Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 27995

Date 04 June 2021
Number 27995
Day of week Friday
NITCH 94
Count of ref solvers 60
Ref solvers excluded with errors 8
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 27995

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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 03:30 94 100
Jason 06:24 07:49 122 129
verlaine Verlaine 06:47 06:48 100 106
mistigris 07:31 08:30 113 120
edwards.robert1 07:39 06:16 81 86
aphis99 aphis99 07:46 06:50 87 92
lili 07:59 05:33 69 73
Midas 08:52 08:18 93 98
asaldanha 08:59 07:43 85 90
richard 09:10 08:23 91 96
chindit 09:45 08:42 89 94
scrabbler 10:03 12:03 119 126
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:03 12:10 121 128
AlanS 10:08 08:26 83 88
chriswords 10:21 12:49 123 130
Kinghedger 10:29 13:03 124 131
lickert 10:44 11:42 109 115
Topical Tim Topical Tim 11:19 07:22 65 69
jimpen 11:35 12:17 106 112
robertL 11:41 10:52 93 98
trux trux20 12:00 10:27 87 92
SimonAnthony 12:22 11:12 90 95
Sue Sweeper 12:31 14:10 113 120
aphasic 12:35 14:51 118 125
Sheapey Sheapey 12:38 14:59 118 125
xyster 12:40 13:39 107 113
keriothe_ keriothe 12:42 11:43 92 97
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:44 17:26 136 144
p.wild 12:44 12:51 100 106
fshephe 12:53 15:52 123 130
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 12:57 12:35 97 103
Silva 13:14 09:55 74 78
jamesah 13:14 16:50 127 135
Mekon 13:24 16:44 124 131
Malcj malcj 13:27 15:09 112 119
Secondbass 13:30 19:54 147 156
tilbee 13:31 12:57 95 101
Heyesey 13:48 13:39 98 104
Ben Staveley 13:50 09:52 71 75
David Crooks dcrooks 14:17 15:06 105 111
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:17 15:45 110 117
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:20 15:34 108 114
canismiser 14:35 20:26 140 148
qieduan 14:42 13:27 91 96
Tibthorpe 14:50 18:13 122 129
grape 14:55 17:32 117 124
Crucifer Crucifer 15:13 10:49 71 75
cyrillic 15:38 16:16 104 110
phthisis 15:39 14:30 92 97
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 15:40 16:11 103 109
Golvellius 15:42 12:23 78 82
johninterred Johninterred 15:55 11:47 74 78
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 16:03 24:11 150 159
JezWoolfrey 16:10 19:45 122 129
Looch 16:15 16:28 101 107
tapbarker 16:17 13:45 84 89
Pootle Pootle 17:08 13:19 77 81
CentralLine CentralLine 17:08 13:01 75 79
LJCN 17:18 15:25 89 94
jimwetzler 17:25 14:35 83 88
Craven 17:26 18:04 103 109
annelambirth 17:27 19:27 111 118
GMcD 17:36 20:35 116 123
gsriordan52 17:45 15:25 86 91
LouWeed LouWeed 17:50 11:55 66 70
peterh 17:53 14:02 78 82
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:01 18:10 100 106
alexh 18:02 19:34 108 114
robinh 18:06 15:16 84 89
wyn.dil 18:35 14:08 76 80
Hamish.S 18:39 26:52 144 153
Achernar 18:43 18:53 100 106
benedick 18:45 24:49 132 140
andrewlake 18:52 15:43 83 88
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:18 15:01 77 81
Zander 19:44 16:18 82 87
John Arnold 19:48 17:35 88 93
colin2355 20:02 35:50 178 189
barracuda barracuda 20:09 18:04 89 94
Richard Bull 20:22 10:09 49 52
kath 20:56 17:07 81 86
Solver52 20:59 22:32 107 113
mcjwright 21:02 22:13 105 111
alwsn8 21:50 17:15 79 84
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 22:00 20:53 94 100
annbrew 22:07 26:09 118 125
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 22:28 21:08 94 100
cath23 22:50 13:41 59 62
brian.mcnamara 23:13 19:29 83 88
goblin 23:20 26:50 115 122
crosswordian 23:42 20:06 84 89
rjcassidy rjcassidy 23:59 26:52 112 119
zythum 24:00 24:09 100 106
SlumdogEngineer 25:00 36:45 147 156
Waterloo 25:23 20:02 78 82
Corymbia Corymbia 25:28 23:52 93 98
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 25:41 17:22 67 71
UisceTe 25:44 21:34 83 88
eniamretrauq eniamretrauq 26:05 41:02 157 167
Fidelio 26:23 19:04 72 76
stainl665 26:34 21:43 81 86
Manveru 27:23 21:49 79 84
NAPASAI napasai 27:46 20:37 74 78
nekabue 27:52 26:38 95 101
Tudds 27:58 27:44 99 105
gbestanley 28:26 51:54 182 193
rosselliot 29:58 25:04 83 88
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 30:32 30:14 99 105
koro kororareka 30:35 24:08 78 82
boltonwanderer 30:50 31:00 100 106
medodd 31:57 26:42 83 88
HanS 33:07 44:43 135 143
JoeyC 34:18 19:15 56 59
symbenall2 35:57 29:16 81 86
Curarist Curarist 37:14 18:31 49 52
empty 38:43 34:40 89 94
starstruck starstruck_au 40:23 34:12 84 89
MartinP MartinP1 43:23 43:58 101 107
Shushannah 47:08 47:23 100 106
paulmcl paulmcl 49:38 52:41 106 112
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 52:00 38:25 73 77
JGP 90:44 25:02 27 28

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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