14:35 71 109
barracuda barracuda 20:44 15:50 76 116
jaraab 20:53 13:50 66 101
andrewlake 21:05 16:30 78 120
kath 21:36 12:08 56 86
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:38 14:39 67 103
hugh.schofield 22:06 16:33 74 113
Solver52 22:06 18:08 82 126
klamery4 22:22 16:21 73 112
gbestanley 22:38 14:29 63 96
THE Engineer 23:00 14:14 61 93
timbo 23:40 21:30 90 138
Jagsfan1971 24:05 12:58 53 81
goblin 24:24 20:39 84 129
fudgiebates 24:32 13:59 56 86
zythum 24:53 18:58 76 116
pc8 24:55 14:39 58 89
endafk 25:19 17:05 67 103
JeffHobbs 25:27 17:11 67 103
dec 25:37 16:37 64 98
Corymbia Corymbia 26:17 15:36 59 90
joekobi 26:39 12:37 47 72
rjcassidy rjcassidy 26:54 15:14 56 86
James P Special_bitter 27:00 14:25 53 81
Manveru 27:03 28:19 104 160
Mkgnao Mkgnao 28:24 20:34 72 110
alwsn8 28:53 20:26 70 107
Tudds 29:21 16:51 57 87
Peter Sykes 29:39 20:54 70 107
nekabue 30:04 19:27 64 98
Lloyd 30:42 15:37 50 76
Nangle 31:05 25:08 80 123
koro kororareka 31:53 19:19 60 92
boltonwanderer 31:57 31:00 97 149
john.brassey 32:28 03:53 11 16
SwissWavey 32:44 14:01 42 64
Curarist Curarist 32:53 13:58 42 64
HanS 33:01 35:27 107 164
ulaca ulaca 33:25 18:13 54 83
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 34:27 25:34 74 113
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 36:10 15:44 43 66
Paulypops 36:14 26:45 73 112
Cookincats 37:52 22:51 60 92
npweston 37:57 26:11 68 104
dosbarth 38:59 23:15 59 90
starstruck starstruck_au 40:02 44:52 112 172
wyn.dil 40:11 18:26 45 69
andrewmr 40:21 28:38 70 107
empty 40:28 28:32 70 107
MartinP MartinP1 45:30 21:22 46 70
paulmcl paulmcl 47:05 22:53 48 73
FrameShift 47:30 15:25 32 49
kjbr 49:43 48:21 97 149
marp 53:02 32:09 60 92

A guide to the solver status

Legend
 Reference solver used for SNITCH
 Other Reference solver
 Tracked solver
 Blog solver

Blog Solvers

Blog Solvers are those who have allowed their times to be taken from the Times for the Times blog.

Notes for Blog Solvers:

  • the most reliable format for reporting times is with format "mm:ss" or as "x minutes" in the title or at the start of the entry
  • only the first main comment for each blogger is used; responses to other comments or a second comment is ignored
  • to report errors, include "n errors" just after the time
  • If you just have a time it is assumed you have no errors unless you mention DNF or pink squares or giving up, etc, in the text
  • Examples of good time notifications are "38:30, 0 errors" and "39 minutes, 0 errors" in the comment title or as the first part of your comment

Notes

The definition of Reference and Tracked solvers is described on the Neutrinos page.

The results for Reference solvers are normally used to calcuate the SNITCH. When this happens they are shown in the list with a solid blue line to the left. In the previous SNITCH results listing for each crossword, these were the only entries shown.

The most common causes for Reference solver results not to be used are: (a) that they did not meet the criteria this month to be used as a reference (e.g. they may not have completed enough puzzles on each day of the week) or (b) they have been pushed out of the top 100 on the leader board. In these cases, the results are now shown, but their data is not used for the SNITCH calculation.

Where there is data for Tracked solvers, I show them also in this table. The solving data is not always available, as the Crossword Club site only shows the top 100 solvers to everyone. Logged-in users get their own leaderboard position and those around them, but this is not available to everyone. So the SNITCH site only gets data for those who have made the top 100 in the leaderboard at some point during the day.

As a result there are a few geographically advantaged solvers; those of us who solve early in the day (e.g. we in the Antipodes, those in Asia and those staying up late in North America) are more likely to hit the leaderboard even with slower times. Solvers who are just as capable but solve later in the UK day might not make the top 100 and I have no way to capture their results.

You may wonder why there are Tracked solvers (in red) with low average solving times, mixed in with the Reference solvers (in blue). These are usually those that, while they don't seem to be Neutrinos, are not well aligned to the SNITCH. So I don't use them as Reference solvers in the SNITCH calculation, but still show their overall results.

You might also notice that there's some inconsistency at the tail end of the Reference solver list. My cutoff point is an average solving time of 45 minutes. But if someone around this mark is chosen as a Reference solver, their next month's results might end up being over 45 minutes and they will still be used. Alternatively, a Tracked solver might creep in under 45 minutes on the next calculation, but didn't make the cut for the prior Reference list. It's on the to-do list to see if I can make this a bit more predictable.

Stored SNITCH Values

Here are the SNITCH values (stored on the day) from the crossword.

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