Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:34
SNITCH Alignment1.27

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
81 2026-02-02 29455 63 29457 102 29458 80
114 2026-01-26 29449 67 29451 52 29452 202 29453 135
133 2026-01-19 29443 118 29444 112 29445 134 29446 79 29447 271
112 2026-01-12 29437 65 29438 75 29439 99 29440 146 29441 246
97 2026-01-05 29431 91 29432 84 29433 141 29434 97
96 2025-12-29 29425 60 29426 108 29427 105 29428 87 29429 140

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2026-02-02 29455 98 29457 108 29458 79
101 2026-01-26 29449 88 29451 61 29452 171 29453 87
118 2026-01-19 29443 129 29444 121 29445 125 29446 72 29447 161
97 2026-01-12 29437 114 29438 85 29439 91 29440 106 29441 132
107 2026-01-05 29431 113 29432 107 29433 120 29434 114
92 2025-12-29 29425 69 29426 121 29427 103 29428 90 29429 97

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 118 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).