Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:27
SNITCH Correlation0.78

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 03:57
2026-06-23 Tuesday 29576 04:24
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 04:45
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 05:00
2026-05-11 Monday 29539 05:00
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 05:02
2026-06-15 Monday 29569 05:06
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 05:08
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 05:09
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 05:09

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2026-07-27 29605 81 29606 99 29608 107
99 2026-07-20 29599 85 29603 128
107 2026-07-13 29593 63 29595 79 29597 227
112 2026-07-06 29587 49 29588 58 29589 255
106 2026-06-29 29581 55 29582 89 29583 66 29584 136 29585 142

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2026-07-27 29605 128 29606 126 29608 109
108 2026-07-20 29599 119 29603 100
113 2026-07-13 29593 76 29595 94 29597 177
107 2026-07-06 29587 98 29588 79 29589 172
107 2026-06-29 29581 88 29582 97 29583 75 29584 122 29585 94

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 78 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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