Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:26
SNITCH Alignment1.73

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
99 2026-03-30 29503 94 29507 104
88 2026-03-23 29497 95 29498 77 29499 92
72 2026-03-16 29491 72
78 2026-03-09 29486 85 29487 71
90 2026-03-02 29479 77 29480 103

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2026-03-30 29503 144 29507 109
123 2026-03-23 29497 126 29498 108 29499 137
110 2026-03-16 29491 110
102 2026-03-09 29486 87 29487 118
128 2026-03-02 29479 132 29480 124

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 34 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).