Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: MichaelE

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time43:26
SNITCH Correlation0.8

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
80 2026-09-07 29641 80
107 2026-08-31 29636 91 29637 120 29639 112
64 2026-08-24 29629 40 29630 75 29631 79
71 2026-08-10 29617 71 29618 53 29619 79 29621 84
108 2026-08-03 29612 65 29613 82 29614 142 29615 146

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-09-07 29641 79
109 2026-08-31 29636 113 29637 122 29639 94
354 2026-08-24 29629 68 29630 119 29631 877
91 2026-08-10 29617 95 29618 89 29619 106 29621 77
107 2026-08-03 29612 86 29613 118 29614 122 29615 105

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 92 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).