Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typetracked
Average Time33:59
SNITCH Alignment0.25

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
68 2025-12-01 29401 87 29404 71 29405 46
86 2025-11-24 29395 59 29398 114
103 2025-11-17 29391 143 29393 64
110 2025-11-10 29386 110
108 2025-11-03 29379 108

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
72 2025-12-01 29401 129 29404 56 29405 31
91 2025-11-24 29395 90 29398 93
55 2025-11-17 29391 84 29393 26
101 2025-11-10 29386 101
152 2025-11-03 29379 152

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 78 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).