Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:54
SNITCH Correlation0.84

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
2026-08-03 Monday 29611 05:06
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 05:08
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 05:09

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-08-31 29636 122 29637 80 29638 91
70 2026-08-24 29629 61 29630 80
102 2026-08-17 29623 66 29624 104 29625 97 29626 121
111 2026-08-10 29618 60 29620 130 29621 110
121 2026-08-03 29611 50 29612 91 29613 70 29614 103 29615 175

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-08-31 29636 152 29637 81 29638 83
115 2026-08-24 29629 105 29630 126
114 2026-08-17 29623 110 29624 133 29625 102 29626 105
116 2026-08-10 29618 101 29620 121 29621 101
121 2026-08-03 29611 83 29612 121 29613 101 29614 88 29615 125

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 82 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).