Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:08
SNITCH Alignment1.74

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-03-07 Tuesday 28544 07:34
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 07:34
2024-01-29 Monday 28825 08:10
2024-02-13 Tuesday 28838 08:23
2024-04-29 Monday 28903 08:45
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 08:49
2025-02-03 Monday 29143 08:50
2023-12-19 Tuesday 28790 08:57
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 08:58
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 08:58

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
76 2025-12-01 29401 76
112 2025-11-24 29396 112
108 2025-11-03 29379 108

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2025-12-01 29401 113
145 2025-11-24 29396 145
152 2025-11-03 29379 152

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 30 correct entries

Monthly average times

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