Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Ben Staveley

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:04
SNITCH Correlation0.77

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
66 2026-08-31 29635 67 29636 65
83 2026-08-24 29629 64 29630 60 29631 52 29632 92 29633 147
86 2026-08-17 29623 78 29624 70 29625 92 29626 106
78 2026-08-10 29617 62 29618 73 29619 86 29620 98
89 2026-08-03 29611 61 29613 63 29614 127 29615 104

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-08-31 29635 94 29636 78
192 2026-08-24 29629 110 29630 95 29631 577 29632 82 29633 100
101 2026-08-17 29623 130 29624 89 29625 96 29626 92
95 2026-08-10 29617 83 29618 123 29619 116 29620 91
89 2026-08-03 29611 101 29613 91 29614 109 29615 74

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 100 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).