Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:14
SNITCH Alignment1.11

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
2025-09-01 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
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 08:43
2023-06-07 Wednesday 28623 08:46
2021-07-12 Monday 28027 08:58

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
78 2025-09-15 29335 70 29337 86
91 2025-09-08 29329 77 29330 71 29332 125
84 2025-09-01 29323 50 29324 109 29325 96 29326 75 29327 91
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2025-09-15 29335 101 29337 124
100 2025-09-08 29329 97 29330 81 29332 122
101 2025-09-01 29323 76 29324 123 29325 123 29326 90 29327 93
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

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 84 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).