Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: LJCN

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:56
SNITCH Correlation0.87

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2021-05-21 Friday 27983 03:10
2023-11-09 Thursday 28756 03:25
2023-09-12 Tuesday 28706 03:28
2022-07-12 Tuesday 28340 03:34
2023-03-17 Friday 28553 03:57
2020-09-28 Monday 27781 04:11
2022-10-28 Friday 28433 04:17
2025-09-17 Wednesday 29337 04:29
2026-03-18 Wednesday 29493 04:32
2023-08-14 Monday 28681 05:24

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-06-29 29582 70 29583 106 29584 105 29585 117
188 2026-06-22 29579 188
72 2026-06-15 29569 51 29571 57 29572 108
64 2026-06-08 29563 46 29566 61 29567 97
85 2026-06-01 29557 51 29558 84 29559 111 29560 97

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2026-06-29 29582 76 29583 120 29584 94 29585 77
175 2026-06-22 29579 175
86 2026-06-15 29569 94 29571 62 29572 103
78 2026-06-08 29563 95 29566 63 29567 89
102 2026-06-01 29557 85 29558 105 29559 127 29560 94

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 90 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for LJCN. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).