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
70 2026-06-29 29581 55 29582 89 29583 66
59 2026-06-22 29575 55 29576 40 29578 84
121 2026-06-15 29569 46 29570 67 29571 63 29572 111 29573 132
95 2026-06-08 29564 61 29565 78 29566 116 29567 113
88 2026-06-01 29558 63 29560 102

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-06-29 29581 88 29582 97 29583 72
81 2026-06-22 29575 88 29576 63 29578 94
110 2026-06-15 29569 85 29570 90 29571 69 29572 106 29573 130
106 2026-06-08 29564 87 29565 86 29566 120 29567 104
108 2026-06-01 29558 78 29560 99

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 80 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).