Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:46
SNITCH Correlation0.67

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
2026-10-26 Monday 29683 04:06
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-11-02 29689 136 29692 111 29693 88
89 2026-10-26 29683 31 29684 70 29686 113 29687 144
108 2026-10-19 29677 103 29678 80 29680 70 29681 160
74 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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2026-11-02 29689 167 29692 118 29693 94
98 2026-10-26 29683 52 29684 88 29686 126 29687 127
107 2026-10-19 29677 153 29678 94 29680 68 29681 93
84 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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 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).