Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:01
SNITCH Correlation0.73

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
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 07:28
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
70 2026-07-27 29605 70
88 2026-07-20 29601 71 29603 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-07-27 29605 111
84 2026-07-20 29601 85 29603 83

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 56 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).