Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:15
SNITCH Alignment0.93

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
107 2026-01-19 29443 107
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
119 2025-12-22 29420 114 29421 105 29422 155 29423 146
120 2025-12-15 29413 98 29414 112 29415 123 29417 190
143 2025-12-08 29407 119 29408 152 29410 110 29411 191
120 2025-12-01 29401 131 29402 98 29403 80 29404 171

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
117 2026-01-19 29443 117
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
136 2025-12-22 29420 146 29421 154 29422 147 29423 144
124 2025-12-15 29413 144 29414 155 29415 108 29417 133
136 2025-12-08 29407 135 29408 123 29410 130 29411 157
148 2025-12-01 29401 195 29402 146 29403 115 29404 136

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 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).