Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 27967

Date 03 May 2021
Number 27967
Day of week Monday
NITCH 100
Count of ref solvers 61
Ref solvers excluded with errors 4
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 27967

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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 03:43 03:43 100 100
mohn mohn2 04:49 04:29 93 93
Nathan Panning 06:24 07:33 117 117
Jason 06:27 05:44 88 88
verlaine Verlaine 06:57 07:28 107 107
mistigris 07:31 05:44 76 76
edwards.robert1 07:39 05:57 77 77
aphis99 aphis99 07:51 05:21 68 68
Diskus 08:02 06:58 86 86
Midas 08:55 08:45 98 98
asaldanha 09:05 06:09 67 67
chindit 09:48 09:05 92 92
scrabbler 10:03 13:27 133 133
lili 10:22 12:04 116 116
chriswords 10:26 10:47 103 103
Kinghedger 10:52 12:54 118 118
lickert 10:58 10:16 93 93
Topical Tim Topical Tim 11:14 14:53 132 132
jimpen 11:35 10:38 91 91
miked1961 11:54 09:15 77 77
neilr neilr 12:22 12:32 101 101
Sheapey Sheapey 12:34 13:17 105 105
keriothe_ keriothe 12:44 16:24 128 128
HenryBW 12:53 15:37 121 121
p.wild 13:01 14:57 114 114
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 13:04 13:59 107 107
fshephe 13:11 12:53 97 97
Silva 13:13 14:15 107 107
xyster 13:21 11:54 89 89
Secondbass 13:21 11:19 84 84
Mekon 13:24 11:16 84 84
Malcj malcj 13:43 17:55 130 130
Ben Staveley 13:46 22:39 164 164
tilbee 13:47 16:17 118 118
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 14:12 16:03 113 113
canismiser 14:16 12:38 88 88
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:21 20:29 142 142
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:27 24:00 166 166
Groucho 14:27 17:23 120 120
David Crooks dcrooks 14:45 10:22 70 70
Heyesey 14:47 15:00 101 101
grape 15:05 17:21 115 115
oshinmark 15:35 17:09 110 110
cyrillic 15:48 11:15 71 71
johninterred Johninterred 15:55 16:26 103 103
phthisis 15:59 20:04 125 125
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 16:06 26:09 162 162
njnclarke 16:07 17:54 111 111
tapbarker 16:22 25:48 157 157
Squallaby 16:22 23:21 142 142
d.middleton 16:29 17:18 104 104
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 16:32 15:39 94 94
Golvellius 16:34 17:12 103 103
Looch 16:52 19:12 113 113
Pootle Pootle 17:09 31:06 181 181
Dzhigit dzhigit71 17:13 15:19 88 88
CentralLine CentralLine 17:34 16:29 93 93
GMcD 17:53 17:03 95 95
Craven 17:57 20:43 115 115
RobR RobR 18:04 24:00 132 132
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:07 18:45 103 103
Hamish.S 18:13 26:04 143 143
peterh 18:17 18:03 98 98
LouWeed LouWeed 18:20 29:13 159 159
gsriordan52 18:21 18:00 98 98
Semillon 18:23 24:46 134 134
Achernar 18:26 23:45 128 128
robinh 18:27 19:41 106 106
colin2355 18:39 19:22 103 103
alexh 18:41 15:11 81 81
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:33 19:40 100 100
ajcauk1 19:33 18:28 94 94
andrewlake 19:42 19:08 97 97
John Arnold 19:45 23:33 119 119
wyn.dil 19:47 15:06 76 76
barracuda barracuda 20:11 18:38 92 92
kath 20:56 24:54 118 118
Solver52 20:59 21:09 100 100
george.garlick 21:00 30:41 146 146
uvofiz 21:30 19:16 89 89
Richard Bull 21:46 15:07 69 69
Ease This Jam 21:53 23:55 109 109
James P Special_bitter 22:15 28:49 129 129
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 22:51 29:20 128 128
sampson 22:58 24:52 108 108
annbrew 23:02 20:47 90 90
goblin 23:16 22:18 95 95
endafk 23:21 25:07 107 107
alwsn8 23:34 22:40 96 96
zythum 23:45 21:34 90 90
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:19 33:00 135 135
crosswordian 24:21 25:36 105 105
Waterloo 25:20 35:27 139 139
pph22 25:27 33:35 131 131
Corymbia Corymbia 25:40 27:17 106 106
UisceTe 25:53 42:57 165 165
Mkgnao Mkgnao 26:34 27:54 105 105
eniamretrauq eniamretrauq 26:43 29:43 111 111
gbestanley 27:20 24:32 89 89
MartianAlien 27:42 21:17 76 76
nekabue 27:56 56:40 202 202
1234 28:09 22:18 79 79
Tudds 28:13 34:39 122 122
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 28:16 18:43 66 66
Manveru 28:21 32:23 114 114
Peter Sykes 29:07 39:08 134 134
FelicityTT 29:11 28:27 97 97
boltonwanderer 30:50 41:00 132 132
ulaca ulaca 30:53 54:18 175 175
koro kororareka 31:25 37:17 118 118
Lloyd 31:33 32:25 102 102
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 31:33 34:30 109 109
Mike Harper Mike Harper 32:36 32:52 100 100
HanS 33:07 41:08 124 124
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 34:07 51:37 151 151
symbenall2 36:18 45:10 124 124
dosbarth 36:41 27:11 74 74
Curarist Curarist 37:14 47:52 128 128
maryht 38:08 33:32 87 87
FrameShift 38:31 59:22 154 154
starstruck starstruck_au 40:23 47:23 117 117
tyrotim tyrotim 45:28 49:40 109 109
marp 47:00 56:05 119 119

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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