Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:31
SNITCH Correlation0.8

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
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
106 2026-06-22 29575 72 29576 82 29577 126 29578 116 29579 137
102 2026-06-15 29569 64 29570 71 29571 131 29572 127 29573 120
96 2026-06-08 29563 49 29564 82 29565 127 29566 115 29567 111
79 2026-06-01 29557 81 29558 88 29559 79 29560 80 29561 67

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
127 2026-06-22 29575 116 29576 130 29577 131 29578 130 29579 128
119 2026-06-15 29569 118 29570 95 29571 143 29572 122 29573 118
116 2026-06-08 29563 102 29564 117 29565 141 29566 119 29567 102
100 2026-06-01 29557 135 29558 110 29559 90 29560 77 29561 88

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 86 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).