Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:01
SNITCH Alignment0.99

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
59 2026-04-06 29509 59
65 2026-03-30 29503 65 29504 59 29505 72 29506 66
95 2026-03-23 29497 109 29498 53 29499 49 29500 125 29501 142
91 2026-03-16 29491 51 29492 72 29493 100 29494 94 29495 139
97 2026-03-09 29485 113 29486 118 29487 60
117 2026-03-02 29479 61 29480 80 29481 120 29483 209

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-04-06 29509 81
94 2026-03-30 29503 100 29504 86 29505 96 29506 97
101 2026-03-23 29497 145 29498 74 29499 73 29500 121 29501 92
94 2026-03-16 29491 78 29492 93 29493 121 29494 74 29495 107
115 2026-03-09 29485 125 29486 121 29487 100
128 2026-03-02 29479 105 29480 96 29481 139 29483 175

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 92 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).