Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time35:26
SNITCH Alignment0.6

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-08-01 Monday 28357 04:52
2023-04-26 Wednesday 28587 05:12
2022-11-07 Monday 28441 05:52
2023-03-08 Wednesday 28545 06:23
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 07:08
2024-10-31 Thursday 29062 07:31
2025-01-07 Tuesday 29120 07:50
2022-11-01 Tuesday 28436 08:10
2023-07-14 Friday 28655 08:15
2024-08-01 Thursday 28984 08:54

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2025-08-11 29305 55 29306 115 29307 124
99 2025-08-04 29299 116 29300 68 29301 56 29302 125 29303 134
100 2025-07-28 29293 99 29295 62 29297 140
75 2025-07-21 29287 59 29288 79 29289 78 29291 87
142 2025-07-14 29282 158 29283 155 29284 115
104 2025-07-07 29275 96 29276 104 29277 115 29278 98 29279 109
139 2025-06-30 29273 139

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2025-08-11 29305 96 29306 119 29307 93
104 2025-08-04 29299 113 29300 85 29301 91 29302 142 29303 90
110 2025-07-28 29293 137 29295 74 29297 119
82 2025-07-21 29287 86 29288 96 29289 113 29291 33
137 2025-07-14 29282 158 29283 140 29284 115
117 2025-07-07 29275 126 29276 148 29277 157 29278 92 29279 62
101 2025-06-30 29273 101

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 86 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Cryptique. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).