Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: earlylight

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:25
SNITCH Correlation0.68

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-11-02 Sunday 5188 02:49
2016-04-20 Wednesday 26391 06:05
2017-08-24 Thursday 26812 06:51
2024-03-18 Monday 28867 08:14
2018-11-01 Thursday 27184 08:16
2016-04-11 Monday 26383 08:44
2016-04-01 Friday 26375 08:47
2017-10-23 Monday 26863 09:10
2016-04-04 Monday 26377 09:13
2017-10-02 Monday 26845 09:13

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
132 2026-07-27 29607 192 29609 94
107 2026-07-13 29593 84 29596 125 29597 113
45 2026-07-06 29587 45
132 2026-06-29 29582 83 29585 182

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
134 2026-07-27 29607 208 29609 101
109 2026-07-13 29593 102 29596 138 29597 88
90 2026-07-06 29587 90
105 2026-06-29 29582 91 29585 120

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 31 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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