Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: LJCN

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:36
SNITCH Alignment1.24

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
2023-08-14 Monday 28681 05:24
2023-09-21 Thursday 28714 06:33

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2025-09-29 29348 62 29349 98 29350 93 29351 133
90 2025-09-22 29341 79 29342 59 29343 72 29344 67 29345 136
77 2025-09-15 29335 97 29336 70 29337 22 29338 76 29339 111
105 2025-09-08 29329 65 29330 122 29331 99 29332 90 29333 153
58 2025-09-01 29323 53 29327 73

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2025-09-29 29348 86 29349 140 29350 87 29351 91
94 2025-09-22 29341 101 29342 90 29343 75 29344 80 29345 116
81 2025-09-15 29335 140 29336 70 29337 31 29338 69 29339 94
100 2025-09-08 29329 82 29330 140 29331 111 29332 88 29333 82
75 2025-09-01 29323 81 29327 75

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 96 correct entries

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).