Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:10
SNITCH Alignment0.83

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
79 2025-06-02 29245 74 29246 84
101 2025-05-26 29239 90 29240 102 29242 113
100 2025-05-19 29233 83 29234 117
107 2025-05-12 29228 107
103 2025-05-05 29221 102 29222 104
90 2025-04-28 29217 90

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2025-06-02 29245 129 29246 113
124 2025-05-26 29239 138 29240 122 29242 114
132 2025-05-19 29233 123 29234 142
148 2025-05-12 29228 148
130 2025-05-05 29221 141 29222 120
128 2025-04-28 29217 128

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 44 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).