Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Rookie

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time32:06
SNITCH Correlation0.65

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
60 2026-08-03 29613 60
106 2026-07-27 29607 106
111 2026-07-20 29599 78 29600 133 29603 124
95 2026-07-06 29590 95
102 2026-06-29 29584 102

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-08-03 29613 86
115 2026-07-27 29607 115
119 2026-07-20 29599 109 29600 152 29603 97
81 2026-07-06 29590 81
91 2026-06-29 29584 91

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).