Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: 7dPenguin (KenG)

TftT Name7dPenguin
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:26
SNITCH Correlation0.81

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 04:10
2021-03-01 Monday 27913 05:28
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 05:52
2021-09-13 Monday 28081 06:13
2020-12-14 Monday 27847 06:18
2024-01-29 Monday 28825 06:19
2021-12-15 Wednesday 28161 06:20
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 06:26
2019-11-18 Monday 27511 06:27
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 06:45

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-09-14 29647 95 29649 89
124 2026-09-07 29641 106 29643 143
89 2026-08-31 29635 63 29636 81 29637 113 29638 102
114 2026-08-24 29629 58 29630 64 29631 98 29633 237
88 2026-08-17 29623 52 29624 85 29625 127
107 2026-08-10 29617 103 29618 51 29619 93 29620 181
78 2026-08-03 29611 67 29612 84 29613 73 29615 91

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2026-09-14 29647 109 29649 112
117 2026-09-07 29641 104 29643 131
100 2026-08-31 29635 90 29636 101 29637 115 29638 97
362 2026-08-24 29629 100 29630 101 29631 1088 29633 162
109 2026-08-17 29623 86 29624 108 29625 133
129 2026-08-10 29617 139 29618 86 29619 125 29620 169
98 2026-08-03 29611 111 29612 112 29613 105 29615 65

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 77 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for 7dPenguin. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).