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
86 2025-10-27 29371 72 29373 82 29375 104
91 2025-10-20 29365 91 29366 85 29368 97
93 2025-10-13 29359 71 29361 115
100 2025-10-06 29357 100
78 2025-09-29 29350 78

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2025-10-27 29371 112 29373 70 29375 111
111 2025-10-20 29365 126 29366 92 29368 116
98 2025-10-13 29359 104 29361 92
70 2025-10-06 29357 70
73 2025-09-29 29350 73

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 81 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).