Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:28
SNITCH Alignment1.23

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
69 2025-07-07 29275 75 29276 64
87 2025-06-30 29270 72 29272 101 29273 88
161 2025-06-23 29263 55 29264 114 29265 109 29266 247 29267 282
121 2025-06-16 29257 96 29258 66 29260 209 29261 167
95 2025-06-09 29251 78 29253 82 29254 114
99 2025-06-02 29245 47 29246 83 29247 100 29248 84 29249 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2025-07-07 29275 98 29276 90
89 2025-06-30 29270 110 29272 95 29273 64
133 2025-06-23 29263 87 29264 125 29265 109 29266 204 29267 141
116 2025-06-16 29257 118 29258 79 29260 186 29261 112
108 2025-06-09 29251 125 29253 115 29254 112
106 2025-06-02 29245 82 29246 112 29247 100 29248 107 29249 89

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 138 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).