Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: chriswords

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:29
SNITCH Correlation0.72

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2019-05-09 Thursday 27346 04:02
2019-03-04 Monday 27289 04:20
2021-07-20 Tuesday 28034 04:33
2018-01-24 Wednesday 26943 04:35
2017-10-11 Wednesday 26853 04:39
2018-09-12 Wednesday 27141 04:58
2019-01-09 Wednesday 27243 05:08
2019-05-13 Monday 27349 05:21
2019-08-12 Monday 27427 05:27
2021-03-01 Monday 27913 05:29

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2026-06-22 29575 109 29576 61 29577 121 29578 126
94 2026-06-15 29569 69 29570 93 29572 111 29573 104
86 2026-06-08 29563 56 29565 106 29566 100 29567 93
83 2026-06-01 29557 71 29559 103
85 2026-05-25 29551 82 29552 75 29553 86 29554 94 29555 95
106 2026-05-18 29545 69 29547 116 29548 139
101 2026-05-11 29541 119 29542 97 29543 124
86 2026-05-04 29533 58 29534 75 29536 123
86 2026-04-27 29528 91 29529 95 29530 112

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
134 2026-06-22 29575 175 29576 96 29577 126 29578 141
115 2026-06-15 29569 127 29570 125 29572 106 29573 102
103 2026-06-08 29563 116 29565 117 29566 104 29567 86
116 2026-06-01 29557 118 29559 118
109 2026-05-25 29551 132 29552 111 29553 108 29554 108 29555 93
115 2026-05-18 29545 101 29547 126 29548 121
106 2026-05-11 29541 132 29542 100 29543 107
113 2026-05-04 29533 118 29534 110 29536 150
117 2026-04-27 29528 131 29529 133 29530 117

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 107 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for chriswords. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).