Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28112

Date 19 October 2021
Number 28112
Day of week Tuesday
NITCH 89
Count of ref solvers 59
Ref solvers excluded with errors 23
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28112

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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 03:10 81 91
verlaine Verlaine 07:04 09:19 131 147
edwards.robert1 07:08 05:54 82 92
mistigris 07:40 12:28 162 182
aphis99 aphis99 07:53 09:21 118 132
hilarym 08:10 07:33 92 103
lili 08:20 08:32 102 114
Midas 08:52 08:08 91 102
richard 09:42 11:12 115 129
chindit 09:52 11:53 120 134
philjordan1147 BUSMAN 10:14 10:01 97 108
scrabbler 10:15 08:58 87 97
AlanS 10:35 07:09 67 75
chriswords 10:39 12:18 115 129
Kinghedger 10:54 09:56 91 102
lickert 10:59 13:36 123 138
glheard glh 11:18 09:25 83 93
neilr neilr 11:52 10:51 91 102
keriothe_ keriothe 12:07 12:38 104 116
fshephe 12:20 13:57 113 126
Topical Tim Topical Tim 12:26 10:10 81 91
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:58 10:54 84 94
HenryBW 13:00 13:29 103 115
p.wild 13:02 14:04 107 120
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 13:02 12:05 92 103
Stavros Stavrolex 13:12 10:22 78 87
SimonAnthony 13:13 13:02 98 110
Sheapey Sheapey 13:18 10:11 76 85
Spur58 13:33 13:40 100 112
John Walsh 13:39 12:58 94 105
Silva 13:47 18:45 136 152
tilbee 13:47 10:01 72 80
jamesah 13:48 14:30 105 117
Malcj malcj 14:02 12:00 85 95
March (JeffCollins) mch1 14:04 13:33 96 107
Ben Staveley 14:12 10:38 74 83
TB22 14:15 14:10 99 111
qieduan 14:17 14:32 101 113
Tibthorpe 14:18 16:04 112 125
canismiser 14:32 18:51 129 144
d.middleton 14:37 15:23 105 117
David Crooks dcrooks 14:43 13:53 94 105
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:43 09:45 66 74
tunflog 14:54 16:11 108 121
phthisis 15:19 19:28 127 142
JezWoolfrey 15:21 21:36 140 157
Looch 15:35 16:34 106 119
Froggo 15:36 18:16 117 131
Paul Bacon 15:42 17:10 109 122
Golvellius 16:07 14:53 92 103
johninterred Johninterred 16:21 15:15 93 104
cyrillic 16:33 24:39 148 166
ajcauk1 16:59 17:28 102 114
mrsbateman 17:20 18:18 105 117
zinzan 17:24 16:46 96 107
tapbarker 17:43 13:49 77 86
Craven 17:45 16:17 91 102
GMcD 17:53 23:33 131 147
Pete_Hartley 18:03 17:42 98 110
wyn.dil 18:04 22:43 125 140
LouWeed LouWeed 18:06 15:53 87 97
RobR RobR 18:12 13:24 73 82
Hamish.S 18:17 14:15 77 86
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:21 19:40 107 120
jonathan.leather 18:35 10:49 58 65
fuzz 18:43 14:28 77 86
robinh 19:03 17:49 93 104
Semillon 19:09 16:01 83 93
Achernar 19:12 20:38 107 120
andrewlake 19:17 23:44 123 138
Colin2355 19:19 19:11 99 111
Zander 19:28 15:55 81 91
sue.cresswell 19:31 21:32 110 123
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:48 14:56 75 84
annbrew 20:33 15:12 73 82
barracuda barracuda 20:46 20:07 96 107
kath 20:48 20:02 96 107
hugh schofield Leskoffer 21:00 20:27 97 108
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:42 26:58 124 139
James P Special_bitter 21:43 14:43 67 75
sampson 22:28 22:34 100 112
Jagsfan1971 22:29 23:07 102 114
pc8 22:31 17:37 78 87
endafk 22:38 14:41 64 71
Galspray (Rabbitoh) galspray 23:00 14:47 64 71
Deane Short Deane Short 23:02 13:04 56 62
crosswordian 23:11 22:34 97 108
goblin 23:55 21:10 88 98
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:28 27:23 111 124
zythum 24:53 19:02 76 85
FrameShift 26:08 08:38 33 37
stainl665 26:10 38:04 145 162
Mkgnao Mkgnao 27:31 19:28 70 78
chris661554 28:24 23:43 83 93
suethepotterer 29:38 26:31 89 100
joss henry 30:43 28:55 94 105
Curarist Curarist 31:03 32:19 104 116
boltonwanderer 32:25 27:00 83 93
Lloyd 32:30 33:31 103 115
Mike Harper Mike Harper 32:44 29:21 89 100
Dr_Bob 32:51 32:16 98 110
Cookincats 33:51 24:42 72 80
BertieVII 35:42 33:41 94 105
FelicityTT 36:08 20:46 57 64
starstruck starstruck_au 37:07 30:17 81 91
kapietro kapietro 40:07 30:33 76 85
maryht 40:22 36:44 90 101
Maggot 41:13 39:56 96 107
tyrotim tyrotim 42:08 39:58 94 105
empty 42:20 39:13 92 103
Rookie 42:33 32:29 76 85
marp 43:44 43:52 100 112
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 44:04 29:15 66 74
Shushannah 44:04 40:27 91 102
MartinP MartinP1 45:07 64:32 143 160
jackk.larg 51:32 28:19 54 60

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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