Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: BlackburnRover

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:24
SNITCH Correlation0.8

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
105 2026-10-19 29677 97 29678 106 29679 114
104 2026-10-12 29671 104 29672 99 29673 110
113 2026-10-05 29665 94 29667 122
113 2026-09-28 29659 102 29660 136 29661 122 29663 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
136 2026-10-19 29677 144 29678 124 29679 142
126 2026-10-12 29671 135 29672 123 29673 120
116 2026-10-05 29665 130 29667 114
131 2026-09-28 29659 132 29660 151 29661 137 29663 105

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 49 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).