Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: CentralLine

TftT NameCentralLine
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:03
SNITCH Correlation0.83

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
82 2026-08-10 29617 44 29618 45 29619 81 29620 160
72 2026-08-03 29612 59 29613 72 29614 87
76 2026-07-27 29605 48 29606 65 29607 84 29608 109
132 2026-07-20 29602 124 29603 141
103 2026-07-13 29595 109 29596 97
48 2026-07-06 29588 48
90 2026-06-29 29581 75 29583 73 29584 115 29585 112

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-08-10 29617 59 29618 76 29619 108 29620 146
85 2026-08-03 29612 78 29613 104 29614 75
90 2026-07-27 29605 76 29606 83 29607 91 29608 111
108 2026-07-20 29602 105 29603 111
118 2026-07-13 29595 129 29596 107
65 2026-07-06 29588 65
95 2026-06-29 29581 120 29583 82 29584 103 29585 74

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 88 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).