Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: scrabbler

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:13
SNITCH Correlation0.85

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-02-02 Sunday 5149 03:50
2020-09-01 Tuesday 27758 04:34
2020-12-28 Monday 27859 05:17
2021-05-31 Monday 27991 05:17
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 05:20
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 05:32
2022-02-07 Monday 28207 05:33
2023-01-11 Wednesday 28497 05:40
2022-05-11 Wednesday 28287 05:45
2021-09-21 Tuesday 28088 05:53

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-08-17 29623 76 29624 84 29625 120 29626 167
75 2026-08-10 29617 72 29619 67 29620 86
106 2026-08-03 29611 70 29612 81 29613 64 29614 102 29615 151
116 2026-07-27 29605 78 29606 98 29607 102 29608 186 29609 118
99 2026-07-20
105 2026-07-13 29593 115 29594 111 29596 92 29597 159
126 2026-07-06 29587 60 29588 140 29589 144 29590 138 29591 134
134 2026-06-29 29581 68 29582 107 29584 178 29585 231

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
123 2026-08-17 29623 126 29624 107 29625 126 29626 136
89 2026-08-10 29617 97 29619 90 29620 80
107 2026-08-03 29611 116 29612 108 29613 92 29614 87 29615 108
131 2026-07-27 29605 123 29606 125 29607 110 29608 189 29609 126
114 2026-07-20
111 2026-07-13 29593 140 29594 99 29596 102 29597 124
126 2026-07-06 29587 120 29588 191 29589 97 29590 118 29591 110
128 2026-06-29 29581 109 29582 117 29584 160 29585 152

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 65 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for scrabbler. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).