Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: LJCN

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:11
SNITCH Correlation0.84

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
61 2026-08-03 29611 61
78 2026-07-27 29605 46 29606 84 29609 106
96 2026-07-20 29599 68 29600 86 29602 100 29603 161
91 2026-07-13 29593 93 29594 103 29595 78
104 2026-07-06 29587 68 29588 93 29589 145 29590 113
99 2026-06-29 29582 70 29583 106 29584 105 29585 117

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-08-03 29611 107
97 2026-07-27 29605 73 29606 107 29609 113
97 2026-07-20 29599 95 29600 98 29602 84 29603 126
98 2026-07-13 29593 113 29594 91 29595 92
114 2026-07-06 29587 136 29588 127 29589 97 29590 97
92 2026-06-29 29582 76 29583 120 29584 94 29585 77

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).