Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time34:50
SNITCH Alignment0.9

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
95 2025-06-23 29264 54 29265 86 29266 102 29267 141
94 2025-06-16 29258 55 29259 170 29260 44 29261 109
84 2025-06-09 29251 76 29253 90 29254 88
95 2025-06-02 29246 57 29247 114 29249 114

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
74 2025-06-23 29264 59 29265 86 29266 84 29267 70
79 2025-06-16 29258 66 29259 138 29260 39 29261 73
111 2025-06-09 29251 122 29253 126 29254 87
94 2025-06-02 29246 77 29247 114 29249 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 Cryptique. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).