Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:26
SNITCH Alignment1.15

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
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
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 08:28
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 08:43

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2025-10-27 29371 73 29373 48 29374 134 29375 85
92 2025-10-20 29366 108
100 2025-10-13 29359 94 29360 103 29363 104
72 2025-10-06 29355 72
88 2025-09-29 29347 54 29348 135 29349 75

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
88 2025-10-27 29371 114 29373 41 29374 106 29375 91
99 2025-10-20 29366 117
119 2025-10-13 29359 138 29360 114 29363 106
88 2025-10-06 29355 88
134 2025-09-29 29347 110 29348 187 29349 107

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).