Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typetracked
Average Time35:03
SNITCH Alignment0.34

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
78 2025-09-29 29350 78
74 2025-09-22 29341 79 29344 71 29345 73
67 2025-09-15 29336 57 29337 53 29338 93
122 2025-09-08 29329 118 29330 92 29331 157
97 2025-09-01 29324 125 29325 70

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
73 2025-09-29 29350 73
82 2025-09-22 29341 101 29344 85 29345 62
72 2025-09-15 29336 57 29337 76 29338 84
143 2025-09-08 29329 149 29330 105 29331 176
115 2025-09-01 29324 142 29325 89

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 79 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).