Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Waterloo

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:31
SNITCH Alignment1.13

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
2021-08-04 Wednesday 28047 10:52
2022-09-19 Monday 28399 10:59
2022-10-17 Monday 28423 11:04

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2025-10-13 29359 87
69 2025-09-29 29348 69
115 2025-09-22 29342 74 29343 156
105 2025-09-08 29329 105 29331 106
97 2025-09-01 29323 108 29324 95 29325 88

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
122 2025-10-13 29359 122
95 2025-09-29 29348 95
138 2025-09-22 29342 113 29343 164
125 2025-09-08 29329 132 29331 119
128 2025-09-01 29323 166 29324 107 29325 112

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 65 correct entries

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).