Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:06
SNITCH Alignment0.97

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 2026-02-23 29473 45 29474 122 29475 69
112 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
102 2026-01-26 29449 81 29450 75 29451 75 29452 127 29453 154
112 2026-01-19 29443 81 29444 128 29445 138 29446 123
130 2026-01-12 29438 114 29439 140 29440 119 29441 175
106 2026-01-05 29431 80 29432 89 29433 101 29434 78 29435 239
97 2025-12-29 29425 80 29426 70 29427 55 29428 72 29429 174

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-02-23 29473 54 29474 96 29475 89
111 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
96 2026-01-26 29449 106 29450 82 29451 89 29452 107 29453 100
115 2026-01-19 29443 89 29444 139 29445 128 29446 112
108 2026-01-12 29438 129 29439 129 29440 86 29441 94
94 2026-01-05 29431 100 29432 114 29433 86 29434 91 29435 103
91 2025-12-29 29425 93 29426 78 29427 54 29428 75 29429 120

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 158 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).