Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Crippens1

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time26:52
SNITCH Correlation0.66

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-03-10 Sunday 5102 06:20
2020-02-28 Friday 27599 07:52
2023-08-14 Monday 28681 08:56
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 09:35
2021-05-24 Monday 27985 11:05
2024-10-17 Thursday 29050 12:17
2022-08-15 Monday 28369 12:34
2025-08-26 Tuesday 29318 12:42
2025-04-15 Tuesday 29204 12:45
2022-09-12 Monday 28393 12:53

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-07-27 29605 79 29606 71 29607 97 29608 109 29609 124
109 2026-07-20 29601 107 29603 111
124 2026-07-13 29593 124
92 2026-07-06 29587 51 29588 71 29591 154
98 2026-06-29 29582 90 29583 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2026-07-27 29605 125 29606 91 29607 105 29608 111 29609 133
107 2026-07-20 29601 128 29603 87
151 2026-07-13 29593 151
108 2026-07-06 29587 102 29588 97 29591 127
109 2026-06-29 29582 98 29583 121

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 48 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Crippens1. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).