Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:04
SNITCH Correlation0.79

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-04-11 Saturday 29514 05:11
2017-02-27 Monday 26659 07:35
2020-10-12 Monday 27793 08:16
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 08:30
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-11-02 29689 89 29690 79
67 2026-10-26 29683 47 29684 73 29686 83
101 2026-10-19 29677 60 29678 140 29679 92 29680 114
103 2026-10-12 29671 92 29672 107 29673 115
103 2026-10-05 29665 93 29666 115 29667 103
86 2026-09-28 29659 59 29660 89 29661 98 29663 98

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-11-02 29689 109 29690 90
88 2026-10-26 29683 79 29684 92 29686 93
119 2026-10-19 29677 89 29678 164 29679 115 29680 111
121 2026-10-12 29671 119 29672 133 29673 126
122 2026-10-05 29665 129 29666 143 29667 96
99 2026-09-28 29659 76 29660 98 29661 110 29663 112

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 100 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).