Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:24
SNITCH Alignment1.01

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
2025-03-24 Monday 29185 07:32
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 07:40
2023-03-27 Monday 28561 08:07
2023-08-14 Monday 28681 08:12
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 08:43
2023-06-07 Wednesday 28623 08:46
2021-07-12 Monday 28027 08:58
2023-06-06 Tuesday 28622 09:03

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2025-08-25 29318 99 29319 82 29320 101
167 2025-08-18 29312 110 29313 124 29314 267 29315 167
149 2025-08-11 29305 53 29306 148 29309 248
104 2025-08-04 29300 77 29302 79 29303 156
103 2025-07-28 29293 88 29297 115
110 2025-07-21 29287 107 29288 92 29289 64 29290 180
120 2025-07-14 29281 87 29282 141 29283 129 29285 115
86 2025-07-07 29275 94 29276 79
103 2025-06-30 29269 51 29270 90 29271 115 29273 157

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2025-08-25 29318 145 29319 97 29320 102
171 2025-08-18 29312 137 29313 161 29314 238 29315 151
131 2025-08-11 29305 92 29306 154 29309 147
96 2025-08-04 29300 96 29302 89 29303 105
101 2025-07-28 29293 122 29297 98
115 2025-07-21 29287 157 29288 112 29289 92 29290 99
109 2025-07-14 29281 98 29282 141 29283 117 29285 91
117 2025-07-07 29275 123 29276 112
115 2025-06-30 29269 75 29270 138 29271 136 29273 114

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 78 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).