Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Waterloo

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:01
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
102 2026-10-12 29671 83 29672 86 29673 115 29674 124
122 2026-10-05 29665 80 29667 150 29668 137
99 2026-09-28 29660 96 29663 103
116 2026-09-21 29653 110 29654 103 29655 136
71 2026-09-14 29649 71
129 2026-09-07 29642 129
121 2026-08-31 29635 71 29636 149 29637 88 29638 141 29639 160

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2026-10-12 29671 107 29672 107 29673 126 29674 114
123 2026-10-05 29665 111 29667 140 29668 118
112 2026-09-28 29660 106 29663 118
144 2026-09-21 29653 183 29654 100 29655 151
89 2026-09-14 29649 89
129 2026-09-07 29642 129
128 2026-08-31 29635 101 29636 186 29637 89 29638 134 29639 134

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 75 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).