Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:30
SNITCH Alignment1.15

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
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
2022-05-30 Monday 28303 07:16

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2025-07-14 29281 90 29282 123
96 2025-07-07 29275 65 29276 82 29277 77 29278 106 29279 154
89 2025-06-30 29269 93 29270 67 29271 103 29272 100 29273 90
100 2025-06-23 29263 76 29264 90 29265 109 29266 134
129 2025-06-16 29257 72 29259 124 29260 125 29261 245
95 2025-06-09 29251 63 29253 65 29254 198
109 2025-06-02 29245 73 29246 71 29247 144 29249 149

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2025-07-14 29281 102 29282 124
99 2025-07-07 29275 85 29276 117 29277 105 29278 100 29279 88
102 2025-06-30 29269 136 29270 103 29271 122 29272 94 29273 65
107 2025-06-23 29263 120 29264 98 29265 109 29266 110
113 2025-06-16 29257 88 29259 100 29260 111 29261 164
117 2025-06-09 29251 101 29253 91 29254 196
122 2025-06-02 29245 128 29246 95 29247 144 29249 122

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 103 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).