Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:04
SNITCH Alignment1.18

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
85 2025-06-02 29245 45 29247 95 29248 69 29249 132
135 2025-05-26 29240 106 29243 165
116 2025-05-19 29233 90 29234 103 29236 96 29237 178
86 2025-05-12 29229 61 29230 112
85 2025-05-05 29221 73 29222 87 29223 79 29224 117
113 2025-04-28 29215 92 29216 78 29218 138 29219 137

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2025-06-02 29245 78 29247 95 29248 88 29249 108
129 2025-05-26 29240 127 29243 132
122 2025-05-19 29233 134 29234 125 29236 103 29237 127
86 2025-05-12 29229 80 29230 92
105 2025-05-05 29221 101 29222 101 29223 91 29224 132
110 2025-04-28 29215 133 29216 74 29218 118 29219 114

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 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).