Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28100

Date 05 October 2021
Number 28100
Day of week Tuesday
NITCH 85
Count of ref solvers 64
Ref solvers excluded with errors 8
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28100

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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 03:51 99 116
mohn mohn2 04:49 05:30 114 134
Nathan Panning 06:25 05:49 90 105
Jason 06:35 05:45 87 102
Diskus 07:01 05:21 76 89
verlaine Verlaine 07:04 06:46 95 111
edwards.robert1 07:08 06:09 86 101
mistigris 07:40 07:16 94 110
aphis99 aphis99 07:53 07:50 99 116
hilarym 08:10 07:58 97 114
lili 08:20 07:00 84 98
Paul Gilbert 08:43 05:06 58 68
Midas 08:52 09:10 103 121
asaldanha 09:19 09:18 99 116
richard 09:42 07:20 75 88
chindit 09:52 10:25 105 123
boulemiche 10:12 10:25 102 120
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:14 11:10 109 128
scrabbler 10:15 08:29 82 96
AlanS 10:35 07:11 67 78
jimpen 10:47 09:18 86 101
Kinghedger 10:54 11:40 107 125
trux trux20 10:57 10:40 97 114
lickert 10:59 10:29 95 111
glheard glh 11:18 12:39 111 130
neilr neilr 11:52 10:38 89 104
keriothe_ keriothe 12:07 07:18 60 70
Heyesey 12:25 07:49 62 72
Topical Tim Topical Tim 12:26 12:41 102 120
aphasic 12:56 12:21 95 111
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:58 12:08 93 109
HenryBW 13:00 13:41 105 123
p.wild 13:02 14:44 113 132
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 13:02 09:01 69 81
Stavros Stavrolex 13:12 11:34 87 102
SimonAnthony 13:13 10:38 80 94
Sheapey Sheapey 13:18 12:12 91 107
xyster 13:30 12:26 92 108
John Walsh 13:39 13:24 98 115
tilbee 13:47 12:01 87 102
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 13:48 09:34 69 81
jamesah 13:48 13:34 98 115
Malcj malcj 14:02 14:48 105 123
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:04 12:41 90 105
Groucho 14:08 12:36 89 104
Ben Staveley 14:12 11:45 82 96
qieduan 14:17 16:25 114 134
Tibthorpe 14:18 16:39 116 136
d.middleton 14:37 15:25 105 123
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:43 11:59 81 95
David Crooks dcrooks 14:43 14:23 97 114
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 15:07 10:30 69 81
phthisis 15:19 14:35 95 111
Looch 15:35 11:33 74 87
grape 16:00 17:02 106 124
Golvellius 16:07 15:29 96 112
johninterred Johninterred 16:21 11:09 68 80
franceslc11 16:25 16:38 101 118
njnclarke 16:39 15:27 92 108
Pootle Pootle 16:41 13:04 78 91
ajcauk1 16:59 20:01 117 137
LJCN 17:28 13:51 79 92
Craven 17:45 19:42 110 129
Pete_Hartley 18:03 16:20 90 105
wyn.dil 18:04 21:08 116 136
RobR RobR 18:12 14:35 80 94
Hamish.S 18:17 16:01 87 102
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:21 16:08 87 102
robinh 19:03 19:55 104 122
Achernar 19:12 13:47 71 83
andrewlake 19:17 22:56 118 138
Colin2355 19:19 14:18 74 87
Zander 19:28 14:58 76 89
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:48 16:51 85 100
Foozler 19:49 23:25 118 138
Crossiant 20:13 13:42 67 78
annbrew 20:33 15:15 74 87
John Arnold 20:44 22:13 107 125
jaraab 20:45 16:07 77 90
Solver52 20:49 16:03 77 90
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:42 17:47 81 95
James P Special_bitter 21:43 19:58 91 107
Jagsfan1971 22:29 19:04 84 98
pc8 22:31 15:07 67 78
endafk 22:38 21:16 93 109
Galspray (Rabbitoh) galspray 23:00 19:29 84 98
crosswordian 23:11 20:43 89 104
goblin 23:55 20:04 83 97
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:28 23:32 96 112
Nangle 24:30 23:10 94 110
Corymbia Corymbia 25:16 17:01 67 78
cmcnsmith 25:30 27:51 109 128
timbo 25:41 18:51 73 85
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 25:48 15:42 60 70
FrameShift 26:08 18:07 69 81
stainl665 26:10 19:43 75 88
Waterloo 26:27 20:23 77 90
Manveru 26:32 22:36 85 100
1234 26:47 12:34 46 54
david_ch 27:03 22:44 84 98
pph22 27:13 20:52 76 89
Tudds 27:17 21:53 80 94
Mkgnao Mkgnao 27:31 22:57 83 97
Pauline Minter 28:10 20:48 73 85
eniamretrauq eniamretrauq 28:11 26:11 92 108
chris661554 28:24 27:46 97 114
Crippens1 28:31 18:07 63 74
phmfantom phmfantom 28:39 31:27 109 128
nekabue 28:43 24:06 83 97
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 29:24 29:03 98 115
suethepotterer 29:38 25:52 87 102
JoeyC 30:03 15:10 50 58
SlumdogEngineer 30:04 22:50 75 88
medodd 30:11 23:29 77 90
joss henry 30:43 23:29 76 89
rosselliot 31:46 24:58 78 91
gbestanley 31:53 24:06 75 88
koro kororareka 32:20 23:30 72 84
boltonwanderer 32:25 28:00 86 101
ulaca ulaca 33:34 29:57 89 104
Cookincats 33:51 28:15 83 97
wimpoldo 34:30 29:33 85 100
Jcal 34:34 27:48 80 94
HanS 34:56 33:56 97 114
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 36:09 25:14 69 81
starstruck starstruck_au 37:07 26:21 70 82
maryht 40:22 49:11 121 142
tyrotim tyrotim 42:08 41:47 99 116
empty 42:20 45:43 107 125
marp 43:44 38:02 86 101
Shushannah 44:04 31:25 71 83
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 44:04 32:18 73 85
MartinP MartinP1 45:07 36:44 81 95
Bertiethethird 52:43 32:47 62 72

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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