Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: chriswords

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:25
SNITCH Correlation0.74

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
114 2026-07-13 29594 112 29595 156 29596 74
108 2026-07-06 29587 64 29588 75 29589 128 29590 170 29591 107
102 2026-06-29 29581 90 29582 92 29583 106 29584 103 29585 148
94 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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
122 2026-07-13 29594 100 29595 185 29596 81
110 2026-07-06 29587 128 29588 102 29589 86 29590 146 29591 88
106 2026-06-29 29581 145 29582 101 29583 120 29584 92 29585 98
126 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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 104 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).