Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:34
SNITCH Alignment0.94

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
109 2026-01-19 29443 119 29444 100
99 2026-01-12 29437 68 29438 135 29440 96
109 2025-12-22 29419 136 29420 82
135 2025-12-08 29408 149 29411 122

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
119 2026-01-19 29443 130 29444 108
114 2026-01-12 29437 119 29438 153 29440 70
140 2025-12-22 29419 176 29420 105
110 2025-12-08 29408 121 29411 100

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 82 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).