Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28106

Date 12 October 2021
Number 28106
Day of week Tuesday
NITCH 85
Count of ref solvers 63
Ref solvers excluded with errors 5
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28106

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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 03:13 82 96
mohn mohn2 04:49 04:23 91 107
Nathan Panning 06:25 05:56 92 108
Jason 06:35 06:18 95 111
Diskus 07:01 05:59 85 100
verlaine Verlaine 07:04 05:58 84 98
edwards.robert1 07:08 05:58 83 97
mauefw Mauefw 07:32 07:07 94 110
mistigris 07:40 04:41 61 71
aphis99 aphis99 07:53 07:28 94 110
hilarym 08:10 13:04 160 188
lili 08:20 05:34 66 77
Midas 08:52 07:26 83 97
asaldanha 09:19 09:42 104 122
richard 09:42 06:58 71 83
chindit 09:52 09:01 91 107
boulemiche 10:12 10:14 100 117
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:14 09:23 91 107
scrabbler 10:15 11:22 110 129
AlanS 10:35 06:51 64 75
chriswords 10:39 10:31 98 115
jimpen 10:47 11:45 108 127
lickert 10:59 07:08 64 75
glheard glh 11:18 14:32 128 150
neilr neilr 11:52 10:05 84 98
Sue Sweeper 12:03 10:36 87 102
keriothe_ keriothe 12:07 10:55 90 105
fshephe 12:20 10:34 85 100
Topical Tim Topical Tim 12:26 17:34 141 165
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:58 15:38 120 141
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 13:02 09:51 75 88
p.wild 13:02 11:26 87 102
Stavros Stavrolex 13:12 17:03 129 151
SimonAnthony 13:13 12:25 93 109
Sheapey Sheapey 13:18 11:00 82 96
xyster 13:30 12:33 92 108
Spur58 13:33 20:18 149 175
tilbee 13:47 12:13 88 103
Silva 13:47 11:34 83 97
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 13:48 11:57 86 101
jamesah 13:48 15:42 113 132
Crucifer Crucifer 13:50 20:08 145 170
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:04 09:23 66 77
Groucho 14:08 15:33 110 129
Ben Staveley 14:12 13:12 92 108
qieduan 14:17 14:01 98 115
Tibthorpe 14:18 15:20 107 125
canismiser 14:32 13:07 90 105
David Crooks dcrooks 14:43 13:09 89 104
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:43 10:27 71 83
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 15:07 17:01 112 131
phthisis 15:19 14:35 95 111
JezWoolfrey 15:21 12:59 84 98
Froggo 15:36 15:42 100 117
gabrojak 15:37 11:57 76 89
Paul Bacon 15:42 17:00 108 127
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 15:52 15:21 96 112
Golvellius 16:07 09:48 60 70
Squallaby 16:19 15:41 96 112
johninterred Johninterred 16:21 16:11 98 115
Pootle Pootle 16:41 12:21 74 87
alexh 16:48 18:59 112 131
mrsbateman 17:20 15:41 90 105
zinzan 17:24 13:11 75 88
LJCN 17:28 13:00 74 87
tapbarker 17:43 14:05 79 92
Craven 17:45 18:08 102 120
GMcD 17:53 18:00 100 117
Pete_Hartley 18:03 19:17 106 124
wyn.dil 18:04 19:18 106 124
LouWeed LouWeed 18:06 14:07 77 90
rupe 18:08 14:02 77 90
RobR RobR 18:12 16:14 89 104
Hamish.S 18:17 20:06 109 128
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:21 19:11 104 122
gsriordan52 18:31 18:41 100 117
CentralLine CentralLine 18:34 30:12 162 190
fuzz 18:43 15:05 80 94
robinh 19:03 18:24 96 112
Achernar 19:12 28:09 146 171
andrewlake 19:17 19:03 98 115
Colin2355 19:19 21:56 113 132
pterodactyl 19:24 19:43 101 118
Zander 19:28 13:51 71 83
uvofiz 19:44 21:23 108 127
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:48 19:04 96 112
Foozler 19:49 25:53 130 152
Crossiant 20:13 14:11 70 82
Terrier 20:45 17:03 82 96
barracuda barracuda 20:46 18:43 90 105
Solver52 20:49 19:45 94 110
David Bourne 21:17 19:56 93 109
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:42 23:32 108 127
James P Special_bitter 21:43 17:39 81 95
Jagsfan1971 22:29 15:12 67 78
pc8 22:31 19:31 86 101
endafk 22:38 24:05 106 124
Galspray (Rabbitoh) galspray 23:00 09:20 40 47
Deane Short Deane Short 23:02 18:30 80 94
MichelinPoitiers MichelinPoitiers 23:09 19:27 84 98
crosswordian 23:11 23:10 99 116
alwsn8 23:21 27:23 117 137
goblin 23:55 24:14 101 118
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:28 22:08 90 105
Nangle 24:30 23:49 97 114
paul.whitehouse69 25:16 16:23 64 75
Corymbia Corymbia 25:16 16:13 64 75
timbo 25:41 25:48 100 117
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 25:48 26:44 103 121
FrameShift 26:08 10:16 39 45
Waterloo 26:27 16:22 61 71
1234 26:47 35:34 132 155
UisceTe 27:11 28:16 103 121
Tudds 27:17 24:33 89 104
Pauline Minter 28:10 21:14 75 88
chris661554 28:24 23:05 81 95
nekabue 28:43 20:36 71 83
suethepotterer 29:38 22:19 75 88
medodd 30:11 28:42 95 111
gbestanley 31:53 31:45 99 116
koro kororareka 32:20 26:32 82 96
boltonwanderer 32:25 26:00 80 94
Lloyd 32:30 49:27 152 178
Mike Harper Mike Harper 32:44 26:19 80 94
Dr_Bob 32:51 44:50 136 160
klamery4 33:12 30:05 90 105
dosbarth 33:21 31:52 95 111
ulaca ulaca 33:34 29:55 89 104
Gussie 33:39 23:42 70 82
Cookincats 33:51 25:16 74 87
HanS 34:56 36:35 104 122
Glyndwr 35:29 36:28 102 120
BertieVII 35:42 42:28 118 138
symbenall2 37:00 48:33 131 154
maryht 40:22 33:40 83 97
Maggot 41:13 40:39 98 115
tyrotim tyrotim 42:08 43:55 104 122
empty 42:20 40:58 96 112
infinitejest 42:22 32:30 76 89
marp 43:44 41:21 94 110
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 44:04 32:20 73 85
Shushannah 44:04 40:18 91 107
MartinP MartinP1 45:07 45:31 100 117
Bertiethethird 52:43 43:06 81 95
kjbr 55:28 59:18 106 124

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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