Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28041

Date 28 July 2021
Number 28041
Day of week Wednesday
NITCH 100
Count of ref solvers 68
Ref solvers excluded with errors 5
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28041

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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
mohn mohn2 04:47 05:48 121 121
Nathan Panning 06:13 08:48 141 141
Jason 06:24 09:03 141 141
verlaine Verlaine 06:59 07:56 113 113
edwards.robert1 07:39 06:33 85 85
aphis99 aphis99 07:45 08:55 115 115
Diskus 07:47 08:53 114 114
lili 08:06 07:14 89 89
Paul Gilbert 08:29 10:26 122 122
Midas 08:51 10:35 119 119
richard 09:07 09:44 106 106
chindit 09:39 12:05 125 125
AlanS 10:08 08:33 84 84
scrabbler 10:14 07:15 70 70
chriswords 10:35 15:18 144 144
Kinghedger 10:51 13:20 122 122
lickert 10:56 15:28 141 141
glheard glh 11:10 11:23 101 101
Topical Tim Topical Tim 11:32 16:24 142 142
jimpen 11:35 10:57 94 94
neilr neilr 12:14 11:04 90 90
aphasic 12:41 12:27 98 98
keriothe_ keriothe 12:42 11:54 93 93
HenryBW 12:42 13:19 104 104
p.wild 12:48 11:06 86 86
fshephe 12:53 12:41 98 98
xyster 12:54 10:00 77 77
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 13:01 14:39 112 112
Sheapey Sheapey 13:02 12:14 93 93
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 13:04 16:01 122 122
Stavros Stavrolex 13:06 15:39 119 119
jamesah 13:12 14:49 112 112
Silva 13:13 14:25 109 109
Malcj malcj 13:28 12:04 89 89
Heyesey 13:29 09:42 71 71
tilbee 13:32 14:54 110 110
Ben Staveley 13:52 13:54 100 100
Groucho 14:03 18:36 132 132
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:17 13:18 93 93
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:21 15:29 107 107
qieduan 14:31 16:10 111 111
Tibthorpe 14:41 10:03 68 68
Crucifer Crucifer 15:13 18:46 123 123
mikegrocott 15:38 19:34 125 125
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 15:54 16:37 104 104
johninterred Johninterred 15:55 14:03 88 88
cyrillic 15:56 19:19 121 121
phthisis 15:56 12:42 79 79
Squallaby 16:06 17:17 107 107
Golvellius 16:10 18:37 115 115
Looch 16:14 13:02 80 80
d.middleton 16:29 13:45 83 83
tapbarker 16:47 14:32 86 86
rupe 16:51 19:44 117 117
fuzz 17:09 24:00 139 139
Pootle Pootle 17:18 09:41 55 55
alexh 17:26 20:59 120 120
LJCN 17:26 11:46 67 67
CentralLine CentralLine 17:40 16:24 92 92
GMcD 17:41 14:09 80 80
Craven 17:44 14:36 82 82
RobR RobR 17:45 23:42 133 133
LouWeed LouWeed 17:48 12:40 71 71
gsriordan52 17:49 17:36 98 98
wyn.dil 18:15 18:17 100 100
Hamish.S 18:21 15:51 86 86
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:24 17:56 97 97
robinh 18:24 18:43 101 101
Achernar 18:32 23:07 124 124
benedick 18:44 19:37 104 104
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:01 19:12 100 100
pterodactyl 19:06 25:02 131 131
andrewlake 19:11 19:59 104 104
Zander 20:01 16:21 81 81
colin2355 20:15 19:42 97 97
barracuda barracuda 20:18 29:38 145 145
hugh schofield Leskoffer 20:54 20:32 98 98
Solver52 20:59 19:48 94 94
annbrew 21:53 18:27 84 84
uvofiz 21:54 20:53 95 95
alwsn8 22:09 26:07 117 117
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 22:17 25:55 116 116
pc8 22:41 20:55 92 92
sampson 22:58 22:54 99 99
brian.mcnamara 23:13 25:05 108 108
crosswordian 23:14 21:47 93 93
goblin 23:36 22:24 94 94
zythum 24:15 23:08 95 95
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:17 23:55 98 98
Nangle 24:38 30:30 123 123
Corymbia Corymbia 25:19 33:45 133 133
Waterloo 25:45 32:56 127 127
UisceTe 26:10 35:21 135 135
eniamretrauq eniamretrauq 26:28 24:28 92 92
timbo 26:32 34:08 128 128
stainl665 26:34 22:55 86 86
Mkgnao Mkgnao 26:51 23:20 86 86
Tudds 27:28 31:50 115 115
Pauline Minter 27:52 30:44 110 110
nekabue 28:50 24:21 84 84
gbestanley 30:21 33:40 110 110
ulaca ulaca 30:42 44:19 144 144
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 30:44 30:40 99 99
koro kororareka 31:22 26:07 83 83
Cookincats 31:46 33:34 105 105
JoeyC 32:58 24:46 75 75
HanS 33:07 28:03 84 84
Glyndwr 33:59 35:23 104 104
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 35:21 43:10 122 122
klamery4 37:09 31:03 83 83
FrameShift 38:31 18:47 48 48
empty 38:43 45:56 118 118
starstruck starstruck_au 40:23 49:32 122 122
MartinP MartinP1 44:31 60:58 136 136
tyrotim tyrotim 45:28 45:19 99 99
Shushannah 47:08 35:42 75 75
paulmcl paulmcl 49:38 73:41 148 148
kjbr 51:51 48:21 93 93
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 52:00 47:05 90 90
JGP 88:27 31:06 35 35

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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