Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:18
SNITCH Alignment0.99

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
88 2025-12-01 29401 41 29402 62 29403 68 29404 131 29405 140
113 2025-11-24 29395 61 29396 126 29397 101 29399 167
102 2025-11-17 29389 51 29390 91 29392 112 29393 154
83 2025-11-10 29383 95 29384 64 29386 113 29387 72
87 2025-11-03 29377 95 29378 72 29380 62

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2025-12-01 29401 61 29402 92 29403 98 29404 104 29405 95
109 2025-11-24 29395 93 29396 163 29397 90 29399 90
86 2025-11-17 29389 76 29390 98 29392 107 29393 63
93 2025-11-10 29383 102 29384 88 29386 104 29387 75
87 2025-11-03 29377 93 29378 98 29380 57

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 131 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).