Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:58
SNITCH Alignment0.93

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
125 2025-10-06 29354 125
83 2025-09-29 29347 67 29348 84 29349 99
94 2025-09-22 29342 93 29344 96
113 2025-09-15 29335 113
74 2025-09-01 29323 74

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
143 2025-10-06 29354 143
131 2025-09-29 29347 136 29348 116 29349 141
129 2025-09-22 29342 143 29344 115
163 2025-09-15 29335 163
113 2025-09-01 29323 113

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 36 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).