Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 27794

Date 13 October 2020
Number 27794
Day of week Tuesday
NITCH 71
Count of ref solvers 61
Ref solvers excluded with errors 4
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 27794

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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 03:26 92 129
edwards.robert1 04:29 05:11 115 161
mohn mohn2 05:26 03:37 66 92
Diskus 06:23 05:03 79 111
Jason 06:27 04:54 75 105
verlaine Verlaine 06:51 06:30 94 132
Nathan Panning 07:14 05:24 74 104
mistigris 07:23 05:19 72 101
aphis99 aphis99 08:00 04:57 61 85
asaldanha 08:49 06:28 73 102
mauefw Mauefw 09:07 05:27 59 83
Midas 09:12 09:08 99 139
richard 09:46 07:32 77 108
chindit 10:01 07:25 74 104
chriswords 10:18 09:03 87 122
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 11:12 09:02 80 112
glheard glh 11:17 08:56 79 111
jimpen 11:22 09:53 86 121
tiggis 11:24 05:10 45 63
lickert 11:27 10:20 90 126
robertL 11:39 09:00 77 108
Kinghedger 11:42 09:51 84 118
Topical Tim Topical Tim 11:43 12:10 103 145
ChuckB 11:51 10:32 88 123
SimonAnthony 12:11 12:23 101 142
trux trux20 12:25 09:51 79 111
p.wild 12:33 08:15 65 91
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:35 11:01 87 122
neilr neilr 12:37 10:53 86 121
John Walsh 12:53 14:29 112 157
canismiser 12:54 08:40 67 94
keriothe_ keriothe 12:55 13:02 100 140
Sheapey Sheapey 13:00 09:28 72 101
HenryBW 13:18 10:52 81 114
xyster 13:32 09:55 73 102
Stavros Stavrolex 13:34 10:36 78 109
Silva 13:36 14:46 108 152
fshephe 13:52 09:01 65 91
aphasic 13:56 09:47 70 98
Spur58 13:58 11:48 84 118
Tibthorpe 14:10 10:33 74 104
jamesah 14:29 12:36 86 121
qieduan 14:36 09:41 66 92
Spanna 14:53 11:49 79 111
Malcj malcj 14:58 13:27 89 125
doublecross anguswalker 15:07 08:31 56 78
cyrillic 15:07 13:22 88 123
tilbee 15:17 11:45 76 107
Penfold_61 Penfold 15:19 16:44 109 153
Aloysius 15:27 07:12 46 64
March (JeffCollins) mch1 15:32 16:20 105 147
David Crooks dcrooks 15:46 11:58 75 105
tunflog 15:56 11:55 74 104
mikegrocott 16:04 08:38 53 74
phthisis 16:06 12:31 77 108
Golvellius 16:27 12:20 74 104
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 16:40 11:27 68 95
tapbarker 16:45 16:30 98 138
GMcD 17:26 14:16 81 114
johninterred Johninterred 17:26 09:12 52 73
fuzz 17:33 15:24 87 122
rupe 17:47 09:57 55 77
robinh 17:48 10:31 59 83
Pavel Tudor 17:50 09:50 55 77
LJCN 17:55 13:36 75 105
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 17:57 17:07 95 133
LouWeed LouWeed 18:12 21:00 115 161
Eddddddd 18:26 18:38 101 142
JezWoolfrey 18:29 12:17 66 92
peterh 18:32 15:25 83 116
Craven 18:35 16:26 88 123
Valance 18:43 12:32 66 92
RobR RobR 18:47 15:33 82 115
annelambirth 18:49 14:59 79 111
John Arnold 19:05 14:29 75 105
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 19:11 11:16 58 81
Hamish.S 19:13 09:00 46 64
pterodactyl 19:19 12:13 63 88
Looch 19:33 18:11 93 130
Pootle Pootle 19:36 10:34 53 74
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:46 12:30 63 88
andrewlake 19:51 10:30 52 73
Terrier 20:00 14:04 70 98
benedick 20:07 15:28 76 107
jaraab 20:17 20:36 101 142
barracuda barracuda 20:17 10:16 50 70
colin2355 20:51 12:21 59 83
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:03 16:41 79 111
kath 21:06 20:48 98 138
Zander 21:14 12:09 57 80
Paul Bacon 21:39 14:23 66 92
Solver52 21:48 15:05 69 97
hugh.schofield 22:10 13:36 61 85
gbestanley 22:25 13:24 59 83
george.garlick 23:04 20:38 89 125
timbo 23:40 24:30 103 145
goblin 23:45 19:34 82 115
alwsn8 23:47 20:08 84 118
pc8 24:03 20:32 85 119
alexh 24:18 11:04 45 63
James P Special_bitter 24:34 17:15 70 98
crosswordian 24:44 17:51 72 101
Waterloo 24:53 18:33 74 104
endafk 24:58 24:33 98 138
JeffHobbs 25:27 22:11 87 122
joekobi 26:39 18:52 70 98
annbrew 26:50 20:43 77 108
SlumdogEngineer 27:08 23:42 87 122
Edprof 27:35 16:33 60 84
Clovis 27:44 18:49 67 94
Mkgnao Mkgnao 28:01 16:18 58 81
Peter Sykes 28:26 28:23 99 139
NAPASAI napasai 29:09 19:15 66 92
nekabue 29:12 20:35 70 98
Tudds 29:21 15:08 51 71
Lloyd 30:36 21:30 70 98
john.brassey 30:51 23:49 77 108
koro kororareka 31:17 24:27 78 109
boltonwanderer 31:57 16:00 50 70
Glyndwr 32:23 27:50 85 119
ulaca ulaca 32:23 27:31 84 118
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 32:41 23:56 73 102
Curarist Curarist 32:53 16:57 51 71
HanS 33:01 28:47 87 122
npweston 35:35 17:36 49 69
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 35:39 24:19 68 95
wyn.dil 35:51 17:11 47 66
Cookincats 36:09 35:27 98 138
Paulypops 36:16 27:40 76 107
Mike Harper Mike Harper 36:54 23:29 63 88
dosbarth 38:33 25:59 67 94
maryht 39:11 32:17 82 115
empty 39:29 38:26 97 136
starstruck starstruck_au 40:02 33:11 82 115
andrewmr 40:21 105:27 261 367
vissa 41:59 36:39 87 122
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 45:15 26:01 57 80
MartinP MartinP1 45:30 35:51 78 109
paulmcl paulmcl 47:05 43:13 91 128
FrameShift 47:30 18:17 38 53
marp 53:02 38:59 73 102

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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