Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:41
SNITCH Alignment1.26

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
75 2025-10-06 29353 73 29354 77
95 2025-09-22 29342 63 29343 84 29344 106
88 2025-09-15 29336 116 29337 71 29338 91
68 2025-09-01 29323 60 29324 67 29325 72 29327 77

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2025-10-06 29353 87 29354 88
103 2025-09-22 29342 96 29343 88 29344 127
92 2025-09-15 29336 116 29337 102 29338 82
87 2025-09-01 29323 92 29324 76 29325 92 29327 79

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 110 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).