Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword
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Times Cryptic Crossword 28148

Date 30 November 2021
Number 28148
Day of week Tuesday
NITCH 70
Count of ref solvers 62
Ref solvers excluded with errors 6
Link to crossword View Crossword*
Times for the Times Link 28148

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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 05:40 115 164
Nathan Panning 06:31 04:33 69 98
Jason 06:33 05:31 84 120
Diskus 07:03 04:15 60 85
edwards.robert1 07:05 06:28 91 130
verlaine Verlaine 07:07 04:32 63 90
mauefw Mauefw 07:19 08:42 118 168
mistigris 07:44 04:59 64 91
aphis99 aphis99 07:49 03:58 50 71
hilarym 08:15 09:30 115 164
lili 08:19 04:03 48 68
Midas 08:49 08:34 97 138
Paul Gilbert 08:49 04:38 52 74
richard 09:17 07:32 81 115
asaldanha 09:24 11:03 117 167
chindit 09:42 10:56 112 160
boulemiche 10:03 08:11 81 115
scrabbler 10:17 09:41 94 134
AlanS 10:30 09:40 92 131
chriswords 10:42 09:23 87 124
lickert 10:45 11:53 110 157
jimpen 10:46 09:38 89 127
glheard glh 10:56 06:16 57 81
neilr neilr 11:48 15:20 129 184
keriothe_ keriothe 12:14 06:24 52 74
Sue Sweeper 12:17 06:32 53 75
fshephe 12:23 10:56 88 125
Heyesey 12:38 07:44 61 87
Tom Stubbs Tom Stubbs 12:50 12:17 95 135
aphasic 12:50 11:29 89 127
SimonAnthony 12:53 09:59 77 110
p.wild 13:02 09:17 71 101
Sheapey Sheapey 13:10 07:21 55 78
MikeOsborne mikeosborne 13:22 06:40 49 70
7dPenguin (KenG) 7dPenguin 13:31 08:42 64 91
John Walsh 13:37 09:30 69 98
tilbee 13:39 13:23 98 140
xyster 13:46 09:49 71 101
Ben Staveley 13:48 13:18 96 137
Silva 13:51 13:03 94 134
March (JeffCollins) mch1 13:55 08:32 61 87
Malcj malcj 13:56 10:50 77 110
Tibthorpe 14:01 14:26 102 145
Groucho 14:05 12:18 87 124
d.middleton 14:13 10:47 75 107
SimonB 14:25 08:29 58 82
Penfold_61 Penfold 14:27 07:50 54 77
JezWoolfrey 14:30 16:30 113 161
David Crooks dcrooks 14:42 12:12 82 117
tunflog 14:53 11:46 79 112
TB22 15:18 08:48 57 81
Ed freshpot Ed Freshpot 15:28 08:33 55 78
phthisis 15:30 09:09 59 84
pitcaithlie Pitcaithlie 15:30 11:22 73 104
Looch 15:31 12:17 79 112
grape 15:33 12:50 82 117
gabrojak 15:45 11:11 71 101
Golvellius 15:58 13:00 81 115
johninterred Johninterred 16:02 09:56 61 87
annelambirth 16:51 15:32 92 131
njnclarke 16:54 12:06 71 101
Pootle Pootle 16:55 06:17 37 52
jimwetzler 17:11 11:40 67 95
ajcauk1 17:23 16:35 95 135
Craven 17:42 11:53 67 95
GMcD 17:46 11:02 62 88
LouWeed LouWeed 17:58 08:09 45 64
wyn.dil 18:01 14:25 80 114
RobR RobR 18:01 15:22 85 121
OliviaRhineb oliviarhinebeck 18:05 12:46 70 100
jonathan.leather 18:08 04:51 26 37
Hamish.S 18:20 14:00 76 108
Pete_Hartley 18:30 13:24 72 102
robinh 18:48 13:48 73 104
CentralLine CentralLine 19:08 10:04 52 74
Ease This Jam 19:20 10:13 52 74
pterodactyl 19:26 17:20 89 127
Semillon 19:29 10:56 56 80
andrewlake 19:37 13:37 69 98
Colin2355 19:39 11:41 59 84
uvofiz 19:59 16:40 83 118
Foozler 20:02 20:45 103 147
annbrew 20:02 14:38 73 104
Terrier 20:20 13:34 66 94
Crossiant 20:22 13:36 66 94
kath 20:24 14:36 71 101
Deane Short Deane Short 20:26 09:47 47 67
Solver52 20:38 15:41 76 108
barracuda barracuda 20:48 23:02 110 157
John Arnold 21:06 19:38 93 132
Kevin Gregg Kevin Gregg 21:11 22:23 105 150
Galspray (Rabbitoh) galspray 21:33 09:38 44 62
george.garlick 21:43 18:37 85 121
Jeremy S 21:44 15:01 69 98
Yatton50 21:52 11:35 52 74
David Bourne 21:52 15:16 69 98
pc8 22:01 15:41 71 101
James P Special_bitter 22:25 15:27 68 97
endafk 22:35 13:40 60 85
alwsn8 22:51 31:05 136 194
crosswordian 23:00 18:50 81 115
brian.mcnamara 23:02 14:33 63 90
FrameShift 23:34 31:04 131 187
goblin 23:40 16:18 68 97
Corymbia Corymbia 24:15 17:40 72 102
Nangle 24:28 20:29 83 118
rjcassidy rjcassidy 24:46 18:14 73 104
cmcnsmith 25:02 19:19 77 110
Jeremy Weissmann plusjeremy 25:48 12:45 49 70
Manveru 26:07 15:39 59 84
Waterloo 26:13 13:00 49 70
Tudds 26:21 13:21 50 71
Mkgnao Mkgnao 26:28 21:30 81 115
1234 26:49 17:31 65 92
Fidelio 26:52 21:30 80 114
Pauline Minter 27:19 19:13 70 100
Crippens1 27:20 15:02 55 78
chris661554 27:30 21:33 78 111
UisceTe 27:41 17:29 63 90
nekabue 28:31 29:46 104 148
jimancliffe 28:31 20:45 72 102
DanSolo 28:39 15:36 54 77
eniamretrauq eniamretrauq 28:56 22:38 78 111
Curarist Curarist 29:02 15:12 52 74
JohnDun (johndun) john_dun 29:14 21:05 72 102
Menelaus 30:59 15:12 49 70
boltonwanderer 31:47 16:00 50 71
dosbarth 31:51 32:47 102 145
Mike Harper Mike Harper 32:13 17:43 54 77
koro kororareka 32:51 17:48 54 77
Cookincats 33:11 28:55 87 124
Dr_Bob 33:55 25:49 76 108
HanS 34:08 26:44 78 111
Jadebee 34:11 22:22 65 92
Glyndwr 35:04 31:36 90 128
SK42 35:41 18:55 53 75
Pleasuredome Pleasuredome8 35:49 20:39 57 81
starstruck starstruck_au 36:26 18:28 50 71
maryht 40:27 36:04 89 127
tyrotim tyrotim 41:59 45:13 107 152
drsjpayne 42:56 31:12 72 102
MartinP MartinP1 43:37 35:04 80 114
WordPlodder BletchleyReject 44:11 29:08 65 92
Bertiethethird 48:13 23:09 48 68

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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