Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:37
SNITCH Correlation0.67

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
2026-10-26 Monday 29683 08:46
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
75 2026-10-26 29683 63 29687 87
87 2026-10-12 29671 86 29672 83 29674 93
100 2026-10-05 29665 100
107 2026-09-28 29661 106 29663 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2026-10-26 29683 106 29687 76
100 2026-10-12 29671 111 29672 103 29674 86
138 2026-10-05 29665 138
122 2026-09-28 29661 119 29663 125

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 34 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).