Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:57
SNITCH Alignment1.2

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
87 2025-05-05 29221 87
108 2025-04-28 29215 77 29216 139 29217 41 29218 128 29219 159
81 2025-04-21 29209 64 29210 61 29211 70 29212 115 29213 84
110 2025-04-14 29203 61 29204 51 29205 88 29207 206
116 2025-04-07 29197 83 29198 122 29199 85 29200 77 29201 188
70 2025-03-31 29191 46 29192 85 29193 80

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
120 2025-05-05 29221 120
108 2025-04-28 29215 111 29216 132 29217 58 29218 110 29219 132
90 2025-04-21 29209 85 29210 83 29211 100 29212 94 29213 87
101 2025-04-14 29203 89 29204 77 29205 122 29207 107
109 2025-04-07 29197 102 29198 123 29199 89 29200 106 29201 134
87 2025-03-31 29191 73 29192 96 29193 93

Alignment to SNITCH

Monthly average times

The table below shows the monthly average solving times for Topical Tim

MonthAverage time
Apr 2025 11:57
Mar 2025 12:00
Feb 2025 11:35
Jan 2025 11:18
Dec 2024 11:27
Nov 2024 10:57
Oct 2024 10:41
Sep 2024 10:40
Aug 2024 10:42
Jul 2024 10:45
Jun 2024 10:40
May 2024 11:01
Apr 2024 11:24
Mar 2024 11:31
Mar 2024 11:31
Feb 2024 11:20
Jan 2024 11:54
Dec 2023 11:57
Nov 2023 11:50
Oct 2023 11:40
Sep 2023 11:40
Aug 2023 11:35
Jul 2023 11:29
Jun 2023 11:28
May 2023 11:23
Apr 2023 11:39
Mar 2023 11:29
Feb 2023 11:26
Jan 2023 11:03
Dec 2022 11:11
Nov 2022 11:11
Oct 2022 10:22
Sep 2022 10:15
Aug 2022 10:22
Jul 2022 10:48
Jun 2022 10:56
May 2022 11:16
Apr 2022 11:39
Mar 2022 11:57
Feb 2022 12:15
Jan 2022 12:02
Dec 2021 11:49
Nov 2021 11:51
Oct 2021 12:10
Sep 2021 12:26
Aug 2021 12:12
Jul 2021 12:04
Jun 2021 11:32
May 2021 11:19
Apr 2021 11:14
Mar 2021 11:20
Feb 2021 11:04
Jan 2021 11:25
Dec 2020 12:24
Nov 2020 12:07
Oct 2020 12:04
Sep 2020 11:43
Aug 2020 12:12
Jul 2020 12:02
Jun 2020 11:55
May 2020 11:44
Apr 2020 12:13
Mar 2020 13:21
Feb 2020 13:30
Jan 2020 13:36
Dec 2019 13:42
Nov 2019 14:19
Oct 2019 14:05
Sep 2019 13:06
Aug 2019 12:32
Jul 2019 12:26
Jun 2019 12:05
May 2019 12:06
Apr 2019 12:16
Mar 2019 12:43
Feb 2019 12:45
Jan 2019 13:14
Dec 2018 13:25
Nov 2018 13:16
Oct 2018 13:08
Sep 2018 12:37
Aug 2018 12:44
Jul 2018 12:01
Jun 2018 11:44
May 2018 11:41
Apr 2018 11:43
Mar 2018 11:40
Feb 2018 12:01
Jan 2018 12:29
Dec 2017 13:20
Nov 2017 13:18
Oct 2017 12:51
Sep 2017 13:02
Aug 2017 13:17
Jul 2017 13:18
Jun 2017 13:33
May 2017 13:49
Apr 2017 14:01
Mar 2017 13:55
Feb 2017 13:37
Jan 2017 13:37
Dec 2016 13:04
Nov 2016 13:06
Oct 2016 13:09
Sep 2016 13:29
Aug 2016 13:36
Jul 2016 13:38
Jun 2016 14:10
May 2016 13:40
Apr 2016 13:30
Mar 2016 13:22

Plot of average time in minutes