Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: goblin

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:54
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
91 2026-07-06 29587 59 29588 71 29589 145
94 2026-06-29 29581 73 29582 87 29583 94 29584 98 29585 122
82 2026-06-22 29575 80 29576 52 29577 89 29578 113 29579 80
88 2026-06-15 29569 67 29570 74 29571 86 29572 112 29573 102
92 2026-06-08 29563 48 29564 92 29565 104 29566 99 29567 121
92 2026-06-01 29557 76 29558 79 29559 104 29560 136 29561 68

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-07-06 29587 118 29588 97 29589 96
97 2026-06-29 29581 117 29582 95 29583 106 29584 88 29585 80
100 2026-06-22 29575 129 29576 82 29577 92 29578 126 29579 74
105 2026-06-15 29569 124 29570 100 29571 94 29572 107 29573 100
112 2026-06-08 29563 100 29564 131 29565 115 29566 103 29567 112
112 2026-06-01 29557 126 29558 98 29559 119 29560 132 29561 89

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 135 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).