Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Zabadak3

TftT NameZabadak
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:55
SNITCH Correlation0.75

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-08-14 Monday 28681 08:51
2024-06-24 Monday 28951 09:13
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 09:15
2023-12-19 Tuesday 28790 09:23
2026-05-03 Sunday 5214 09:43
2026-08-31 Monday 29635 09:47
2026-07-27 Monday 29605 09:50
2026-09-21 Monday 29653 09:52
2025-08-16 Saturday 29310 09:56
2024-03-29 Friday 28877 09:58

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-10-12 29671 76 29672 88 29673 92
91 2026-10-05 29665 70 29666 77 29667 98 29668 119 29669 94
94 2026-09-28 29659 82 29663 106
125 2026-09-21 29653 49 29654 108 29655 124 29656 159 29657 219
106 2026-09-14 29647 95 29648 69 29649 107 29651 101
118 2026-09-07 29641 122 29643 126 29644 115 29645 142
99 2026-08-31 29635 48 29636 82 29637 150 29639 95

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-10-12 29671 98 29672 110 29673 101
89 2026-10-05 29665 97 29666 96 29667 91 29668 102 29669 60
113 2026-09-28 29659 106 29663 121
115 2026-09-21 29653 81 29654 105 29655 137 29656 151 29657 122
112 2026-09-14 29647 109 29648 79 29649 135 29651 116
113 2026-09-07 29641 120 29643 115 29644 147 29645 105
100 2026-08-31 29635 68 29636 102 29637 153 29639 79

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 119 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Zabadak3. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).