Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28105

Date 11 October 2021
Number 28105
Day of week Monday
NITCH 76
Count of ref solvers 63
Ref solvers excluded with errors 11
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28105

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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 02:55 75 98
mohn mohn2 04:49 02:44 56 73
Nathan Panning 06:25 04:40 72 94
Jason 06:35 06:33 99 130
Diskus 07:01 06:03 86 113
verlaine Verlaine 07:04 05:12 73 96
edwards.robert1 07:08 06:01 84 110
mistigris 07:40 06:00 78 102
aphis99 aphis99 07:53 05:18 67 88
hilarym 08:10 05:53 72 94
lili 08:20 07:03 84 110
Midas 08:52 06:01 67 88
asaldanha 09:19 05:42 61 80
richard 09:42 06:31 67 88
chindit 09:52 06:24 64 84
boulemiche 10:12 09:28 92 121
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:14 09:53 96 126
AlanS 10:35 15:02 142 186
chriswords 10:39 07:52 73 96
jimpen 10:47 09:45 90 118
Kinghedger 10:54 08:32 78 102
trux trux20 10:57 06:01 54 71
lickert 10:59 05:50 53 69
glheard glh 11:18 09:50 87 114
neilr neilr 11:52 09:36 80 105
tiggis 11:53 13:03 109 143
Sue Sweeper 12:03 11:19 93 122
keriothe_ keriothe 12:07 13:25 110 144
fshephe 12:20 10:20 83 109
Heyesey 12:25 09:13 74 97
Topical Tim Topical Tim 12:26 06:27 51 67
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:58 10:19 79 103
HenryBW 13:00 07:53 60 78
Stavros Stavrolex 13:12 09:04 68 89
SimonAnthony 13:13 06:31 49 64
Sheapey Sheapey 13:18 07:30 56 73
Spur58 13:33 15:24 113 148
John Walsh 13:39 14:22 105 138
tilbee 13:47 10:11 73 96
Silva 13:47 11:25 82 107
jamesah 13:48 09:39 69 90
Malcj malcj 14:02 13:34 96 126
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:04 09:10 65 85
Ben Staveley 14:12 14:20 100 131
qieduan 14:17 10:46 75 98
Tibthorpe 14:18 07:38 53 69
canismiser 14:32 12:49 88 115
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:43 10:06 68 89
David Crooks dcrooks 14:43 11:50 80 105
tunflog 14:54 13:37 91 119
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 15:07 12:08 80 105
phthisis 15:19 10:48 70 92
JezWoolfrey 15:21 16:50 109 143
Looch 15:35 13:27 86 113
gabrojak 15:37 12:45 81 106
Paul Bacon 15:42 12:49 81 106
grape 16:00 11:57 74 97
Squallaby 16:19 13:35 83 109
johninterred Johninterred 16:21 11:55 72 94
Pootle Pootle 16:41 21:47 130 171
ajcauk1 16:59 21:09 124 163
mrsbateman 17:20 17:29 100 131
zinzan 17:24 15:23 88 115
LJCN 17:28 20:02 114 150
Craven 17:45 16:04 90 118
GMcD 17:53 15:17 85 111
Pete_Hartley 18:03 16:58 93 122
wyn.dil 18:04 22:35 125 164
LouWeed LouWeed 18:06 15:40 86 113
RobR RobR 18:12 17:28 95 125
Hamish.S 18:17 17:02 93 122
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:21 16:57 92 121
Dzhigit dzhigit71 18:30 15:35 84 110
gsriordan52 18:31 18:12 98 128
jonathan.leather 18:35 16:08 86 113
robinh 19:03 13:25 70 92
Semillon 19:09 11:43 61 80
Achernar 19:12 19:46 102 134
andrewlake 19:17 16:30 85 111
benedick 19:36 23:43 121 159
uvofiz 19:44 15:35 78 102
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:48 20:13 102 134
Crossiant 20:13 14:00 69 90
annbrew 20:33 17:27 84 110
jaraab 20:45 13:14 63 82
barracuda barracuda 20:46 18:28 88 115
Solver52 20:49 17:01 81 106
hugh schofield Leskoffer 21:00 18:39 88 115
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:42 17:38 81 106
sampson 22:28 19:03 84 110
Jagsfan1971 22:29 18:14 81 106
pc8 22:31 26:08 116 152
endafk 22:38 16:04 70 92
Galspray (Rabbitoh) galspray 23:00 19:12 83 109
Deane Short Deane Short 23:02 16:26 71 93
crosswordian 23:11 20:05 86 113
goblin 23:55 18:31 77 101
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:28 21:25 87 114
Nangle 24:30 24:06 98 128
cmcnsmith 25:30 26:55 105 138
timbo 25:41 20:41 80 105
Waterloo 26:27 22:52 86 113
1234 26:47 18:09 67 88
david_ch 27:03 20:51 77 101
Tudds 27:17 19:17 70 92
jimancliffe 27:22 27:10 99 130
chris661554 28:24 22:36 79 103
Menelaus 28:36 30:04 105 138
phmfantom phmfantom 28:39 17:47 62 81
nekabue 28:43 21:53 76 100
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 29:24 16:20 55 72
suethepotterer 29:38 27:07 91 119
medodd 30:11 30:05 99 130
joss henry 30:43 28:23 92 121
Curarist Curarist 31:03 20:43 66 86
gbestanley 31:53 28:16 88 115
koro kororareka 32:20 28:33 88 115
boltonwanderer 32:25 19:00 58 76
Lloyd 32:30 20:15 62 81
Mike Harper Mike Harper 32:44 19:57 60 78
Dr_Bob 32:51 33:27 101 132
dosbarth 33:21 32:46 98 128
ulaca ulaca 33:34 31:09 92 121
Cookincats 33:51 45:11 133 175
wimpoldo 34:30 23:24 67 88
Jcal 34:34 26:07 75 98
HanS 34:56 36:05 103 135
Glyndwr 35:29 35:48 100 131
BertieVII 35:42 39:03 109 143
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 36:09 23:39 65 85
6098mr 36:12 35:56 99 130
symbenall2 37:00 38:38 104 136
starstruck starstruck_au 37:07 32:09 86 113
kapietro kapietro 40:07 30:44 76 100
maryht 40:22 29:40 73 96
tyrotim tyrotim 42:08 26:18 62 81
empty 42:20 40:55 96 126
marp 43:44 41:27 94 123
MartinP MartinP1 45:07 41:31 92 121
kjbr 55:28 37:11 67 88

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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