Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time36:03
SNITCH Alignment0.54

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
125 2025-09-01 29324 125
106 2025-08-25 29317 105 29318 61 29319 116 29320 94 29321 157
80 2025-08-18 29312 71 29313 80 29314 91
92 2025-08-11 29305 55 29306 115 29307 124 29308 88 29309 81
99 2025-08-04 29299 116 29300 68 29301 56 29302 125 29303 134
100 2025-07-28 29293 99 29295 62 29297 140

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
143 2025-09-01 29324 143
112 2025-08-25 29317 164 29318 89 29319 138 29320 94 29321 78
90 2025-08-18 29312 88 29313 103 29314 81
85 2025-08-11 29305 96 29306 119 29307 93 29308 72 29309 48
104 2025-08-04 29299 113 29300 85 29301 91 29302 142 29303 90
110 2025-07-28 29293 137 29295 74 29297 119

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 84 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).