Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: CentralLine

TftT NameCentralLine
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:00
SNITCH Correlation0.84

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-11-18 Monday 29077 05:58
2025-06-23 Monday 29263 06:00
2024-02-20 Tuesday 28844 06:11
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 06:23
2025-06-09 Monday 29251 06:32
2023-07-03 Monday 28645 06:34
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 06:39
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 06:41
2023-06-19 Monday 28633 06:44
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 06:44

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-06-15 29569 65 29570 65 29571 95 29572 148
81 2026-06-08 29563 60 29564 74 29567 111
75 2026-06-01 29557 61 29559 88 29560 102 29561 51
80 2026-05-25 29551 66 29552 63 29554 92 29555 102
98 2026-05-18 29545 91
118 2026-05-11 29540 84 29541 126 29542 121 29543 144
56 2026-04-27 29527 56

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-06-15 29569 120 29570 87 29571 104 29572 137
110 2026-06-08 29563 125 29564 105 29567 102
92 2026-06-01 29557 101 29559 101 29560 99 29561 67
101 2026-05-25 29551 106 29552 94 29554 105 29555 100
119 2026-05-18 29545 133
121 2026-05-11 29540 97 29541 140 29542 124 29543 125
96 2026-04-27 29527 96

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 90 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for CentralLine. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).