Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:23
SNITCH Correlation0.72

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
101 2026-08-31 29635 101
83 2026-08-24 29629 73 29630 72 29631 104
109 2026-08-17 29625 109
74 2026-08-03 29611 74

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
144 2026-08-31 29635 144
464 2026-08-24 29629 125 29630 114 29631 1155
114 2026-08-17 29625 114
123 2026-08-03 29611 123

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 32 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).