Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:45
SNITCH Alignment0.83

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
84 2025-11-17 29389 76 29390 92
98 2025-11-10 29383 100 29385 112 29387 84
91 2025-11-03 29377 83 29378 96 29379 60 29380 111 29381 83
81 2025-10-27 29371 67 29372 59 29373 118 29374 87 29375 88
77 2025-10-20 29365 58 29366 83 29367 87 29368 81
80 2025-10-13 29359 71 29360 91 29361 110 29362 60 29363 81
97 2025-10-06 29357 97

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2025-11-17 29389 113 29390 98
92 2025-11-10 29383 107 29385 81 29387 88
95 2025-11-03 29377 81 29378 131 29379 84 29380 103 29381 69
92 2025-10-27 29371 104 29372 77 29373 100 29374 69 29375 94
90 2025-10-20 29365 80 29366 90 29367 95 29368 97
94 2025-10-13 29359 104 29360 101 29361 88 29362 92 29363 82
68 2025-10-06 29357 68

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 128 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).