Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:48
SNITCH Alignment1.24

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
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
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 05:22

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
67 2026-05-04 29533 43 29536 87 29537 72
83 2026-04-27 29527 63 29530 85 29531 142
77 2026-04-20 29522 82 29524 68
97 2026-04-13 29515 45 29516 55 29517 108 29518 162
143 2026-04-06

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-05-04 29533 87 29536 106 29537 67
99 2026-04-27 29527 108 29530 89 29531 111
88 2026-04-20 29522 100 29524 72
117 2026-04-13 29515 80 29516 91 29517 125 29518 163
118 2026-04-06

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 110 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).