Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:19
SNITCH Alignment1.17

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
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
2022-05-30 Monday 28303 07:16

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2025-08-04 29299 152 29300 71
98 2025-07-28 29293 60 29294 137
186 2025-07-21 29288 78 29290 247 29291 354
115 2025-07-14 29281 90 29282 123 29283 111 29285 148
90 2025-07-07 29275 65 29276 82 29277 77 29278 106 29279 154
89 2025-06-30 29269 93 29270 67 29271 103 29272 100 29273 90

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
117 2025-08-04 29299 147 29300 88
88 2025-07-28 29293 83 29294 94
116 2025-07-21 29288 95 29290 136 29291 138
106 2025-07-14 29281 102 29282 123 29283 100 29285 117
95 2025-07-07 29275 85 29276 117 29277 105 29278 100 29279 88
102 2025-06-30 29269 136 29270 103 29271 122 29272 94 29273 65

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 113 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).