Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:57
SNITCH Alignment1.24

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
101 2025-08-18 29311 67 29313 60 29314 146 29315 132
112 2025-08-11 29305 49 29306 86 29307 162 29308 114 29309 204
124 2025-08-04 29299 130 29300 123 29301 62 29302 105 29303 146
79 2025-07-28 29293 77 29295 66 29296 96
147 2025-07-21 29288 49 29289 91 29290 206 29291 267
120 2025-07-14 29281 99 29284 84 29285 157
103 2025-07-07 29275 75 29276 64 29277 61 29279 217
82 2025-06-30 29270 72 29272 101 29273 88

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2025-08-18 29311 101 29313 77 29314 130 29315 121
99 2025-08-11 29305 85 29306 89 29307 122 29308 94 29309 121
115 2025-08-04 29299 127 29300 153 29301 101 29302 119 29303 98
93 2025-07-28 29293 106 29295 79 29296 96
102 2025-07-21 29288 59 29289 131 29290 113 29291 104
107 2025-07-14 29281 112 29284 84 29285 124
100 2025-07-07 29275 98 29276 91 29277 83 29279 124
81 2025-06-30 29270 110 29272 95 29273 64

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 149 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).