Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:08
SNITCH Alignment1.19

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
96 2026-01-12 29437 65 29438 75 29439 99 29440 146
103 2026-01-05 29431 91 29432 84 29433 141 29434 97
96 2025-12-29 29425 60 29426 108 29427 105 29428 87 29429 140
82 2025-12-22 29420 81 29421 52 29423 101
92 2025-12-15 29413 82 29414 62 29417 133
94 2025-12-08 29407 68 29408 127 29409 72 29410 109 29411 94
75 2025-12-01 29401 63 29402 53 29403 51 29404 127

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-01-12 29437 114 29438 85 29439 92 29440 98
113 2026-01-05 29431 113 29432 107 29433 120 29434 114
92 2025-12-29 29425 69 29426 121 29427 103 29428 90 29429 97
97 2025-12-22 29420 103 29421 76 29423 100
99 2025-12-15 29413 120 29414 86 29417 93
96 2025-12-08 29407 77 29408 103 29409 98 29410 129 29411 77
83 2025-12-01 29401 94 29402 79 29403 73 29404 101

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 124 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).