Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:46
SNITCH Correlation0.83

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
2026-09-21 Monday 29653 04:27
2026-10-26 Monday 29683 04:34
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
75 2026-10-26 29683 47 29684 84 29686 94
139 2026-10-19 29677 99 29678 98 29681 180
103 2026-10-12 29671 80 29672 61 29674 129 29675 139
142 2026-10-05 29666 77 29667 144 29668 153 29669 168
97 2026-09-28 29659 68 29660 89 29662 119

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-10-26 29683 79 29684 106 29686 105
125 2026-10-19 29677 147 29678 115 29681 105
99 2026-10-12 29671 103 29672 76 29674 119 29675 83
129 2026-10-05 29666 96 29667 134 29668 131 29669 107
98 2026-09-28 29659 88 29660 98 29662 90

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 92 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).