Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: goblin

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:28
SNITCH Alignment0.65

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2017-08-03 Thursday 26794 05:21
2025-02-02 Sunday 5149 05:22
2024-12-18 Wednesday 29103 05:40
2024-02-01 Thursday 28828 05:53
2024-12-31 Tuesday 29114 05:58
2024-12-25 Wednesday 29109 06:00
2024-11-19 Tuesday 29078 06:00
2023-09-26 Tuesday 28718 06:09
2024-12-23 Monday 29107 06:10
2023-10-30 Monday 28747 06:19

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2025-12-08 29407 99 29408 121
96 2025-12-01 29401 98 29402 74 29403 78 29404 107 29405 127
119 2025-11-24 29395 87 29396 94 29397 128 29398 109 29399 179
117 2025-11-17 29389 75 29390 103 29391 162 29392 87 29393 158
105 2025-11-10 29383 75 29384 98 29385 126 29386 131 29387 96
96 2025-11-03 29377 108 29378 82 29379 73 29380 114 29381 107

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2025-12-08 29407 112 29408 100
108 2025-12-01 29401 146 29402 110 29403 113 29404 85 29405 87
111 2025-11-24 29395 133 29396 122 29397 114 29398 89 29399 97
93 2025-11-17 29389 111 29390 111 29391 95 29392 83 29393 65
105 2025-11-10 29383 80 29384 136 29385 91 29386 121 29387 101
102 2025-11-03 29377 105 29378 112 29379 102 29380 106 29381 89

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 136 correct entries

Monthly average times

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