Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Achernar

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:16
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
53 2026-08-24 29630 53
81 2026-08-17 29623 55 29624 77 29625 78 29626 114
80 2026-08-10 29617 88 29618 65 29619 53 29620 108 29621 86
101 2026-08-03 29611 56 29612 77 29613 74 29614 155 29615 147
89 2026-07-27 29605 84 29606 95
83 2026-07-20 29601 83
120 2026-07-13 29593 91 29594 110 29596 109 29597 173
91 2026-07-06 29587 64 29588 54 29589 117 29590 100 29591 121
105 2026-06-29 29581 89 29583 89 29585 155

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-08-24 29630 84
92 2026-08-17 29623 91 29624 98 29625 82 29626 99
95 2026-08-10 29617 118 29618 110 29619 71 29620 100 29621 79
108 2026-08-03 29611 93 29612 102 29613 107 29614 133 29615 105
127 2026-07-27 29605 133 29606 121
100 2026-07-20 29601 100
116 2026-07-13 29593 110 29594 98 29596 121 29597 135
93 2026-07-06 29587 128 29588 73 29589 79 29590 86 29591 100
108 2026-06-29 29581 143 29583 101 29585 102

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 108 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).