Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:38
SNITCH Alignment1.19

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 06:07
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 06:25
2020-09-23 Wednesday 27777 06:29
2017-06-19 Monday 26755 06:32
2015-11-30 Monday 26269 06:34
2024-02-13 Tuesday 28838 06:39
2022-06-13 Monday 28315 06:49
2021-04-12 Monday 27949 06:57
2021-09-21 Tuesday 28088 07:03
2022-05-17 Tuesday 28292 07:08

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
51 2026-06-01 29557 51
75 2026-05-25 29551 71 29553 76 29554 78
81 2026-05-18 29545 73 29546 96 29547 71
74 2026-05-11 29539 54 29540 109
87 2026-05-04 29533 59 29534 89 29536 91 29537 107
84 2026-04-27 29527 87 29528 82 29529 52 29530 125 29531 127

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-06-01 29557 85
99 2026-05-25 29551 114 29553 96 29554 89
98 2026-05-18 29545 107 29546 120 29547 77
97 2026-05-11 29539 103 29540 126
108 2026-05-04 29533 120 29534 130 29536 110 29537 100
106 2026-04-27 29527 150 29528 118 29529 73 29530 131 29531 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 126 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Ben Staveley. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).