Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 27824

Date 17 November 2020
Number 27824
Day of week Tuesday
NITCH 100
Count of ref solvers 57
Ref solvers excluded with errors 8
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 27824

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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 03:11 86 86
mohn mohn2 05:06 05:23 105 105
Jason 06:21 04:03 63 63
Diskus 06:30 08:38 132 132
mistigris 07:20 07:38 104 104
aphis99 aphis99 08:05 07:16 89 89
asaldanha 08:58 10:24 115 115
mauefw Mauefw 09:02 11:22 125 125
Midas 09:09 06:58 76 76
richard 09:41 08:11 84 84
chindit 10:01 08:29 84 84
scrabbler 10:03 06:20 63 63
chriswords 10:15 10:18 100 100
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:32 18:19 173 173
glheard glh 11:19 11:24 100 100
lickert 11:19 10:32 93 93
robertL 11:22 12:04 106 106
jimpen 11:22 12:22 108 108
Kinghedger 11:36 14:21 123 123
trux trux20 11:55 10:31 88 88
Topical Tim Topical Tim 12:04 11:57 99 99
SimonAnthony 12:35 09:57 79 79
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:36 13:14 105 105
p.wild 12:37 16:08 127 127
neilr neilr 12:38 18:07 143 143
Sheapey Sheapey 13:01 13:27 103 103
keriothe_ keriothe 13:03 12:37 96 96
John Walsh 13:04 14:44 112 112
xyster 13:07 15:33 118 118
HenryBW 13:10 14:10 107 107
miked1961 13:18 17:00 127 127
Silva 13:21 17:08 128 128
Ben Staveley 13:21 14:09 105 105
Tibthorpe 13:47 14:28 104 104
fshephe 13:49 14:02 101 101
Groucho 13:59 12:50 91 91
Sue Sweeper 14:31 13:40 94 94
qieduan 14:33 18:03 124 124
Malcj malcj 14:45 12:28 84 84
Penfold_61 Penfold 15:07 13:49 91 91
tilbee 15:11 19:01 125 125
March (JeffCollins) mch1 15:12 11:00 72 72
grape 15:26 17:32 113 113
mikegrocott 15:36 15:09 97 97
David Crooks dcrooks 15:47 14:20 90 90
fishernick79 16:49 17:23 103 103
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 16:56 17:41 104 104
tapbarker 17:03 15:18 89 89
oshinmark 17:06 10:58 64 64
fuzz 17:19 15:43 90 90
johninterred Johninterred 17:26 13:31 77 77
peterh 17:42 23:22 132 132
GMcD 17:42 20:14 114 114
rupe 17:43 13:42 77 77
robinh 17:49 23:14 130 130
Valance 18:00 19:32 108 108
JezWoolfrey 18:10 17:16 95 95
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:18 21:46 118 118
LouWeed LouWeed 18:22 19:55 108 108
Craven 18:38 20:38 110 110
Mick in Iraq 18:42 19:12 102 102
Looch 19:24 21:50 112 112
benedick 19:26 17:55 92 92
Terrier 19:30 18:09 93 93
Pootle Pootle 19:32 14:55 76 76
andrewlake 19:33 24:40 126 126
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:46 20:19 102 102
barracuda barracuda 20:30 22:12 108 108
mcjwright 20:51 37:18 178 178
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:08 23:54 113 113
GeorgeTz 21:30 26:32 123 123
Solver52 21:47 18:22 84 84
gbestanley 22:03 27:01 122 122
klamery4 22:31 21:35 95 95
george.garlick 23:04 20:18 88 88
zythum 23:14 22:56 98 98
Semillon 23:26 27:07 115 115
goblin 23:53 20:25 85 85
alwsn8 23:56 36:53 154 154
pc8 24:02 32:55 136 136
Waterloo 24:08 29:05 120 120
crosswordian 24:33 40:58 166 166
endafk 24:57 27:47 111 111
rjcassidy rjcassidy 25:25 22:18 87 87
pph22 25:41 23:21 90 90
Richard Bull 25:54 28:25 109 109
Corymbia Corymbia 26:17 40:20 153 153
joekobi 26:39 27:33 103 103
annbrew 26:54 31:06 115 115
UisceTe 27:15 18:32 68 68
Edprof 27:35 26:37 96 96
Mkgnao Mkgnao 27:35 37:06 134 134
eniamretrauq eniamretrauq 28:45 24:00 83 83
Tudds 29:21 37:09 126 126
rosselliot 30:47 33:25 108 108
koro kororareka 31:12 39:27 126 126
JoeyC 31:46 29:24 92 92
boltonwanderer 31:57 45:00 140 140
ulaca ulaca 32:15 35:48 111 111
1234 32:25 23:20 71 71
wyn.dil 32:30 20:32 63 63
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 32:32 32:09 98 98
Curarist Curarist 32:53 30:34 92 92
HanS 33:01 49:06 148 148
Mike Harper Mike Harper 33:21 35:42 107 107
npweston 33:45 34:40 102 102
Crippens1 34:35 37:36 108 108
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 35:25 40:04 113 113
Cookincats 36:43 29:27 80 80
dosbarth 37:56 63:45 168 168
maryht 38:08 23:53 62 62
empty 38:44 46:44 120 120
starstruck starstruck_au 40:02 57:39 144 144
andrewmr 40:21 83:04 205 205
symbenall2 41:20 34:30 83 83
Msimmo 45:15 45:07 99 99
MartinP MartinP1 45:30 42:57 94 94
Ronnie 46:46 43:04 92 92
paulmcl paulmcl 47:05 74:25 158 158
FrameShift 47:30 42:36 89 89
kjbr 49:43 91:04 183 183
marp 53:02 52:18 98 98

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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