Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:57
SNITCH Alignment0.63

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
87 2025-06-02 29245 87 29246 91 29248 84
104 2025-05-26 29241 83 29243 126
108 2025-05-19 29233 111 29235 130 29236 87
74 2025-05-12 29228 64 29229 85
77 2025-05-05 29221 54 29222 117 29224 76
94 2025-04-28 29215 94

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
127 2025-06-02 29245 152 29246 122 29248 107
96 2025-05-26 29241 93 29243 100
117 2025-05-19 29233 165 29235 115 29236 93
99 2025-05-12 29228 88 29229 111
97 2025-05-05 29221 75 29222 136 29224 86
136 2025-04-28 29215 136

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 86 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).