Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:17
SNITCH Alignment1.73

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
112 2026-01-05 29431 112
103 2025-12-22
94 2025-12-15 29413 93 29414 96
91 2025-12-08 29409 91
76 2025-12-01 29401 76

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
140 2026-01-05 29431 140
119 2025-12-22
134 2025-12-15 29413 136 29414 133
124 2025-12-08 29409 124
113 2025-12-01 29401 113

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).