Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: chriswords

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:34
SNITCH Correlation0.73

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
78 2026-08-24 29629 92 29630 59 29631 83
96 2026-08-17 29623 92 29624 88 29625 92 29626 102 29627 106
88 2026-08-10 29617 78 29618 101 29619 74 29621 111
92 2026-08-03 29611 59 29612 108 29613 90 29615 116
78 2026-07-27 29605 61 29607 76 29609 84
93 2026-07-20 29599 77 29600 64 29601 86 29602 140
105 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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
314 2026-08-24 29629 158 29630 93 29631 691
104 2026-08-17 29623 153 29624 112 29625 96 29626 88 29627 72
112 2026-08-10 29617 105 29618 171 29619 100 29621 102
109 2026-08-03 29611 98 29612 144 29613 130 29615 83
99 2026-07-27 29605 96 29607 82 29609 90
104 2026-07-20 29599 108 29600 73 29601 103 29602 118
116 2026-07-13 29594 100 29595 185 29596 82
107 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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 112 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).