Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:53
SNITCH Alignment0.83

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-11-01 Saturday 29376 06:36
2024-12-11 Wednesday 29097 07:01
2025-06-30 Monday 29269 07:12
2025-10-29 Wednesday 29373 07:27
2025-03-24 Monday 29185 07:32
2025-09-01 Monday 29323 07:39
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 07:40
2023-03-27 Monday 28561 08:07
2023-08-14 Monday 28681 08:12
2025-11-05 Wednesday 29379 08:27

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-03-30 29503 58 29504 74 29505 67 29506 77 29507 185
101 2026-03-23 29497 62 29498 103 29499 87 29500 99 29501 158
104 2026-03-16 29491 85 29492 71 29493 103 29494 159
99 2026-03-09 29487 82 29489 116
84 2026-03-02 29479 60 29480 94 29482 100

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2026-03-30 29503 89 29504 108 29505 89 29506 113 29507 185
111 2026-03-23 29497 82 29498 145 29499 129 29500 96 29501 103
118 2026-03-16 29491 130 29492 92 29493 125 29494 125
134 2026-03-09 29487 136 29489 133
106 2026-03-02 29479 103 29480 113 29482 106

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 72 correct entries

Monthly average times

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