Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: CentralLine

TftT NameCentralLine
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:26
SNITCH Correlation0.8

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
80 2026-11-02 29689 63 29690 80 29692 99
97 2026-10-26 29683 78 29685 109 29686 94 29687 110
87 2026-10-19 29677 72 29680 102
103 2026-10-12 29671 66 29674 108
113 2026-10-05 29665 70 29666 90 29669 179
105 2026-09-28 29659 70 29660 129 29662 129 29663 94

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2026-11-02 29689 77 29690 91 29692 105
111 2026-10-26 29683 132 29685 113 29686 105 29687 97
103 2026-10-19 29677 107 29680 100
111 2026-10-12 29671 85 29674 100
107 2026-10-05 29665 97 29666 112 29669 114
109 2026-09-28 29659 90 29660 143 29662 97 29663 108

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 83 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).