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
98 2026-06-29 29582 90 29583 107
62 2026-06-22 29575 62
107 2026-06-15 29570 89 29571 109 29572 124
100 2026-06-08 29564 100
114 2026-06-01 29558 121 29559 108

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
109 2026-06-29 29582 98 29583 120
100 2026-06-22 29575 100
119 2026-06-15 29570 120 29571 119 29572 119
142 2026-06-08 29564 142
137 2026-06-01 29558 151 29559 124

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 46 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).