Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Waterloo

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:26
SNITCH Correlation0.82

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-01-09 Monday 28495 10:16
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 10:25
2021-05-24 Monday 27985 10:29
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 10:32
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 10:33
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 10:43
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 10:45
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 10:49
2021-08-04 Wednesday 28047 10:52
2022-09-19 Monday 28399 10:59

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-08-17 29623 70 29624 108
71 2026-08-10 29617 77 29618 59 29619 77
124 2026-08-03 29611 67 29612 110 29613 98 29614 156 29615 189
92 2026-07-27 29605 77 29606 107 29608 94
105 2026-07-20 29599 76 29600 127 29603 114
84 2026-07-13 29593 99 29595 67 29596 87
86 2026-07-06 29587 55 29588 118
100 2026-06-29 29581 99 29582 119 29583 84

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2026-08-17 29623 116 29624 127
102 2026-08-10 29617 104 29618 100 29619 104
133 2026-08-03 29611 111 29612 146 29613 142 29614 134 29615 135
118 2026-07-27 29605 122 29606 137 29608 95
113 2026-07-20 29599 107 29600 145 29603 89
98 2026-07-13 29593 120 29595 79 29596 96
135 2026-07-06 29587 110 29588 161
128 2026-06-29 29581 159 29582 130 29583 95

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 68 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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