Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:39
SNITCH Alignment0.59

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
94 2025-08-11 29305 87 29306 102
121 2025-08-04 29300 88 29301 106 29302 113 29303 178
105 2025-07-28 29295 90 29296 117
85 2025-07-21 29287 68 29288 108 29289 79
124 2025-07-14 29281 138 29282 111
109 2025-07-07 29275 95 29276 121 29277 110
93 2025-06-30 29270 73 29271 106 29272 101

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
129 2025-08-11 29305 152 29306 107
132 2025-08-04 29300 110 29301 173 29302 128 29303 120
108 2025-07-28 29295 108 29296 118
115 2025-07-21 29287 100 29288 131 29289 114
133 2025-07-14 29281 156 29282 111
135 2025-07-07 29275 125 29276 172 29277 150
111 2025-06-30 29270 112 29271 126 29272 95

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 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).