Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: chriswords

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time13:17
SNITCH Correlation0.71

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
96 2026-09-28 29659 85 29660 109 29663 94
87 2026-09-21 29653 76 29655 97
88 2026-09-14 29647 77 29648 73 29649 91 29650 98 29651 103
94 2026-09-07 29643 98 29644 91
97 2026-08-31 29635 77 29636 117 29637 97 29638 111 29639 110

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
113 2026-09-28 29659 110 29660 121 29663 108
108 2026-09-21 29653 126 29655 107
100 2026-09-14 29647 88 29648 83 29649 115 29650 98 29651 118
102 2026-09-07 29643 89 29644 116
103 2026-08-31 29635 110 29636 146 29637 98 29638 105 29639 92

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 102 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).