Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:17
SNITCH Alignment0.78

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-03-07 Tuesday 28544 07:34
2024-01-29 Monday 28825 08:10
2024-02-13 Tuesday 28838 08:23
2024-04-29 Monday 28903 08:45
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
2024-10-17 Thursday 29050 09:07
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 09:09

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2025-07-07 29277 99
101 2025-06-30 29269 96 29270 92 29272 115
88 2025-06-23 29263 88
105 2025-06-09 29252 105
79 2025-06-02 29245 74 29246 84

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
135 2025-07-07 29277 135
130 2025-06-30 29269 141 29270 141 29272 108
139 2025-06-23 29263 139
150 2025-06-09 29252 150
121 2025-06-02 29245 129 29246 113

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 43 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).