Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:24
SNITCH Alignment1.23

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
130 2026-03-02 29480 110 29482 109 29483 172
118 2026-02-23 29474 170 29475 85 29476 99
104 2026-02-16 29467 59 29470 136 29471 118
79 2026-02-09 29461 84 29462 73 29463 56 29464 117 29465 98
77 2026-02-02 29455 63 29457 102 29458 80 29459 88

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
130 2026-03-02 29480 132 29482 115 29483 144
115 2026-02-23 29474 133 29475 111 29476 103
100 2026-02-16 29467 89 29470 115 29471 97
92 2026-02-09 29461 115 29462 101 29463 78 29464 84 29465 89
86 2026-02-02 29455 98 29457 108 29458 80 29459 91

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).