Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:00
SNITCH Alignment0.96

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
78 2026-03-02 29479 49 29480 107
93 2026-02-23 29473 45 29474 122 29475 69 29476 138
109 2026-02-16 29467 55 29468 92 29470 213 29471 88
85 2026-02-09 29461 55 29462 78 29463 70 29464 172 29465 116
100 2026-02-02 29455 68 29456 125 29458 110 29459 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-03-02 29479 84 29480 128
95 2026-02-23 29473 54 29474 96 29475 90 29476 143
115 2026-02-16 29467 83 29468 110 29470 180 29471 72
93 2026-02-09 29461 75 29462 108 29463 98 29464 124 29465 106
113 2026-02-02 29455 106 29456 142 29458 111 29459 110

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 139 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).