Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:29
SNITCH Alignment1.2

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
94 2025-12-08 29407 68 29408 127 29409 72 29410 109 29411 94
75 2025-12-01 29401 63 29402 53 29403 51 29404 127
102 2025-11-24 29395 57 29396 73 29397 96 29398 158 29399 156
161 2025-11-17 29390 73 29392 111 29393 300
109 2025-11-10 29383 125 29384 82 29386 142 29387 135
99 2025-11-03 29377 98 29378 86 29380 95

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2025-12-08 29407 77 29408 103 29409 98 29410 129 29411 77
83 2025-12-01 29401 94 29402 79 29403 73 29404 101
95 2025-11-24 29395 87 29396 94 29397 85 29398 129 29399 84
102 2025-11-17 29390 79 29392 106 29393 123
119 2025-11-10 29383 134 29384 113 29386 131 29387 142
103 2025-11-03 29377 96 29378 117 29380 88

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 121 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).