Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:37
SNITCH Alignment0.95

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-06-13 Monday 28315 03:18
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 03:30
2020-09-23 Wednesday 27777 03:32
2018-10-29 Monday 27181 03:55
2023-01-09 Monday 28495 04:07
2020-05-27 Wednesday 27675 04:13
2022-05-30 Monday 28303 04:26
2022-05-11 Wednesday 28287 04:27
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 04:30
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 04:38

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2026-04-27 29527 48 29528 73 29529 63 29530 144 29531 162
91 2026-04-20 29521 40 29522 52 29523 149 29524 110
96 2026-04-13 29515 46 29516 51 29517 82 29518 136 29519 166
90 2026-04-06 29509 95 29510 76 29511 99 29512 69 29513 97
86 2026-03-30 29504 108 29505 90 29506 80

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2026-04-27 29527 82 29528 105 29529 88 29530 151 29531 127
98 2026-04-20 29521 71 29522 63 29523 133 29524 117
108 2026-04-13 29515 82 29516 85 29517 95 29518 137 29519 144
103 2026-04-06 29509 139 29510 111 29511 107 29512 94 29513 80
124 2026-03-30 29504 158 29505 120 29506 117

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 142 correct entries

Monthly average times

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