Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:15
SNITCH Alignment1.06

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-11-01 Saturday 29376 06:36
2026-04-13 Monday 29515 06:43
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
64 2026-06-01 29557 63 29558 65
128 2026-05-18 29545 85 29546 105 29549 196
85 2026-05-11 29540 87
91 2026-05-04 29533 56 29534 84 29536 84 29537 140
121 2026-04-27 29528 73 29529 169

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2026-06-01 29557 105 29558 80
130 2026-05-18 29545 125 29546 131 29549 135
103 2026-05-11 29540 101
117 2026-05-04 29533 114 29534 123 29536 102 29537 130
171 2026-04-27 29528 105 29529 238

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 64 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).