Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: empty

TftT Name
Solver Typetracked
Average Time49:53
SNITCH Correlation0.73

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-11-28 Monday 28459 17:54
2022-12-26 Monday 28483 18:33
2023-10-03 Tuesday 28724 18:42
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 18:48
2018-05-14 Monday 27037 18:58
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 19:39
2017-07-31 Monday 26791 19:40
2024-07-01 Monday 28957 20:09
2023-08-09 Wednesday 28677 21:29
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 21:32

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
88 2026-07-27 29605 83 29608 81 29609 102
78 2026-07-20 29600 78
102 2026-07-13 29593 80 29595 81 29596 117 29597 131
93 2026-07-06 29587 79 29590 107
83 2026-06-29 29581 78 29582 91 29583 81

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-07-27 29605 131 29608 82 29609 110
89 2026-07-20 29600 89
106 2026-07-13 29593 97 29595 96 29596 130 29597 102
125 2026-07-06 29587 158 29590 92
105 2026-06-29 29581 125 29582 100 29583 92

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for empty. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).