Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:52
SNITCH Alignment0.61

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
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
86 2025-06-23 29264 79 29265 85
92 2025-06-16 29257 91 29258 77
98 2025-06-09 29251 75 29252 111 29253 103 29254 105
87 2025-06-02 29245 87 29246 91 29248 84

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
90 2025-06-23 29264 86 29265 85
103 2025-06-16 29257 112 29258 92
131 2025-06-09 29251 120 29252 158 29253 145 29254 103
127 2025-06-02 29245 152 29246 122 29248 107

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 95 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).