Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: LJCN

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:28
SNITCH Correlation0.85

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
74 2026-10-05 29665 74
105 2026-09-28 29659 99 29660 111
100 2026-09-21 29653 54 29655 118 29656 140
102 2026-09-14 29647 79 29648 104 29649 56 29650 109 29651 86
94 2026-09-07 29642 104 29643 102 29644 78
95 2026-08-31 29635 74 29636 99 29637 81 29638 127

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-10-05 29665 104
125 2026-09-28 29659 128 29660 123
111 2026-09-21 29653 90 29655 131 29656 133
103 2026-09-14 29647 90 29648 119 29649 70 29650 109 29651 98
99 2026-09-07 29642 104 29643 93 29644 100
107 2026-08-31 29635 105 29636 123 29637 82 29638 120

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 87 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).