Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Hammond

TftT NamePaul Hammond
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:26
SNITCH Alignment1.15

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
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 08:28
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 08:43
2023-06-07 Wednesday 28623 08:46

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
72 2025-10-06 29355 72
88 2025-09-29 29347 54 29348 135 29349 75
107 2025-09-22 29344 91 29345 124
105 2025-09-15 29335 70 29337 86 29339 160
91 2025-09-08 29329 77 29330 71 29332 125
84 2025-09-01 29323 50 29324 109 29325 96 29326 75 29327 91

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2025-10-06 29355 90
134 2025-09-29 29347 110 29348 187 29349 107
107 2025-09-22 29344 109 29345 105
120 2025-09-15 29335 101 29337 124 29339 135
100 2025-09-08 29329 97 29330 81 29332 122
101 2025-09-01 29323 76 29324 123 29325 123 29326 90 29327 93

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 76 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).