Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:32
SNITCH Alignment1.0

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
104 2026-02-02 29455 91 29457 117
162 2026-01-26 29452 153 29453 172
114 2026-01-19 29443 107 29446 121
127 2026-01-12 29437 53 29438 90 29439 133 29441 232
134 2026-01-05 29431 127 29432 95 29433 95 29434 78 29435 276
114 2025-12-29 29426 127 29428 102

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
132 2026-02-02 29455 142 29457 123
120 2026-01-26 29452 129 29453 111
114 2026-01-19 29443 117 29446 111
110 2026-01-12 29437 92 29438 102 29439 123 29441 124
114 2026-01-05 29431 158 29432 121 29433 81 29434 91 29435 119
124 2025-12-29 29426 142 29428 106

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 99 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).