Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Deane Short

TftT NameDeane Short
Solver Typereference
Average Time09:39
SNITCH Correlation0.8

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
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
2026-08-03 Monday 29611 05:06
2026-06-15 Monday 29569 05:06
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 05:08

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-09-28 29659 68 29660 89 29662 119
102 2026-09-21 29653 44 29654 116 29655 91 29656 90
98 2026-09-14 29648 127 29649 90 29650 106 29651 72
102 2026-09-07 29641 118 29643 96 29644 92
119 2026-08-31 29636 122 29637 80 29638 91 29639 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-09-28 29659 88 29660 98 29662 90
110 2026-09-21 29653 73 29654 113 29655 101 29656 85
111 2026-09-14 29648 145 29649 113 29650 106 29651 82
107 2026-09-07 29641 116 29643 88 29644 117
117 2026-08-31 29636 152 29637 81 29638 86 29639 77

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 84 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).