Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Rookie

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time31:22
SNITCH Correlation0.69

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 14:19
2023-03-13 Monday 28549 14:36
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 14:59
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 15:00
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 15:03
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 15:20
2023-02-07 Tuesday 28520 15:52
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 16:08
2022-10-17 Monday 28423 16:37
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 16:38

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2026-09-28 29661 117 29662 170 29663 90
75 2026-09-14 29649 75
115 2026-09-07 29641 134 29642 97
118 2026-08-31 29635 86 29638 128 29639 141

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
120 2026-09-28 29661 131 29662 128 29663 103
94 2026-09-14 29649 94
114 2026-09-07 29641 132 29642 97
120 2026-08-31 29635 122 29638 121 29639 118

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 40 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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