Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:29
SNITCH Correlation0.83

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
103 2026-09-14 29647 103
106 2026-09-07 29643 116 29644 83 29645 121
113 2026-08-31 29636 132 29637 97 29638 109
97 2026-08-24 29630 53 29632 123 29633 116
81 2026-08-17 29623 55 29624 77 29625 78 29626 114
80 2026-08-10 29617 88 29618 65 29619 53 29620 108 29621 86
101 2026-08-03 29611 56 29612 77 29613 74 29614 155 29615 147

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
119 2026-09-14 29647 119
100 2026-09-07 29643 106 29644 106 29645 89
114 2026-08-31 29636 165 29637 98 29638 103
89 2026-08-24 29630 84 29632 110 29633 79
92 2026-08-17 29623 91 29624 98 29625 82 29626 99
95 2026-08-10 29617 118 29618 110 29619 71 29620 100 29621 79
108 2026-08-03 29611 93 29612 102 29613 107 29614 133 29615 105

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 104 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).