Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time11:31
SNITCH Alignment1.14

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
2025-08-06 Wednesday 29301 05:36

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
75 2025-08-25 29317 51 29318 79 29319 96
111 2025-08-18 29311 79 29312 112 29315 112
115 2025-08-11 29306 134 29307 109 29308 140
112 2025-08-04 29299 77 29301 48 29302 102
92 2025-07-28 29293 66 29294 117 29295 108 29296 79
151 2025-07-21 29287 67 29288 94 29290 304
115 2025-07-14 29282 77 29283 93 29284 72 29285 218
88 2025-07-07 29275 72 29277 70
78 2025-06-30 29269 68 29270 63 29271 66 29272 80

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2025-08-25 29317 79 29318 116 29319 114
117 2025-08-18 29311 119 29312 140 29315 101
116 2025-08-11 29306 139 29307 82 29308 115
99 2025-08-04 29299 75 29301 78 29302 115
95 2025-07-28 29293 91 29294 80 29295 130 29296 79
125 2025-07-21 29287 98 29288 114 29290 167
101 2025-07-14 29282 77 29283 84 29284 72 29285 173
98 2025-07-07 29275 94 29277 95
88 2025-06-30 29269 100 29270 96 29271 78 29272 75

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 130 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).