Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:30
SNITCH Correlation0.73

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
74 2026-06-29 29581 49 29582 77 29583 98
82 2026-06-22 29575 58 29576 82 29577 136 29578 71 29579 64
95 2026-06-15 29569 58 29570 77 29571 74 29572 102 29573 86
76 2026-06-08 29563 67 29564 77 29565 81 29566 77
86 2026-06-01 29558 98 29559 86 29560 71

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2026-06-29 29581 79 29582 84 29583 110
100 2026-06-22 29575 93 29576 130 29577 141 29578 79 29579 59
94 2026-06-15 29569 107 29570 104 29571 81 29572 98 29573 85
101 2026-06-08 29563 139 29564 110 29565 90 29566 80
91 2026-06-01 29558 122 29559 98 29560 68

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 114 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).