Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:45
SNITCH Alignment1.28

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
103 2025-11-10 29383 125 29384 82
93 2025-11-03 29377 98 29378 86 29380 95
94 2025-10-27 29371 75 29372 66 29374 182
91 2025-10-20 29365 96 29366 122 29368 56
85 2025-10-13 29359 58 29362 80 29363 142
87 2025-10-06 29353 73 29354 77 29356 88

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
123 2025-11-10 29383 134 29384 113
100 2025-11-03 29377 96 29378 117 29380 88
107 2025-10-27 29371 117 29372 86 29374 144
102 2025-10-20 29365 133 29366 132 29368 67
109 2025-10-13 29359 85 29362 123 29363 144
90 2025-10-06 29353 87 29354 88 29356 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 119 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).