Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Waterloo

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:30
SNITCH Correlation0.79

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
84 2026-11-02 29689 80 29693 89
84 2026-10-26 29683 54 29685 114
110 2026-10-19 29678 110
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-11-02 29689 98 29693 94
104 2026-10-26 29683 91 29685 118
129 2026-10-19 29678 129
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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 70 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).