Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:50
SNITCH Alignment0.86

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-09-14 Saturday 29022 04:27
2024-01-22 Monday 28819 04:32
2025-06-11 Wednesday 29253 04:38
2026-05-05 Tuesday 29534 04:48
2025-03-10 Monday 29173 04:48
2025-07-22 Tuesday 29288 04:55
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 04:56
2024-09-24 Tuesday 29030 05:01
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 05:03
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 05:07

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2026-05-11 29539 60 29540 94 29541 75 29542 106 29543 115
71 2026-05-04 29533 55 29534 54 29535 81 29536 96
81 2026-04-27 29527 68 29529 87 29530 77 29531 95
84 2026-04-20 29521 71 29522 76 29523 112 29524 82 29525 83
96 2026-04-13 29515 65 29516 66 29517 68 29518 96 29519 180
97 2026-04-06 29511 104 29512 61 29513 126

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2026-05-11 29539 115 29540 109 29541 83 29542 109 29543 98
103 2026-05-04 29533 112 29534 79 29535 105 29536 117
98 2026-04-27 29527 117 29529 122 29530 81 29531 74
93 2026-04-20 29521 126 29522 92 29523 100 29524 87 29525 61
114 2026-04-13 29515 116 29516 110 29517 79 29518 96 29519 156
100 2026-04-06 29511 113 29512 83 29513 105

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 correct entries

Monthly average times

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