Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Topical Tim

TftT NameTopical Tim
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:36
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
128 2025-09-08 29329 71 29330 95 29331 100 29332 184 29333 191
69 2025-09-01 29323 46 29324 73 29325 68 29327 89
190 2025-08-25 29321 244
101 2025-08-18 29311 67 29313 60 29314 146 29315 132
110 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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
118 2025-09-08 29329 89 29330 109 29331 112 29332 180 29333 103
82 2025-09-01 29323 70 29324 82 29325 87 29327 91
130 2025-08-25 29321 122
107 2025-08-18 29311 101 29313 77 29314 130 29315 120
101 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

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 144 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).