Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:17
SNITCH Alignment1.14

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
94 2026-04-27 29527 87 29528 82 29529 52 29530 125 29531 127
110 2026-04-20 29523 79 29524 136 29525 116
64 2026-04-13 29515 58 29516 54 29517 76 29518 69
84 2026-04-06 29509 84 29510 51 29512 89 29513 112
81 2026-03-30 29503 102 29504 91 29505 87

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2026-04-27 29527 150 29528 118 29529 73 29530 131 29531 100
100 2026-04-20 29523 70 29524 144 29525 86
87 2026-04-13 29515 103 29516 90 29517 88 29518 69
103 2026-04-06 29509 123 29510 75 29512 121 29513 93
119 2026-03-30 29503 156 29504 133 29505 116

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 125 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).