Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:23
SNITCH Correlation0.82

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-04-11 Saturday 29514 05:11
2017-02-27 Monday 26659 07:35
2020-10-12 Monday 27793 08:16
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 08:30
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-10-05 29665 93
86 2026-09-28 29659 59 29660 89 29661 98 29663 98
93 2026-09-21 29653 55 29654 132 29655 107 29656 78
118 2026-09-14 29647 103 29648 110 29649 116 29650 163 29651 94
110 2026-09-07 29643 116 29644 83 29645 121
113 2026-08-31 29636 132 29637 97 29638 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
116 2026-10-05 29665 116
99 2026-09-28 29659 76 29660 98 29661 110 29663 112
103 2026-09-21 29653 91 29654 129 29655 118 29656 74
125 2026-09-14 29647 118 29648 126 29649 146 29650 163 29651 108
103 2026-09-07 29643 106 29644 106 29645 89
114 2026-08-31 29636 165 29637 98 29638 103

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 100 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).