Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:35
SNITCH Correlation0.75

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
88 2026-10-05 29666 88
96 2026-09-28 29659 73 29660 82 29661 118 29662 123 29663 88
114 2026-09-21 29653 68 29654 115 29655 77 29656 160 29657 203
124 2026-09-14
98 2026-09-07 29641 102 29643 112 29644 90 29645 103
88 2026-08-31 29635 67 29636 65 29638 86 29639 114

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-10-05 29666 106
102 2026-09-28 29659 94 29660 91 29661 132 29662 93 29663 101
106 2026-09-21 29653 113 29654 112 29655 85 29656 152 29657 113
94 2026-09-14
97 2026-09-07 29641 100 29643 102 29644 115 29645 76
89 2026-08-31 29635 95 29636 81 29638 81 29639 95

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 100 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).