Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:28
SNITCH Alignment1.15

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
107 2025-09-29 29347 42 29348 80 29350 115 29351 191
105 2025-09-22 29341 118 29342 71 29344 56 29345 108
102 2025-09-15 29339 113
128 2025-09-08 29329 71 29330 95 29331 100 29332 184 29333 191
69 2025-09-01 29323 46 29324 73 29325 68 29327 89

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
108 2025-09-29 29347 85 29348 111 29350 108 29351 131
111 2025-09-22 29341 151 29342 109 29344 67 29345 92
102 2025-09-15 29339 95
118 2025-09-08 29329 89 29330 109 29331 112 29332 180 29333 102
82 2025-09-01 29323 70 29324 82 29325 87 29327 91

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 134 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).