Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: BlackburnRover

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:12
SNITCH Correlation0.81

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
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 09:46
2025-10-27 Monday 29371 09:57
2025-05-26 Monday 29239 10:03
2026-07-20 Monday 29599 10:14
2023-01-05 Thursday 28492 10:16
2024-01-21 Sunday 5095 10:20
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 10:25

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
120 2026-09-28 29659 102 29660 136 29661 122
82 2026-09-21 29653 82
124 2026-09-14 29648 113 29649 130 29650 131
114 2026-08-31 29635 98 29638 131

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
140 2026-09-28 29659 132 29660 151 29661 137
136 2026-09-21 29653 136
141 2026-09-14 29648 129 29649 164 29650 131
132 2026-08-31 29635 140 29638 124

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 53 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).