Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:30
SNITCH Alignment1.28

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
2026-03-02 Monday 29479 05:33

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
71 2026-03-23 29498 52 29499 67 29500 95
116 2026-03-16 29492 103 29493 104 29495 122
139 2026-03-09 29485 96 29487 53 29488 139
97 2026-03-02 29479 48 29480 86 29481 212 29482 76

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
88 2026-03-23 29498 73 29499 100 29500 92
123 2026-03-16 29492 133 29493 126 29495 94
126 2026-03-09 29485 106 29487 88 29488 95
118 2026-03-02 29479 82 29480 103 29481 246 29482 80

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 108 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).