Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:46
SNITCH Alignment0.76

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
2025-03-10 Monday 29173 04:48
2025-07-22 Tuesday 29288 04:55
2024-09-24 Tuesday 29030 05:01
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 05:07
2025-05-13 Tuesday 29228 05:09
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 05:11
2024-04-08 Monday 28885 05:15

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2025-12-08 29407 93 29408 78
93 2025-12-01 29401 66 29403 70 29404 101 29405 136
113 2025-11-24 29395 61 29396 80 29399 200
108 2025-11-17 29389 76 29390 92 29391 183 29392 90 29393 135
98 2025-11-10 29383 100 29385 112 29387 84
91 2025-11-03 29377 83 29378 96 29379 60 29380 111 29381 83

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2025-12-08 29407 105 29408 63
93 2025-12-01 29401 98 29403 101 29404 80 29405 93
101 2025-11-24 29395 93 29396 103 29399 108
93 2025-11-17 29389 113 29390 100 29391 107 29392 86 29393 55
92 2025-11-10 29383 107 29385 81 29387 88
95 2025-11-03 29377 81 29378 131 29379 84 29380 103 29381 69

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 110 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).