Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Rookie

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time34:05
SNITCH Alignment1.13

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
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
2025-02-10 Monday 29149 16:40

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2025-08-25 29319 78 29320 103
113 2025-08-18 29311 81 29313 91 29314 146 29315 136
94 2025-08-04 29299 118 29300 72 29301 94 29302 92
111 2025-07-28 29293 111
77 2025-07-21 29287 84 29289 71
115 2025-07-14 29283 115
82 2025-07-07 29275 79 29277 83 29278 84
90 2025-06-30 29271 75 29272 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2025-08-25 29319 92 29320 104
123 2025-08-18 29311 122 29313 118 29314 130 29315 123
115 2025-08-04 29299 115 29300 90 29301 154 29302 104
154 2025-07-28 29293 154
112 2025-07-21 29287 123 29289 102
104 2025-07-14 29283 104
98 2025-07-07 29275 103 29277 113 29278 79
94 2025-06-30 29271 89 29272 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 63 correct entries

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).