Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:51
SNITCH Alignment0.92

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2017-02-27 Monday 26659 07:35
2020-10-12 Monday 27793 08:16
2022-07-20 Wednesday 28347 08:31
2021-08-16 Monday 28057 08:40
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 08:41
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 08:44
2022-05-11 Wednesday 28287 08:58
2022-08-02 Tuesday 28358 09:07
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 09:10
2024-06-05 Wednesday 28935 09:19

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
120 2025-12-01 29401 131 29402 98 29403 80 29404 171
124 2025-11-24 29395 103 29397 146
112 2025-11-17 29389 72 29390 93 29392 172
119 2025-11-10 29383 93 29384 129 29385 174 29387 82
89 2025-11-03 29377 121 29378 60 29379 72 29380 104

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
148 2025-12-01 29401 195 29402 146 29403 115 29404 136
144 2025-11-24 29395 158 29397 130
124 2025-11-17 29389 107 29390 101 29392 165
123 2025-11-10 29383 100 29384 179 29385 127 29387 86
99 2025-11-03 29377 118 29378 82 29379 101 29380 97

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Achernar. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).