Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28107

Date 13 October 2021
Number 28107
Day of week Wednesday
NITCH 95
Count of ref solvers 64
Ref solvers excluded with errors 4
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28107

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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 05:30 141 148
mohn mohn2 04:49 05:28 113 118
Nathan Panning 06:25 05:39 88 92
Jason 06:35 06:48 103 108
Diskus 07:01 08:20 118 124
verlaine Verlaine 07:04 06:00 84 88
edwards.robert1 07:08 07:06 99 104
mistigris 07:40 06:22 83 87
aphis99 aphis99 07:53 05:59 75 78
lili 08:20 05:10 62 65
Paul Gilbert 08:43 09:00 103 108
Midas 08:52 08:22 94 98
asaldanha 09:19 10:39 114 120
richard 09:42 08:24 86 90
chindit 09:52 12:53 130 136
scrabbler 10:15 10:54 106 111
AlanS 10:35 12:02 113 118
jimpen 10:47 15:25 142 149
Kinghedger 10:54 09:55 90 94
trux trux20 10:57 13:55 127 133
lickert 10:59 08:46 79 83
glheard glh 11:18 10:07 89 93
neilr neilr 11:52 13:24 112 117
Sue Sweeper 12:03 12:53 106 111
keriothe_ keriothe 12:07 12:33 103 108
fshephe 12:20 08:45 70 73
Heyesey 12:25 11:22 91 95
Topical Tim Topical Tim 12:26 11:43 94 98
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:58 15:06 116 122
HenryBW 13:00 19:31 150 157
p.wild 13:02 11:26 87 91
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 13:02 18:46 143 150
Stavros Stavrolex 13:12 10:14 77 81
SimonAnthony 13:13 08:21 63 66
Sheapey Sheapey 13:18 12:45 95 100
xyster 13:30 10:58 81 85
Silva 13:47 12:20 89 93
tilbee 13:47 14:34 105 110
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 13:48 16:04 116 122
jamesah 13:48 13:58 101 106
Crucifer Crucifer 13:50 16:34 119 125
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:04 11:04 78 82
Groucho 14:08 13:41 96 101
Ben Staveley 14:12 15:25 108 113
Tibthorpe 14:18 16:24 114 120
David Crooks dcrooks 14:43 13:52 94 98
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:43 15:25 104 109
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 15:07 17:14 114 120
phthisis 15:19 16:43 109 114
JezWoolfrey 15:21 18:03 117 123
Looch 15:35 18:53 121 127
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 15:52 11:27 72 75
grape 16:00 16:05 100 105
Valance 16:11 16:28 101 106
johninterred Johninterred 16:21 16:57 103 108
cyrillic 16:33 19:56 120 126
njnclarke 16:39 18:36 111 116
Pootle Pootle 16:41 30:11 180 189
ajcauk1 16:59 17:12 101 106
annelambirth 17:10 16:09 94 98
mrsbateman 17:20 22:10 127 133
zinzan 17:24 15:33 89 93
LJCN 17:28 25:03 143 150
Craven 17:45 17:38 99 104
GMcD 17:53 27:02 151 158
Pete_Hartley 18:03 14:59 83 87
wyn.dil 18:04 24:18 134 141
LouWeed LouWeed 18:06 13:22 73 76
RobR RobR 18:12 20:22 111 116
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:21 18:04 98 103
Dzhigit dzhigit71 18:30 15:48 85 89
jonathan.leather 18:35 15:34 83 87
robinh 19:03 17:19 90 94
andrewlake 19:17 18:27 95 100
pterodactyl 19:24 23:04 118 124
Zander 19:28 20:36 105 110
Crossiant 20:13 24:17 120 126
maisiemae 20:20 24:21 119 125
annbrew 20:33 20:30 99 104
John Arnold 20:44 20:58 101 106
Terrier 20:45 15:34 75 78
barracuda barracuda 20:46 27:04 130 136
Solver52 20:49 18:55 90 94
hugh schofield Leskoffer 21:00 22:07 105 110
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:42 14:26 66 69
James P Special_bitter 21:43 15:52 73 76
sampson 22:28 26:10 116 122
Jagsfan1971 22:29 28:09 125 131
pc8 22:31 21:10 94 98
Deane Short Deane Short 23:02 22:30 97 102
crosswordian 23:11 20:11 87 91
alwsn8 23:21 23:05 98 103
goblin 23:55 27:09 113 118
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:28 46:13 188 197
Nangle 24:30 29:57 122 128
MartianAlien 24:55 22:51 91 95
Corymbia Corymbia 25:16 31:02 122 128
timbo 25:41 30:29 118 124
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 25:48 21:04 81 85
FrameShift 26:08 18:55 72 75
Waterloo 26:27 31:50 120 126
1234 26:47 33:27 124 130
david_ch 27:03 22:43 83 87
UisceTe 27:11 27:46 102 107
Tudds 27:17 28:29 104 109
jimancliffe 27:22 52:26 191 201
Pauline Minter 28:10 31:26 111 116
chris661554 28:24 39:58 140 147
Crippens1 28:31 26:45 93 97
Menelaus 28:36 32:18 112 117
nekabue 28:43 28:58 100 105
suethepotterer 29:38 34:55 117 123
JoeyC 30:03 27:33 91 95
SlumdogEngineer 30:04 29:34 98 103
medodd 30:11 24:12 80 84
joss henry 30:43 37:42 122 128
Curarist Curarist 31:03 23:05 74 77
gbestanley 31:53 45:59 144 151
koro kororareka 32:20 33:00 102 107
boltonwanderer 32:25 32:00 98 103
Lloyd 32:30 31:05 95 100
Mike Harper Mike Harper 32:44 42:55 131 137
Dr_Bob 32:51 46:05 140 147
klamery4 33:12 28:41 86 90
ulaca ulaca 33:34 35:24 105 110
Cookincats 33:51 21:31 63 66
Jcal 34:34 46:42 135 142
HanS 34:56 37:44 108 113
BertieVII 35:42 47:35 133 140
starstruck starstruck_au 37:07 38:17 103 108
tyrotim tyrotim 42:08 49:09 116 122
empty 42:20 53:56 127 133
JGP 42:27 92:11 217 228
Rookie 42:33 61:19 144 151
MartinP MartinP1 45:07 42:23 93 97
jackk.larg 51:32 36:43 71 74
Bertiethethird 52:43 53:25 101 106
kjbr 55:28 62:01 111 116

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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