Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:54
SNITCH Correlation0.71

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
66 2026-10-12 29671 43 29672 79 29673 37 29674 108
95 2026-10-05 29665 70 29666 79 29667 115
104 2026-09-28 29659 107 29660 152 29661 84 29662 138 29663 73
72 2026-09-21 29653 67 29654 92 29655 58
89 2026-09-14 29647 123 29648 116 29650 76 29651 89
98 2026-09-07 29641 95 29643 108 29644 91
104 2026-08-31 29635 65 29636 89 29637 149

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
73 2026-10-12 29671 55 29672 98 29673 40 29674 100
103 2026-10-05 29665 97 29666 98 29667 107
107 2026-09-28 29659 138 29660 168 29661 94 29662 104 29663 83
88 2026-09-21 29653 111 29654 90 29655 64
102 2026-09-14 29647 141 29648 133 29650 76 29651 102
103 2026-09-07 29641 94 29643 99 29644 116
113 2026-08-31 29635 92 29636 111 29637 152

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 112 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).