Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:05
SNITCH Alignment0.66

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
84 2026-06-01 29557 84
104 2026-05-25 29551 104
92 2026-05-18 29545 92
107 2026-05-11 29540 107
90 2026-04-27 29528 75 29529 105

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
140 2026-06-01 29557 140
167 2026-05-25 29551 167
135 2026-05-18 29545 135
124 2026-05-11 29540 124
127 2026-04-27 29528 108 29529 147

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 31 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).