Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28019

Date 02 July 2021
Number 28019
Day of week Friday
NITCH 121
Count of ref solvers 66
Ref solvers excluded with errors 7
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28019

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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 03:34 95 78
Jason 06:24 10:53 170 140
verlaine Verlaine 06:59 08:01 114 94
mistigris 07:29 11:50 158 130
aphis99 aphis99 07:45 08:27 109 90
Diskus 07:47 07:20 94 77
lili 08:06 13:37 168 138
Midas 08:51 12:05 136 112
asaldanha 09:08 12:30 136 112
chindit 09:39 11:08 115 95
AlanS 10:08 15:35 153 126
scrabbler 10:14 11:03 107 88
chriswords 10:35 09:00 85 70
Kinghedger 10:51 11:09 102 84
lickert 10:56 15:13 139 114
Topical Tim Topical Tim 11:32 16:00 138 114
jimpen 11:35 11:18 97 80
trux trux20 11:40 16:31 141 116
neilr neilr 12:14 18:26 150 123
SimonAnthony 12:37 20:47 164 135
aphasic 12:41 17:47 140 115
keriothe_ keriothe 12:42 12:10 95 78
HenryBW 12:42 22:28 176 145
p.wild 12:48 17:10 134 110
fshephe 12:53 18:03 140 115
xyster 12:54 23:32 182 150
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 13:01 14:56 114 94
Sheapey Sheapey 13:02 14:50 113 93
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 13:04 14:23 110 90
Stavros Stavrolex 13:06 14:19 109 90
Silva 13:13 29:46 225 185
Malcj malcj 13:28 17:22 128 105
tilbee 13:32 17:24 128 105
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 13:39 18:29 135 111
Ben Staveley 13:52 12:59 93 76
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:17 19:01 133 109
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:21 16:00 111 91
Tibthorpe 14:41 18:29 125 103
Aloysius 14:49 20:12 136 112
Crucifer Crucifer 15:13 11:23 74 61
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 15:54 15:22 96 79
johninterred Johninterred 15:55 26:48 168 138
phthisis 15:56 21:56 137 113
Paul Bacon 15:58 17:20 108 89
Squallaby 16:06 23:33 146 120
Golvellius 16:10 22:19 138 114
Looch 16:14 21:05 129 106
MK76 16:34 28:09 169 139
tapbarker 16:47 23:48 141 116
fuzz 17:09 31:48 185 152
Pootle Pootle 17:18 16:22 94 77
LJCN 17:26 27:30 157 129
alexh 17:26 21:21 122 100
Valance 17:34 15:54 90 74
CentralLine CentralLine 17:40 16:16 92 76
GMcD 17:41 22:29 127 104
Craven 17:44 23:57 135 111
RobR RobR 17:45 28:38 161 133
Ease This Jam 17:47 26:35 149 123
LouWeed LouWeed 17:48 29:57 168 138
gsriordan52 17:49 34:07 191 157
wyn.dil 18:15 21:12 116 95
Hamish.S 18:21 22:08 120 99
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:24 26:54 146 120
Achernar 18:32 36:35 197 162
benedick 18:44 21:35 115 95
Swanny 18:58 32:36 171 141
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:01 33:40 177 146
pterodactyl 19:06 21:20 111 91
andrewlake 19:11 18:13 94 77
LuckOfLucien 19:45 26:36 134 110
Zander 20:01 21:35 107 88
colin2355 20:15 18:20 90 74
hugh schofield Leskoffer 20:54 29:47 142 117
kath 20:56 27:12 129 106
James P Special_bitter 21:55 21:33 98 80
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 22:17 26:41 119 98
Jagsfan1971 22:22 24:52 111 91
endafk 22:37 23:34 104 85
pc8 22:41 31:57 140 115
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 22:45 22:34 99 81
cath23 22:50 24:37 107 88
brian.mcnamara 23:13 30:23 130 107
crosswordian 23:14 23:35 101 83
goblin 23:36 24:34 104 85
zythum 24:15 29:20 120 99
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:17 32:48 135 111
Foozler 24:30 22:27 91 75
Nangle 24:38 32:00 129 106
Gussie 25:18 32:50 129 106
Corymbia Corymbia 25:19 32:05 126 104
Waterloo 25:45 44:55 174 143
UisceTe 26:10 42:33 162 133
1234 26:15 38:08 145 119
eniamretrauq eniamretrauq 26:28 60:19 227 187
Mkgnao Mkgnao 26:51 48:16 179 147
Tudds 27:28 22:37 82 67
MartianAlien 27:42 28:27 102 84
Pauline Minter 27:52 28:19 101 83
SlumdogEngineer 28:17 53:49 190 157
nekabue 28:50 36:20 126 104
rosselliot 30:11 33:39 111 91
boltonwanderer 30:50 33:00 107 88
Cookincats 31:46 70:33 222 183
Mike Harper Mike Harper 32:08 35:56 111 91
JoeyC 32:58 38:05 115 95
HanS 33:07 17:43 53 43
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 35:21 57:39 163 134
Curarist Curarist 37:14 32:02 86 71
FrameShift 38:31 19:41 51 42
maryht 38:58 40:38 104 85
tyrotim tyrotim 45:28 59:08 130 107
paulmcl paulmcl 49:38 80:24 161 133
kjbr 51:51 69:06 133 109
Masha 56:29 79:22 140 115

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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