Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: CentralLine

TftT NameCentralLine
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:20
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 2026-10-05 29665 70 29666 90
105 2026-09-28 29659 70 29660 129 29662 129 29663 94
119 2026-09-21 29653 59 29654 162 29656 146
85 2026-09-14 29647 94 29650 77
112 2026-09-07 29641 147 29642 113 29644 78
93 2026-08-31 29635 56 29636 150 29639 105

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-10-05 29665 97 29666 112
109 2026-09-28 29659 90 29660 143 29662 97 29663 108
126 2026-09-21 29653 98 29654 158 29656 139
92 2026-09-14 29647 108 29650 77
119 2026-09-07 29641 145 29642 113 29644 100
107 2026-08-31 29635 80 29636 187 29639 88

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 81 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).