Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:40
SNITCH Alignment0.89

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
77 2026-03-02 29479 60 29480 94
126 2026-02-23 29473 79 29476 100 29477 200
91 2026-02-16 29467 82 29468 101
90 2026-02-09 29461 63 29463 114 29465 93
110 2026-02-02 29459 110

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-03-02 29479 103 29480 111
114 2026-02-23 29473 95 29476 104 29477 144
122 2026-02-16 29467 124 29468 121
110 2026-02-09 29461 86 29463 160 29465 85
114 2026-02-02 29459 114

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 67 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).