Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: MichaelE

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time44:06
SNITCH Correlation0.78

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2019-02-18 Monday 27277 05:48
2019-01-23 Wednesday 27255 06:03
2026-01-08 Thursday 29434 06:46
2025-09-22 Monday 29341 06:51
2021-08-09 Monday 28051 14:57
2022-01-04 Tuesday 28178 15:02
2020-03-10 Tuesday 27608 15:08
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 15:17
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 17:04
2025-11-05 Wednesday 29379 17:26

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2026-11-02 29689 59 29690 81 29691 141 29692 112 29693 99
95 2026-10-26 29683 54 29684 54 29685 135 29687 137
117 2026-10-19 29678 109 29679 74 29680 123 29681 164
109 2026-10-12 29671 49 29672 83 29674 110 29675 195
113 2026-10-05 29665 54 29666 111 29668 135 29669 154
105 2026-09-28 29659 119 29660 123 29662 109 29663 71

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-11-02 29689 72 29690 93 29691 113 29692 119 29693 105
105 2026-10-26 29683 91 29684 68 29685 140 29687 121
108 2026-10-19 29678 128 29679 92 29680 120 29681 95
96 2026-10-12 29671 63 29672 103 29674 101 29675 117
106 2026-10-05 29665 75 29666 138 29668 116 29669 98
113 2026-09-28 29659 154 29660 136 29662 82 29663 81

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 99 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for MichaelE. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).