Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28013

Date 25 June 2021
Number 28013
Day of week Friday
NITCH 102
Count of ref solvers 61
Ref solvers excluded with errors 12
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28013

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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 03:48 102 100
Nathan Panning 06:18 06:47 107 104
verlaine Verlaine 06:47 07:36 112 109
mistigris 07:31 10:13 135 132
edwards.robert1 07:39 07:01 91 89
aphis99 aphis99 07:46 06:58 89 87
Paul Gilbert 08:25 05:36 66 64
Midas 08:52 08:20 93 91
asaldanha 08:59 07:03 78 76
boulemiche 09:42 09:33 98 96
chindit 09:45 09:52 101 99
scrabbler 10:03 09:34 95 93
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:03 10:23 103 100
AlanS 10:08 13:24 132 129
chriswords 10:21 13:39 131 128
lickert 10:44 09:09 85 83
glheard glh 11:13 08:58 79 77
Topical Tim Topical Tim 11:19 12:52 113 110
robertL 11:41 15:30 132 129
neilr neilr 12:02 14:43 122 119
SimonAnthony 12:22 16:00 129 126
Sue Sweeper 12:31 09:47 78 76
Sheapey Sheapey 12:38 14:26 114 111
xyster 12:40 10:19 81 79
keriothe_ keriothe 12:42 13:00 102 100
Stavros Stavrolex 12:43 13:20 104 101
p.wild 12:44 12:09 95 93
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:44 15:12 119 116
fshephe 12:53 16:25 127 124
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 12:57 17:45 137 134
Silva 13:14 15:40 118 115
Malcj malcj 13:27 17:37 130 127
tilbee 13:31 11:12 82 80
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 13:40 18:12 133 130
Heyesey 13:48 16:19 118 115
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:17 14:36 102 100
canismiser 14:35 12:24 85 83
Tibthorpe 14:50 14:45 99 97
cyrillic 15:38 12:49 81 79
phthisis 15:39 17:44 113 110
Golvellius 15:42 19:29 124 121
johninterred Johninterred 15:55 18:44 117 114
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 16:03 17:24 108 105
Paul Bacon 16:13 17:32 108 105
Looch 16:15 19:29 119 116
tapbarker 16:17 15:17 93 91
Squallaby 16:22 13:37 83 81
gabrojak 16:28 15:59 97 95
CentralLine CentralLine 17:08 18:21 107 104
LJCN 17:18 18:33 107 104
Craven 17:26 22:13 127 124
RobR RobR 17:30 16:55 96 94
GMcD 17:36 26:17 149 146
gsriordan52 17:45 18:35 104 101
LouWeed LouWeed 17:50 15:05 84 82
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:01 19:43 109 106
ajcauk1 18:21 17:57 97 95
wyn.dil 18:35 19:19 103 100
Hamish.S 18:39 16:46 89 87
Achernar 18:43 15:05 80 78
andrewlake 18:52 21:05 111 108
Swanny 18:56 17:06 90 88
Terrier 19:06 19:21 101 99
pterodactyl 19:12 17:11 89 87
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:18 15:26 79 77
Zander 19:44 26:20 133 130
colin2355 20:02 24:20 121 118
Solver52 20:59 23:17 110 107
Ease This Jam 21:43 20:50 95 93
James P Special_bitter 21:43 24:42 113 110
alwsn8 21:50 22:46 104 101
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 22:00 22:23 101 99
annbrew 22:07 22:52 103 100
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 22:28 23:00 102 100
pc8 22:30 19:13 85 83
KET 22:39 20:42 91 89
endafk 22:48 29:38 129 126
cath23 22:50 16:14 71 69
sampson 22:58 26:04 113 110
goblin 23:20 28:31 122 119
crosswordian 23:42 25:45 108 105
rjcassidy rjcassidy 23:59 25:10 104 101
Foozler 24:30 19:51 81 79
Corymbia Corymbia 25:28 26:19 103 100
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 25:41 29:50 116 113
eniamretrauq eniamretrauq 26:05 29:17 112 109
Mkgnao Mkgnao 26:23 48:04 182 178
Fidelio 26:23 21:14 80 78
stainl665 26:34 20:48 78 76
nekabue 27:52 28:31 102 100
Tudds 27:58 25:58 92 90
1234 28:09 30:23 107 104
gbestanley 28:26 41:55 147 144
koro kororareka 30:35 41:28 135 132
boltonwanderer 30:50 34:00 110 107
Cookincats 32:00 52:25 163 159
joss henry 32:30 46:56 144 141
HanS 33:07 40:45 123 120
JoeyC 34:18 13:09 38 37
dosbarth 36:41 27:11 74 72
Curarist Curarist 37:14 34:21 92 90
klamery4 38:01 32:40 85 83
FrameShift 38:31 38:42 100 98
maryht 38:40 38:34 99 97
empty 38:43 42:09 108 105
starstruck starstruck_au 40:23 43:09 106 103
kjbr 51:51 54:18 104 101
Masha 56:29 60:48 107 104
JGP 90:44 34:31 38 37

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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