Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: BlackburnRover

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:29
SNITCH Alignment0.62

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-12-19 Tuesday 28790 09:26
2023-05-23 Tuesday 28610 09:31
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 09:35
2025-10-27 Monday 29371 09:57
2025-05-26 Monday 29239 10:03
2023-01-05 Thursday 28492 10:16
2024-01-21 Sunday 5095 10:20
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 10:25
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 10:28
2024-11-04 Monday 29065 10:30

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2026-04-06 29509 91 29510 83 29511 115 29512 91
90 2026-03-30 29503 73 29504 87 29505 106 29506 81 29507 105
92 2026-03-23 29499 92
113 2026-03-16 29491 95 29492 119 29493 116
102 2026-03-09 29487 82 29489 100
94 2026-03-02 29479 77 29480 91 29481 107 29482 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
126 2026-04-06 29509 133 29510 122 29511 125 29512 124
121 2026-03-30 29503 112 29504 127 29505 141 29506 119 29507 110
137 2026-03-23 29499 137
134 2026-03-16 29491 146 29492 154 29493 141
117 2026-03-09 29487 136 29489 114
117 2026-03-02 29479 132 29480 109 29481 124 29482 115

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 71 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for BlackburnRover. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).