Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Umpire

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time08:52
SNITCH Alignment0.79

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
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
2025-06-10 Tuesday 29252 05:24

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2025-07-07 29275 90 29276 78
90 2025-06-30 29269 65 29270 66 29271 77 29272 134 29273 112
128 2025-06-23 29263 95 29264 108 29265 120 29267 154
96 2025-06-16 29257 109 29259 88 29260 89
86 2025-06-09 29251 60 29252 60 29253 51 29254 142 29255 120
114 2025-06-02 29245 56 29246 88 29247 102 29249 129

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
114 2025-07-07 29275 118 29276 111
98 2025-06-30 29269 95 29270 101 29271 91 29272 126 29273 81
122 2025-06-23 29263 150 29264 118 29265 120 29267 77
95 2025-06-16 29257 134 29259 71 29260 79
93 2025-06-09 29251 96 29252 85 29253 71 29254 140 29255 91
120 2025-06-02 29245 98 29246 118 29247 102 29249 105

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 158 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).