Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Bacon

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:53
SNITCH Correlation0.73

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
99 2026-07-27 29606 99
104 2026-07-20 29599 92 29601 117
105 2026-07-06 29588 105
96 2026-06-29 29581 96

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2026-07-27 29606 126
134 2026-07-20 29599 129 29601 140
143 2026-07-06 29588 143
154 2026-06-29 29581 154

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 31 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).