Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: jimancliffe

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time24:23
SNITCH Correlation0.68

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2021-01-05 Tuesday 27866 03:55
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 11:42
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 12:32
2022-07-25 Monday 28351 12:49
2025-06-23 Monday 29263 13:09
2025-01-20 Monday 29131 13:29
2024-10-02 Wednesday 29037 13:48
2025-03-11 Tuesday 29174 13:58
2021-04-12 Monday 27949 14:07
2021-03-01 Monday 27913 14:14

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
79 2026-06-22 29575 82 29576 76
86 2026-06-15 29569 76 29570 97
105 2026-06-08 29563 51 29564 131 29566 104 29567 134
98 2026-06-01 29557 80 29558 122 29559 112 29561 79

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2026-06-22 29575 132 29576 120
135 2026-06-15 29569 140 29570 131
131 2026-06-08 29563 106 29564 187 29566 108 29567 124
129 2026-06-01 29557 133 29558 152 29559 128 29561 103

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 29 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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