Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:31
SNITCH Alignment1.14

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 04:45
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 05:00
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 05:02
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 05:08
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 05:09
2024-12-16 Monday 29101 05:13
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 05:22
2024-04-29 Monday 28903 05:29
2022-07-25 Monday 28351 05:36
2023-12-19 Tuesday 28790 05:37

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2025-07-28 29293 66 29294 117 29295 108 29296 79
151 2025-07-21 29287 67 29288 94 29290 304
115 2025-07-14 29282 77 29283 93 29284 72 29285 218
88 2025-07-07 29275 72 29277 70
78 2025-06-30 29269 68 29270 63 29271 66 29272 80

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2025-07-28 29293 91 29294 80 29295 130 29296 79
125 2025-07-21 29287 98 29288 114 29290 167
101 2025-07-14 29282 77 29283 84 29284 72 29285 173
98 2025-07-07 29275 94 29277 95
88 2025-06-30 29269 100 29270 96 29271 78 29272 75

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 113 correct entries

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).