Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Waterloo

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:32
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
69 2026-06-15 29569 69
84 2026-06-08 29563 52 29564 82 29566 120
93 2026-06-01 29557 72 29558 104 29561 105
80 2026-05-25 29552 67 29555 94
44 2026-05-11 29539 44
42 2026-05-04 29533 42
80 2026-04-27 29527 73 29528 61 29530 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
127 2026-06-15 29569 127
116 2026-06-08 29563 108 29564 117 29566 125
129 2026-06-01 29557 120 29558 130 29561 138
96 2026-05-25 29552 100 29555 92
84 2026-05-11 29539 84
85 2026-05-04 29533 85
108 2026-04-27 29527 125 29528 88 29530 111

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 58 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).