Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: chriswords

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:58
SNITCH Alignment0.88

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
85 2025-09-29 29347 60 29348 92 29350 104
107 2025-09-22 29341 103 29342 82 29344 98 29345 146
108 2025-09-15 29337 103 29338 148
99 2025-09-08 29331 99
88 2025-09-01 29323 73 29324 98 29325 74 29326 79 29327 117

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
115 2025-09-29 29347 122 29348 127 29350 98
125 2025-09-22 29341 132 29342 126 29344 118 29345 124
120 2025-09-15 29337 149 29338 134
111 2025-09-08 29331 111
106 2025-09-01 29323 112 29324 111 29325 94 29326 95 29327 120

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 118 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).