Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:12
SNITCH Alignment1.15

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
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2025-10-06 29353 69 29354 90 29355 96
57 2025-09-29 29347 35 29348 79
88 2025-09-22 29341 55 29342 86 29343 106 29344 76
103 2025-09-15 29337 72
73 2025-09-08 29329 95 29332 77
92 2025-09-01 29323 51 29325 61 29326 101 29327 161

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2025-10-06 29353 83 29354 103 29355 120
90 2025-09-29 29347 71 29348 109
100 2025-09-22 29341 70 29342 132 29343 111 29344 91
120 2025-09-15 29337 104
93 2025-09-08 29329 120 29332 75
108 2025-09-01 29323 78 29325 78 29326 121 29327 165

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 120 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).