Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Cryptique

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time34:42
SNITCH Alignment0.86

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 2025-05-26 29240 99 29241 102 29243 165
105 2025-05-19 29235 121 29236 105 29237 89
106 2025-05-12 29227 108 29230 105
122 2025-05-05 29222 128 29224 105 29225 134
119 2025-04-28 29216 119

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2025-05-26 29240 119 29241 114 29243 132
94 2025-05-19 29235 107 29236 112 29237 63
105 2025-05-12 29227 124 29230 86
121 2025-05-05 29222 148 29224 119 29225 97
113 2025-04-28 29216 113

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 75 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).