Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:44
SNITCH Alignment0.94

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
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2026-05-04 29533 56 29534 84 29536 84 29537 140
121 2026-04-27 29528 73 29529 169
78 2026-04-20 29521 62 29523 94
69 2026-04-13 29515 42 29516 65 29517 101
90 2026-04-06 29509 66 29510 71 29512 133
92 2026-03-30 29503 58 29504 74 29505 67 29506 77 29507 185

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2026-05-04 29533 114 29534 123 29536 102 29537 128
171 2026-04-27 29528 105 29529 238
96 2026-04-20 29521 110 29523 83
100 2026-04-13 29515 75 29516 108 29517 117
127 2026-04-06 29509 97 29510 104 29512 182
118 2026-03-30 29503 89 29504 108 29505 89 29506 113 29507 194

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).