Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:10
SNITCH Correlation0.75

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 03:56
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 04:10
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
2026-05-05 Tuesday 29534 04:48
2025-07-22 Tuesday 29288 04:55
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 04:56
2026-05-19 Tuesday 29546 04:57

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
117 2026-08-03 29611 68 29614 119 29615 165
101 2026-07-27 29605 73 29606 108 29607 100 29608 108 29609 118
108 2026-07-20 29599 94 29601 93 29602 105 29603 140
100 2026-07-13 29593 93 29594 99 29596 106 29597 103
93 2026-07-06 29587 46 29588 67 29589 97 29590 138 29591 119
90 2026-06-29 29581 78 29582 89 29583 84 29584 72 29585 129

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-08-03 29611 113 29614 102 29615 118
119 2026-07-27 29605 115 29606 138 29607 108 29608 110 29609 126
110 2026-07-20 29599 132 29601 112 29602 88 29603 110
99 2026-07-13 29593 113 29594 88 29596 117 29597 80
92 2026-07-06 29587 92 29588 91 29589 65 29590 118 29591 98
93 2026-06-29 29581 125 29582 97 29583 95 29584 64 29585 85

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 84 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).