Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Crippens1

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time25:38
SNITCH Correlation0.83

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
101 2026-09-28 29661 118 29663 85
57 2026-09-21 29653 57
116 2026-09-14 29650 133 29651 100
99 2026-09-07 29643 122 29644 77
109 2026-08-31 29635 59 29637 100 29638 168

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-09-28 29661 132 29663 97
95 2026-09-21 29653 95
123 2026-09-14 29650 133 29651 114
104 2026-09-07 29643 111 29644 98
115 2026-08-31 29635 84 29637 102 29638 160

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 62 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).