Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28142

Date 23 November 2021
Number 28142
Day of week Tuesday
NITCH 92
Count of ref solvers 64
Ref solvers excluded with errors 9
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28142

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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
mohn mohn2 04:54 04:47 97 105
Nathan Panning 06:31 06:13 95 103
Jason 06:33 04:54 74 80
Diskus 07:03 05:27 77 83
edwards.robert1 07:05 06:27 91 98
verlaine Verlaine 07:07 05:45 80 86
mauefw Mauefw 07:19 10:18 140 152
aphis99 aphis99 07:49 07:48 99 107
hilarym 08:15 07:40 92 100
lili 08:19 07:20 88 95
Midas 08:49 08:59 101 109
Paul Gilbert 08:49 08:58 101 109
richard 09:17 10:44 115 125
chindit 09:42 08:52 91 98
boulemiche 10:03 13:27 133 144
scrabbler 10:17 09:07 88 95
AlanS 10:30 07:23 70 76
trux trux20 10:36 11:37 109 118
chriswords 10:42 08:22 78 84
lickert 10:45 12:55 120 130
glheard glh 10:56 14:10 129 140
tiggis 11:27 08:42 75 81
robertL 11:45 13:53 118 128
neilr neilr 11:48 09:13 78 84
Topical Tim Topical Tim 12:10 08:22 68 73
keriothe_ keriothe 12:14 09:02 73 79
Sue Sweeper 12:17 12:23 100 108
fshephe 12:23 13:26 108 117
Heyesey 12:38 10:42 84 91
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:50 08:44 68 73
SimonAnthony 12:53 09:53 76 82
p.wild 13:02 13:51 106 115
Sheapey Sheapey 13:10 11:42 88 95
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 13:31 09:33 70 76
tilbee 13:39 12:58 94 102
xyster 13:46 11:55 86 93
Ben Staveley 13:48 10:32 76 82
Silva 13:51 10:51 78 84
March (JeffCollins) mch1 13:55 14:38 105 114
Malcj malcj 13:56 14:03 100 108
Tibthorpe 14:01 13:41 97 105
d.middleton 14:13 14:43 103 111
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:27 13:40 94 102
JezWoolfrey 14:30 18:31 127 138
David Crooks dcrooks 14:42 17:23 118 128
canismiser 14:46 19:24 131 142
TB22 15:18 18:22 120 130
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 15:28 14:55 96 104
phthisis 15:30 12:11 78 84
Looch 15:31 15:23 99 107
Aloysius 15:45 18:32 117 127
Golvellius 15:58 15:54 99 107
johninterred Johninterred 16:02 11:55 74 80
MK76 16:48 16:06 95 103
annelambirth 16:51 21:53 129 140
Pootle Pootle 16:55 22:00 130 141
mikegrocott 17:21 21:39 124 134
ajcauk1 17:23 18:48 108 117
LJCN 17:25 17:12 98 106
Craven 17:42 16:24 92 100
GMcD 17:46 15:13 85 92
LouWeed LouWeed 17:58 17:12 95 103
wyn.dil 18:01 17:33 97 105
RobR RobR 18:01 14:23 79 85
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:05 15:48 87 94
Hamish.S 18:20 17:55 97 105
Pete_Hartley 18:30 19:37 106 115
robinh 18:48 16:49 89 96
gsriordan52 18:58 25:18 133 144
CentralLine CentralLine 19:08 20:18 106 115
Zander 19:19 14:32 75 81
pterodactyl 19:26 19:49 101 109
Semillon 19:29 16:02 82 89
Zabadak (zabadak2) 19:31 16:55 86 93
andrewlake 19:37 16:45 85 92
Colin2355 19:39 16:12 82 89
uvofiz 19:59 20:22 101 109
Foozler 20:02 20:58 104 113
annbrew 20:02 18:04 90 97
Terrier 20:20 15:43 77 83
Crossiant 20:22 27:14 133 144
kath 20:24 23:29 115 125
Solver52 20:38 19:25 94 102
barracuda barracuda 20:48 23:21 112 121
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:11 13:17 62 67
Galspray (Rabbitoh) galspray 21:33 11:56 55 59
george.garlick 21:43 21:52 100 108
Jeremy S 21:44 19:50 91 98
pc8 22:01 24:29 111 120
James P Special_bitter 22:25 24:23 108 117
Jagsfan1971 22:46 20:55 91 98
brian.mcnamara 23:02 21:49 94 102
FrameShift 23:34 16:31 70 76
goblin 23:40 20:21 85 92
Corymbia Corymbia 24:15 20:51 85 92
zythum 24:46 23:22 94 102
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:46 23:26 94 102
cmcnsmith 25:02 30:18 121 131
Manveru 26:07 35:09 134 145
Tudds 26:21 22:23 84 91
Mkgnao Mkgnao 26:28 30:19 114 123
1234 26:49 19:38 73 79
david_ch 27:03 21:36 79 85
Crippens1 27:20 30:48 112 121
chris661554 27:30 32:24 117 127
nekabue 28:31 40:53 143 155
DanSolo 28:39 30:31 106 115
suethepotterer 28:55 22:43 78 84
Curarist Curarist 29:02 21:55 75 81
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 29:14 25:38 87 94
medodd 29:32 31:24 106 115
Menelaus 30:59 26:00 83 90
joss henry 31:09 29:30 94 102
rosselliot 31:41 31:32 99 107
Lloyd 31:47 38:43 121 131
boltonwanderer 31:47 37:00 116 126
Mike Harper Mike Harper 32:13 31:09 96 104
koro kororareka 32:51 24:33 74 80
wimpoldo 32:57 32:49 99 107
Cookincats 33:11 24:35 74 80
Onelug 33:41 28:29 84 91
HanS 34:08 33:17 97 105
Jadebee 34:11 28:29 83 90
Glyndwr 35:04 35:42 101 109
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 35:49 47:34 132 143
starstruck starstruck_au 36:26 27:48 76 82
NAPASAI napasai 38:41 28:00 72 78
maryht 40:27 73:12 180 195
empty 41:32 47:42 114 123
Maggot 41:50 44:52 107 116
tyrotim tyrotim 41:59 53:47 128 139
Rookie 42:31 29:21 69 75
MartinP MartinP1 43:37 39:02 89 96
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 44:11 47:22 107 116
kjbr 54:37 51:26 94 102

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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