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 Alignment1.0

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
2023-12-19 Tuesday 28790 05:37

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
71 2025-07-07 29275 72 29277 70
78 2025-06-30 29269 68 29270 63 29271 66 29272 80
128 2025-06-23 29263 76 29265 141 29267 187
109 2025-06-16 29258 82 29259 125 29260 120
94 2025-06-09 29251 63 29253 58 29255 112
87 2025-06-02 29245 45 29247 95 29248 69 29249 132

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2025-07-07 29275 94 29277 95
88 2025-06-30 29269 100 29270 96 29271 78 29272 75
117 2025-06-23 29263 120 29265 141 29267 93
102 2025-06-16 29258 98 29259 101 29260 107
97 2025-06-09 29251 101 29253 81 29255 85
95 2025-06-02 29245 78 29247 95 29248 88 29249 108

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 113 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).