Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:53
SNITCH Correlation0.79

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
90 2026-11-02 29689 71 29690 110
104 2026-10-26 29684 76 29686 113 29687 124
108 2026-10-19 29678 87 29680 81 29681 144
128 2026-10-05 29666 88 29667 112 29668 124 29669 191
96 2026-09-28 29659 73 29660 82 29661 118 29662 123 29663 88

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2026-11-02 29689 87 29690 166
110 2026-10-26 29684 96 29686 126 29687 109
88 2026-10-19 29678 102 29680 79 29681 84
110 2026-10-05 29666 110 29667 104 29668 106 29669 122
99 2026-09-28 29659 94 29660 91 29661 132 29662 93 29663 101

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 97 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).