Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time34:35
SNITCH Alignment0.89

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
122 2025-05-05 29222 128 29224 105 29225 134
119 2025-04-28 29216 119
85 2025-04-21 29210 85
74 2025-04-14 29203 74
113 2025-04-07 29198 110 29199 101 29201 130
81 2025-03-31 29191 103 29192 59

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2025-05-05 29222 148 29224 119 29225 97
113 2025-04-28 29216 113
116 2025-04-21 29210 116
108 2025-04-14 29203 108
103 2025-04-07 29198 111 29199 106 29201 92
115 2025-03-31 29191 163 29192 67

Alignment to SNITCH

Monthly average times

The table below shows the monthly average solving times for Cryptique

MonthAverage time
Apr 2025 34:35
Mar 2025 34:34
Feb 2025 34:35
Jan 2025 34:49
Dec 2024 33:55
Nov 2024 33:22
Oct 2024 31:24
Sep 2024 31:48
Aug 2024 30:40
Jul 2024 30:12
Jun 2024 36:02
May 2024 37:45
Apr 2024 39:29
Mar 2024 39:46
Mar 2024 39:46
Mar 2024 39:46
Feb 2024 42:08
Jan 2024 43:04
Dec 2023 38:16
Nov 2023 37:08
Oct 2023 38:12
Sep 2023 37:23
Aug 2023 36:27
Jul 2023 35:59
Jun 2023 38:05
May 2023 39:26
Apr 2023 41:44
Mar 2023 43:17
Feb 2023 45:04
Jan 2023 53:49
Dec 2022 57:29
Nov 2022 60:02
Oct 2022 56:10
Sep 2022 56:26
Aug 2022 56:48
Jul 2022 47:21
Jun 2022 43:37
May 2022 45:01
Apr 2022 46:43
Mar 2022 47:00
Feb 2022 47:06
Jan 2022 48:22

Plot of average time in minutes