Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28033

Date 19 July 2021
Number 28033
Day of week Monday
NITCH 99
Count of ref solvers 66
Ref solvers excluded with errors 12
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28033

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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
Nathan Panning 06:13 07:39 123 124
verlaine Verlaine 06:59 05:16 75 75
mistigris 07:29 09:16 123 124
edwards.robert1 07:39 06:35 86 86
aphis99 aphis99 07:45 09:19 120 121
Diskus 07:47 06:08 78 78
lili 08:06 06:09 75 75
Paul Gilbert 08:29 14:32 171 172
Midas 08:51 07:43 87 87
richard 09:07 09:39 105 106
asaldanha 09:08 11:38 127 128
chindit 09:39 08:59 93 93
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:10 10:07 99 100
scrabbler 10:14 09:01 88 88
chriswords 10:35 10:39 100 101
glheard glh 11:10 14:09 126 127
Topical Tim Topical Tim 11:32 09:08 79 79
jimpen 11:35 14:42 126 127
trux trux20 11:40 12:43 109 110
robertL 12:00 09:16 77 77
HenryBW 12:42 11:18 88 88
keriothe_ keriothe 12:42 12:16 96 96
p.wild 12:48 14:19 111 112
fshephe 12:53 10:02 77 77
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 13:01 16:09 124 125
Sheapey Sheapey 13:02 36:03 276 278
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 13:04 16:18 124 125
Stavros Stavrolex 13:06 16:38 126 127
jamesah 13:12 20:02 151 152
Silva 13:13 13:57 105 106
Malcj malcj 13:28 13:24 99 100
John Walsh 13:36 14:08 103 104
Secondbass 13:38 11:23 83 83
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 13:39 15:28 113 114
Ben Staveley 13:52 16:09 116 117
Groucho 14:03 14:53 105 106
David Crooks dcrooks 14:15 13:31 94 94
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:17 10:45 75 75
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:21 15:57 111 112
qieduan 14:31 09:13 63 63
Tibthorpe 14:41 14:03 95 95
grape 14:47 19:10 129 130
Crucifer Crucifer 15:13 11:12 73 73
tunflog 15:18 18:07 118 119
mikegrocott 15:38 17:32 112 113
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 15:46 14:42 93 93
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 15:54 14:54 93 93
johninterred Johninterred 15:55 17:36 110 111
cyrillic 15:56 12:46 80 80
phthisis 15:56 12:05 75 75
JezWoolfrey 16:00 14:37 91 91
fishernick79 16:07 17:52 110 111
Golvellius 16:10 11:21 70 70
Looch 16:14 18:23 113 114
gabrojak 16:28 17:06 103 104
tapbarker 16:47 27:38 164 165
annelambirth 17:12 19:53 115 116
Pootle Pootle 17:18 17:43 102 103
alexh 17:26 13:12 75 75
CentralLine CentralLine 17:40 24:09 136 137
GMcD 17:41 23:42 134 135
Craven 17:44 21:30 121 122
RobR RobR 17:45 26:41 150 151
Ease This Jam 17:47 22:06 124 125
LouWeed LouWeed 17:48 20:54 117 118
gsriordan52 17:49 18:03 101 102
wyn.dil 18:15 16:11 88 88
Hamish.S 18:21 21:07 115 116
robinh 18:24 17:19 94 94
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:24 18:45 101 102
Achernar 18:32 15:32 83 83
benedick 18:44 23:17 124 125
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:01 18:31 97 97
pterodactyl 19:06 20:46 108 109
andrewlake 19:11 21:57 114 115
Richard Bull 19:28 17:39 90 90
John Arnold 19:30 33:12 170 171
Zander 20:01 19:56 99 100
barracuda barracuda 20:18 15:18 75 75
hugh schofield Leskoffer 20:54 23:59 114 115
kath 20:56 24:26 116 117
Solver52 20:59 18:18 87 87
annbrew 21:53 24:49 113 114
James P Special_bitter 21:55 20:46 94 94
alwsn8 22:09 33:21 150 151
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 22:17 30:47 138 139
Jagsfan1971 22:22 23:55 106 107
endafk 22:37 29:44 131 132
KET 22:39 21:41 95 95
pc8 22:41 24:07 106 107
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 22:45 26:41 117 118
goblin 23:36 31:04 131 132
zythum 24:15 21:45 89 89
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:17 26:23 108 109
pph22 25:27 33:37 132 133
Fidelio 25:59 21:30 82 82
UisceTe 26:10 40:24 154 155
Mkgnao Mkgnao 26:51 29:31 109 110
MartianAlien 27:42 23:29 84 84
nekabue 28:50 23:34 81 81
ulaca ulaca 30:42 27:15 88 88
boltonwanderer 30:50 38:00 123 124
koro kororareka 31:22 38:11 121 122
Mike Harper Mike Harper 32:08 54:26 169 170
HanS 33:07 50:02 151 152
Crippens1 34:26 43:18 125 126
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 35:21 48:25 136 137
dosbarth 36:41 37:05 101 102
klamery4 37:09 32:44 88 88
Curarist Curarist 37:14 19:54 53 53
FrameShift 38:31 36:34 94 94
empty 38:43 37:22 96 96
maryht 38:58 41:09 105 106
starstruck starstruck_au 40:23 50:17 124 125
MartinP MartinP1 44:31 39:03 87 87
Shushannah 47:08 43:17 91 91
paulmcl paulmcl 49:38 33:57 68 68
jackk.larg 51:46 43:53 84 84
kjbr 51:51 65:58 127 128
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 52:00 37:50 72 72
Masha 56:29 80:39 142 143

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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