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Solver Numbers

The columns 0–10 list the numbers of solvers with that number of submissions missing or in error in the year. The “Total” column gives the total of those; the “Solvers” column gives the number of different solvers who made at least one submission in the year (when known).

Year	Solvers	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1976–77	930	1	0	5	2	5	4	5	–	–	–	–	22
1977–78	–	3	4	3	2	6	8	6	6	5	9	–	52
1978–80	–	0	0	1	0	5	4	5	7	11	7	8	48
1980–81	974	6	5	5	5	17	5	8	12	12	–	–	75
1981–82	919	1	0	5	5	3	7	11	3	6	8	14	63
1982–83	853	1	5	5	5	7	8	9	7	8	12	7	74
1983–84	1002	3	4	7	13	15	13	8	8	–	–	–	71
1984–85	1029	1	3	1	6	6	6	10	8	7	9	8	65
1985–86	908	1	1	1	3	3	2	6	5	5	7	6	40
1986–87	818	0	8	4	5	7	3	1	6	3	12	4	53
1987–88	854	1	5	5	7	6	5	6	10	4	5	9	63
1988–89	881	4	5	4	4	7	6	3	9	8	8	6	64
1989–90	746	0	2	5	4	7	7	4	7	11	9	4	60
1990 ¹	–	17	16	21	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	77
1991 ²	–	7	0	0	4	7	9	9	7	12	–	–	55
1992	2651	6	5	8	5	9	11	9	13	8	11	11	96
1993	2302	3	10	8	6	9	13	10	5	13	7	6	90
1994	3375	0	9	6	10	8	9	11	13	17	7	8	98
1995	2538	4	6	10	12	10	13	11	10	8	10	12	106
1996	2200	3	7	10	9	8	6	13	8	8	9	6	87
1997	2200	9	8	16	7	10	8	7	5	9	15	10	104
1998	2807	12	9	11	15	13	16	15	10	9	9	16	135
1999	1958	5	9	10	9	15	10	11	13	11	10	11	114
2000	1616	5	11	9	12	13	8	6	6	9	18	11	108
2001	2560	2	8	11	15	16	16	10	15	6	18	22	139
2002	2186	15	21	23	19	20	14	11	15	19	19	14	190
2003	1896	9	14	19	11	12	19	9	13	12	16	13	147
2004	2882	7	6	11	23	20	19	21	16	17	14	18	172
2005	2642	10	19	21	26	15	19	20	17	21	19	13	200
2006	1919	14	18	10	22	27	17	9	17	25	11	14	184
2007	1696	21	14	20	14	11	10	14	17	12	19	12	164
2008	1588	32	26	21	19	13	15	21	13	15	12	13	200
2009	1660	26	28	34	23	20	19	18	16	13	12	9	218
2010	1351	21	20	24	29	31	19	19	15	22	13	25	238
2011	1424	16	20	18	17	19	17	16	13	15	10	19	180
2012	1306	14	24	17	22	27	20	15	15	19	7	12	192
2013	1141	12	18	17	23	15	21	33	19	13	11	15	197
2014	1418	16	26	24	26	22	23	11	14	17	15	12	206
2015	1218	29	28	28	29	29	26	23	9	12	16	14	243
2016	1244	8	20	19	31	27	22	26	27	21	15	19	235
2017	1291	25	27	30	29	23	21	24	25	18	16	14	252
2018	1034	18	35	23	27	27	21	21	18	22	16	22	250
2019	1045	23	22	25	28	28	25	18	21	23	17	15	245
2020	1151	18	28	27	35	32	29	23	20	16	21	16	265
2021	1055	38	37	45	38	30	28	21	15	20	20	14	306
2022	942	35	36	28	28	23	24	21	17	14	16	10	252

¹ This covered only the last 14 puzzles that appeared in The Listener.

² This year — in which there were no puzzles for the first few weeks — was blighted by the failure of many entries to reach the statistician; only the cases of potentially all-correct solvers were followed up.

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