Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:05
SNITCH Alignment0.83

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
85 2025-09-01 29323 79 29324 92
88 2025-08-25 29317 86 29318 79 29319 92 29320 98
92 2025-08-18 29311 64 29312 74 29313 87 29314 143
146 2025-08-11 29305 87 29306 102 29308 219 29309 176
119 2025-08-04 29300 88 29301 106 29302 113 29303 178
105 2025-07-28 29295 90 29296 117

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2025-09-01 29323 121 29324 104
114 2025-08-25 29317 134 29318 116 29319 109 29320 98
106 2025-08-18 29311 96 29312 92 29313 112 29314 127
135 2025-08-11 29305 152 29306 106 29308 180 29309 104
129 2025-08-04 29300 110 29301 173 29302 128 29303 120
108 2025-07-28 29295 108 29296 118

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 89 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).