Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: LJCN

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:24
SNITCH Correlation0.81

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
2026-10-28 Wednesday 29685 04:50

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-11-02 29689 96 29690 98
71 2026-10-26 29683 81 29684 94 29685 27 29686 84
100 2026-10-19 29677 67 29678 108 29679 74 29680 105
123 2026-10-12 29671 91 29672 85 29674 131 29675 210
110 2026-10-05 29665 74 29667 76 29669 181
105 2026-09-28 29659 99 29660 111

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
133 2026-11-02 29689 118 29690 148
94 2026-10-26 29683 137 29684 118 29685 28 29686 94
105 2026-10-19 29677 100 29678 127 29679 92 29680 102
115 2026-10-12 29671 118 29672 106 29674 121 29675 126
96 2026-10-05 29665 102 29667 71 29669 116
125 2026-09-28 29659 128 29660 123

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 91 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).