Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: LJCN

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:44
SNITCH Alignment1.23

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
45 2026-04-20 29521 45
83 2026-04-13 29515 61 29516 58 29517 102 29518 75 29519 119
101 2026-04-06 29509 86 29511 74 29513 143
55 2026-03-30 29503 64 29506 78
137 2026-03-23 29497 79 29498 82 29499 58 29501 394
116 2026-03-16 29493 22 29494 158 29495 168
93 2026-03-09 29485 115 29486 94 29487 61
82 2026-03-02 29479 60 29480 69 29482 81 29483 118

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
80 2026-04-20 29521 80
100 2026-04-13 29515 108 29516 96 29517 118 29518 75 29519 103
108 2026-04-06 29509 126 29511 80 29513 119
83 2026-03-30 29503 98 29506 114
127 2026-03-23 29497 105 29498 115 29499 86 29501 257
93 2026-03-16 29493 26 29494 124 29495 130
102 2026-03-09 29485 127 29486 96 29487 101
92 2026-03-02 29479 103 29480 83 29482 86 29483 99

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 111 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).