Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:41
SNITCH Correlation0.74

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
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 07:28
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-06-15 29570 84 29571 88
45 2026-06-08 29563 45
80 2026-06-01 29557 63 29558 65 29560 89 29561 104

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-06-15 29570 113 29571 96
93 2026-06-08 29563 93
102 2026-06-01 29557 105 29558 81 29560 86 29561 136

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 63 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).