Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:25
SNITCH Correlation0.75

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
61 2026-08-03 29611 61
87 2026-07-27 29605 80 29606 87 29608 80 29609 101
109 2026-07-20 29603 181
111 2026-07-13 29593 99 29594 107 29596 92 29597 181
110 2026-07-06 29589 152 29590 95 29591 80
91 2026-06-29 29581 56 29582 89 29583 84 29584 120 29585 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-08-03 29611 101
106 2026-07-27 29605 126 29606 111 29608 81 29609 108
103 2026-07-20 29603 142
110 2026-07-13 29593 120 29594 95 29596 102 29597 141
88 2026-07-06 29589 102 29590 81 29591 66
92 2026-06-29 29581 90 29582 97 29583 95 29584 108 29585 72

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).