Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: BlackburnRover

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:00
SNITCH Alignment0.57

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
124 2025-12-08 29407 124
102 2025-12-01 29402 72 29403 112 29404 124
119 2025-11-24 29395 105 29396 108 29399 146
126 2025-11-10 29384 94 29386 158
98 2025-11-03 29378 91 29379 89

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
139 2025-12-08 29407 139
122 2025-12-01 29402 107 29403 162 29404 99
126 2025-11-24 29395 161 29396 140 29399 79
138 2025-11-10 29384 130 29386 146
118 2025-11-03 29378 124 29379 125

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 58 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).