Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:01
SNITCH Alignment1.12

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
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
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 09:10

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2025-07-14 29281 87 29282 141
86 2025-07-07 29275 94 29276 79
103 2025-06-30 29269 51 29270 90 29271 115 29273 157
103 2025-06-23 29263 103
107 2025-06-16 29257 107
81 2025-06-09 29251 83 29253 82 29254 80
92 2025-06-02 29245 67 29246 95 29249 114

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
120 2025-07-14 29281 98 29282 142
117 2025-07-07 29275 123 29276 112
115 2025-06-30 29269 75 29270 138 29271 136 29273 114
163 2025-06-23 29263 163
132 2025-06-16 29257 132
109 2025-06-09 29251 133 29253 115 29254 79
112 2025-06-02 29245 117 29246 128 29249 93

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 66 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).