Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: CentralLine

TftT NameCentralLine
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:18
SNITCH Correlation0.81

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
2026-08-24 Monday 29629 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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-09-07 29641 147 29642 113 29644 78
103 2026-08-31 29635 56 29636 150 29639 105
72 2026-08-24 29629 43 29630 63 29633 111
111 2026-08-17 29623 90 29625 86 29627 158
90 2026-08-10 29617 44 29618 45 29619 81 29620 160 29621 123
72 2026-08-03 29612 59 29613 72 29614 87

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2026-09-07 29641 145 29642 113 29644 98
118 2026-08-31 29635 80 29636 187 29639 88
83 2026-08-24 29629 74 29630 100 29633 76
116 2026-08-17 29623 150 29625 90 29627 108
101 2026-08-10 29617 59 29618 76 29619 109 29620 149 29621 113
85 2026-08-03 29612 78 29613 104 29614 75

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 87 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).