Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:53
SNITCH Correlation0.79

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
100 2026-07-13 29593 91 29594 110
91 2026-07-06 29587 64 29588 54 29589 117 29590 100 29591 121
105 2026-06-29 29581 89 29583 89 29585 155
69 2026-06-22 29575 65 29576 61 29578 82
71 2026-06-15 29569 58 29570 54 29571 88 29573 85
82 2026-06-08 29563 41 29564 76 29565 114 29567 97
74 2026-06-01 29557 84 29558 61 29560 95 29561 57

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-07-13 29593 110 29594 98
93 2026-07-06 29587 128 29588 73 29589 79 29590 86 29591 100
108 2026-06-29 29581 143 29583 101 29585 102
97 2026-06-22 29575 104 29576 96 29578 92
89 2026-06-15 29569 107 29570 72 29571 96 29573 84
102 2026-06-08 29563 85 29564 108 29565 126 29567 89
95 2026-06-01 29557 140 29558 76 29560 92 29561 75

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 103 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).