Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Waterloo

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:13
SNITCH Correlation0.84

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
121 2026-08-31 29635 71 29636 149 29637 88 29638 141 29639 160
114 2026-08-24 29630 68 29633 161
111 2026-08-17 29623 70 29624 108 29625 102 29626 166
71 2026-08-10 29617 77 29618 59 29619 77
124 2026-08-03 29611 67 29612 110 29613 98 29614 156 29615 189

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
128 2026-08-31 29635 101 29636 186 29637 89 29638 134 29639 134
108 2026-08-24 29630 107 29633 110
126 2026-08-17 29623 116 29624 138 29625 107 29626 144
102 2026-08-10 29617 104 29618 100 29619 104
133 2026-08-03 29611 111 29612 146 29613 142 29614 134 29615 135

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).