Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time22:11
SNITCH Alignment1.03

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
91 2026-05-11 29539 65 29540 81 29541 95 29542 81 29543 135
87 2026-05-04 29533 38 29534 60 29535 82 29536 79 29537 179
78 2026-04-27 29528 81 29529 71 29530 97 29531 93
131 2026-04-20 29522 126 29524 96 29525 171
107 2026-04-13 29518 98 29519 117
71 2026-04-06 29509 59 29510 46 29511 100 29512 70 29513 121
65 2026-03-30 29503 65 29504 59 29505 72 29506 66

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-05-11 29539 125 29540 94 29541 105 29542 83 29543 117
106 2026-05-04 29533 77 29534 88 29535 106 29536 96 29537 167
92 2026-04-27 29528 117 29529 100 29530 102 29531 73
127 2026-04-20 29522 153 29524 102 29525 127
99 2026-04-13 29518 98 29519 101
79 2026-04-06 29509 86 29510 67 29511 108 29512 95 29513 100
94 2026-03-30 29503 100 29504 86 29505 96 29506 97

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 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).