Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28093

Date 27 September 2021
Number 28093
Day of week Monday
NITCH 74
Count of ref solvers 66
Ref solvers excluded with errors 7
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28093

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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 03:53 03:28 89 120
mohn mohn2 04:49 04:10 86 116
Nathan Panning 06:25 04:48 74 100
Jason 06:35 05:02 76 102
Diskus 07:01 05:14 74 100
verlaine Verlaine 07:04 05:50 82 110
edwards.robert1 07:08 08:02 112 151
mauefw Mauefw 07:32 06:04 80 108
aphis99 aphis99 07:53 05:28 69 93
hilarym 08:10 06:19 77 104
lili 08:20 04:31 54 72
Midas 08:52 08:02 90 121
asaldanha 09:19 08:39 92 124
richard 09:42 07:04 72 97
chindit 09:52 08:39 87 117
boulemiche 10:12 08:29 83 112
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:14 07:59 78 105
scrabbler 10:15 09:16 90 121
AlanS 10:35 08:46 82 110
chriswords 10:39 10:53 102 137
jimpen 10:47 09:56 92 124
Kinghedger 10:54 08:43 79 106
trux trux20 10:57 07:04 64 86
lickert 10:59 09:39 87 117
glheard glh 11:18 06:27 57 77
robertL 11:57 06:23 53 71
Sue Sweeper 12:03 07:51 65 87
keriothe_ keriothe 12:07 08:59 74 100
fshephe 12:20 08:55 72 97
Heyesey 12:25 09:26 75 101
Topical Tim Topical Tim 12:26 09:20 75 101
aphasic 12:56 12:33 97 131
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:58 10:34 81 109
HenryBW 13:00 12:04 92 124
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 13:02 09:48 75 101
p.wild 13:02 12:28 95 128
Stavros Stavrolex 13:12 13:59 105 141
SimonAnthony 13:13 10:05 76 102
Sheapey Sheapey 13:18 06:42 50 67
xyster 13:30 10:34 78 105
John Walsh 13:39 14:23 105 141
tilbee 13:47 07:42 55 74
Silva 13:47 09:31 69 93
jamesah 13:48 17:21 125 168
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 13:48 11:27 82 110
Malcj malcj 14:02 11:17 80 108
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:04 11:59 85 114
Ben Staveley 14:12 11:47 82 110
Tibthorpe 14:18 11:58 83 112
d.middleton 14:37 12:12 83 112
David Crooks dcrooks 14:43 12:29 84 113
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:43 10:09 68 91
tunflog 14:54 10:43 71 95
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 15:07 12:47 84 113
phthisis 15:19 08:58 58 78
Looch 15:35 15:25 98 132
Froggo 15:36 15:11 97 131
gabrojak 15:37 11:57 76 102
Paul Bacon 15:42 14:28 92 124
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 15:52 11:30 72 97
grape 16:00 10:15 64 86
johninterred Johninterred 16:21 10:58 67 90
franceslc11 16:25 12:25 75 101
Pootle Pootle 16:41 15:26 92 124
alexh 16:48 20:53 124 167
annelambirth 17:10 16:42 97 131
mrsbateman 17:20 10:10 58 78
zinzan 17:24 13:19 76 102
LJCN 17:28 12:24 70 94
MK76 17:37 12:32 71 95
tapbarker 17:43 11:18 63 85
Craven 17:45 13:46 77 104
GMcD 17:53 12:38 70 94
Pete_Hartley 18:03 18:40 103 139
LouWeed LouWeed 18:06 16:29 91 122
RobR RobR 18:12 19:42 108 145
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:21 15:15 83 112
gsriordan52 18:31 19:19 104 140
CentralLine CentralLine 18:34 10:18 55 74
robinh 19:03 15:20 80 108
Achernar 19:12 13:47 71 95
andrewlake 19:17 14:39 75 101
Colin2355 19:19 15:12 78 105
pterodactyl 19:24 17:24 89 120
Zander 19:28 11:32 59 79
benedick 19:36 14:44 75 101
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:48 13:36 68 91
Ease This Jam 19:51 15:07 76 102
jaraab 20:45 20:23 98 132
Terrier 20:45 13:33 65 87
barracuda barracuda 20:46 19:23 93 125
Solver52 20:49 19:03 91 122
KET 21:24 15:56 74 100
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:42 15:05 69 93
James P Special_bitter 21:43 15:04 69 93
george.garlick 22:12 19:18 86 116
Jagsfan1971 22:29 18:11 80 108
endafk 22:38 19:43 87 117
brian.mcnamara 22:51 18:56 82 110
Galspray (Rabbitoh) galspray 23:00 13:48 60 81
Deane Short Deane Short 23:02 14:53 64 86
dec 23:03 17:07 74 100
crosswordian 23:11 16:27 70 94
goblin 23:55 25:54 108 145
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:28 15:43 64 86
zythum 24:53 16:26 66 89
Corymbia Corymbia 25:16 17:01 67 90
cmcnsmith 25:30 21:39 84 113
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 25:48 24:36 95 128
FrameShift 26:08 22:20 85 114
Waterloo 26:27 14:45 55 74
Manveru 26:32 22:00 82 110
1234 26:47 12:57 48 64
UisceTe 27:11 15:57 58 78
Tudds 27:17 17:20 63 85
jimancliffe 27:22 29:47 108 145
Mkgnao Mkgnao 27:31 20:28 74 100
chris661554 28:24 20:28 72 97
Crippens1 28:31 19:30 68 91
nekabue 28:43 23:33 82 110
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 29:24 16:28 56 75
suethepotterer 29:38 24:53 83 112
JoeyC 30:03 22:58 76 102
medodd 30:11 30:08 99 133
Curarist Curarist 31:03 18:18 58 78
rosselliot 31:46 19:56 62 83
NAPASAI napasai 31:50 32:37 102 137
koro kororareka 32:20 21:29 66 89
boltonwanderer 32:25 19:00 58 78
Lloyd 32:30 25:15 77 104
dosbarth 33:21 24:14 72 97
ulaca ulaca 33:34 20:02 59 79
Cookincats 33:51 23:02 68 91
wimpoldo 34:30 25:18 73 98
Vagans 34:55 18:27 52 70
HanS 34:56 28:13 80 108
BertieVII 35:42 27:47 77 104
starstruck starstruck_au 37:07 25:37 69 93
kapietro kapietro 40:07 28:12 70 94
andrewmr 40:13 38:25 95 128
nwoodifield 41:09 17:19 42 56
tyrotim tyrotim 42:08 40:41 96 129
empty 42:20 50:14 118 159
marp 43:44 27:43 63 85
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 44:04 29:09 66 89
Shushannah 44:04 36:13 82 110
MartinP MartinP1 45:07 35:07 77 104

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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