Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: chriswords

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:44
SNITCH Alignment0.92

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
88 2025-09-01 29323 73 29324 98 29325 74 29326 79 29327 117
99 2025-08-25 29317 77 29318 68 29319 120 29320 93 29321 139
77 2025-08-18 29311 53 29312 95 29313 84
122 2025-08-11 29305 61 29306 94 29307 128 29308 123 29309 204
101 2025-08-04 29299 102 29300 91 29301 84 29302 83 29303 168
90 2025-07-28 29293 89 29295 86 29296 71

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
108 2025-09-01 29323 112 29324 112 29325 105 29326 95 29327 120
104 2025-08-25 29317 120 29318 100 29319 142 29320 93 29321 69
102 2025-08-18 29311 80 29312 118 29313 109
104 2025-08-11 29305 107 29306 97 29307 96 29308 101 29309 121
106 2025-08-04 29299 100 29300 113 29301 137 29302 94 29303 113
100 2025-07-28 29293 123 29295 103 29296 71

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 122 correct entries

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).