Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:59
SNITCH Alignment1.26

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 03:57
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 04:45
2026-05-11 Monday 29539 05:00
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 05:00
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 05:02
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 05:08
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 05:09
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 05:09
2024-12-16 Monday 29101 05:13
2026-04-13 Monday 29515 05:13

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
63 2026-06-01 29558 63
61 2026-05-25 29551 49 29552 56 29555 79
66 2026-05-18 29545 44 29546 54 29547 81
83 2026-05-11 29539 42 29540 119 29541 88 29543 88
79 2026-05-04 29533 43 29536 87 29537 72
83 2026-04-27 29527 63 29530 85 29531 142

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
78 2026-06-01 29558 78
79 2026-05-25 29551 79 29552 83 29555 77
77 2026-05-18 29545 64 29546 67 29547 88
96 2026-05-11 29539 80 29540 138 29541 97 29543 76
101 2026-05-04 29533 87 29536 106 29537 67
99 2026-04-27 29527 108 29530 89 29531 111

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).