Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: LJCN

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:17
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
95 2026-08-31 29635 74 29636 99 29637 81 29638 127
45 2026-08-24 29629 44 29630 47
101 2026-08-17 29623 61 29624 86 29626 116 29627 142
62 2026-08-10 29617 68 29618 57 29619 62
58 2026-08-03 29611 61 29612 55

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-08-31 29635 105 29636 123 29637 82 29638 120
74 2026-08-24 29629 75 29630 74
102 2026-08-17 29623 101 29624 110 29626 100 29627 97
84 2026-08-10 29617 91 29618 96 29619 83
87 2026-08-03 29611 101 29612 73

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).