Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:15
SNITCH Correlation0.78

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
109 2026-08-31 29635 85 29636 87 29637 108 29638 114 29639 154
112 2026-08-24 29629 67 29630 89 29631 71 29632 92
136 2026-08-17 29624 74 29625 157 29626 144 29627 171
100 2026-08-10 29617 67 29618 63 29619 100 29620 170
117 2026-08-03 29611 68 29614 119 29615 165

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
115 2026-08-31 29635 121 29636 108 29637 110 29638 108 29639 129
267 2026-08-24 29629 115 29630 141 29631 788 29632 82
125 2026-08-17 29624 94 29625 165 29626 125 29627 117
122 2026-08-10 29617 90 29618 106 29619 135 29620 158
111 2026-08-03 29611 113 29614 102 29615 118

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 98 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).