Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JGP

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time33:13
SNITCH Correlation0.78

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-03-09 Saturday 28860 03:07
2021-03-01 Monday 27913 12:14
2020-10-07 Wednesday 27789 12:30
2025-12-03 Wednesday 29403 13:20
2018-03-13 Tuesday 26984 13:29
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 13:41
2020-09-23 Wednesday 27777 14:47
2020-01-02 Thursday 27550 14:54
2023-02-02 Thursday 28516 15:18
2022-09-01 Thursday 28384 15:20

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
90 2026-06-22 29575 66 29576 83 29577 122
87 2026-06-15 29570 87
89 2026-06-08 29563 68 29564 79 29565 119 29566 92
101 2026-06-01 29557 67 29558 135
107 2026-05-25 29551 72 29554 142
115 2026-05-18
113 2026-05-11 29541 113
53 2026-05-04 29533 48 29535 58
60 2026-04-27 29527 52 29528 76 29529 52

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
120 2026-06-22 29575 106 29576 131 29577 124
117 2026-06-15 29570 117
120 2026-06-08 29563 141 29564 112 29565 132 29566 95
139 2026-06-01 29557 111 29558 168
139 2026-05-25 29551 116 29554 163
125 2026-05-18
125 2026-05-11 29541 125
86 2026-05-04 29533 97 29535 75
90 2026-04-27 29527 89 29528 110 29529 73

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 50 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for JGP. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).