Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:47
SNITCH Correlation0.76

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
91 2026-06-29 29581 56 29582 89 29583 84 29584 120 29585 109
79 2026-06-22 29575 61 29576 66 29577 114 29578 69 29579 123
101 2026-06-15 29569 100 29570 61 29571 100 29572 120
89 2026-06-08 29563 52 29567 146
95 2026-06-01 29557 51 29558 105 29559 79 29560 131 29561 84

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-06-29 29581 90 29582 97 29583 95 29584 108 29585 72
96 2026-06-22 29575 98 29576 104 29577 118 29578 77 29579 114
115 2026-06-15 29569 185 29570 82 29571 109 29572 115
110 2026-06-08 29563 108 29567 135
107 2026-06-01 29557 85 29558 131 29559 90 29560 127 29561 110

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 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).