Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:21
SNITCH Alignment0.86

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
75 2025-10-06 29353 75
70 2025-09-29 29347 59 29349 81
115 2025-09-22 29341 102 29342 108 29343 125 29344 110 29345 118
122 2025-09-15 29337 90 29338 137 29339 159
111 2025-09-08 29329 96 29330 87 29331 90 29332 117 29333 166
83 2025-09-01 29323 79 29324 92 29325 55 29327 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2025-10-06 29353 90
117 2025-09-29 29347 120 29349 115
127 2025-09-22 29341 130 29342 166 29343 131 29344 132 29345 100
122 2025-09-15 29337 130 29338 124 29339 134
105 2025-09-08 29329 121 29330 100 29331 101 29332 114 29333 89
101 2025-09-01 29323 121 29324 104 29325 70 29327 109

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 96 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).