Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Rookie

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time32:11
SNITCH Correlation0.73

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
102 2026-06-29 29584 102
102 2026-06-22 29575 72 29576 106 29577 136 29578 94
122 2026-06-15 29572 122
123 2026-06-08 29565 116 29566 131
121 2026-06-01 29558 117 29560 126

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2026-06-29 29584 91
132 2026-06-22 29575 116 29576 168 29577 141 29578 105
117 2026-06-15 29572 117
132 2026-06-08 29565 128 29566 136
134 2026-06-01 29558 146 29560 122

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 42 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).