Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Askival

TftT Nameaskival
Solver Typereference
Average Time10:17
SNITCH Correlation0.74

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 03:25
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 03:56
2026-04-27 Monday 29527 04:07
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 04:47
2026-08-03 Monday 29611 04:48
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 04:49
2026-03-11 Wednesday 29487 04:52
2026-05-07 Thursday 29536 04:57
2026-05-11 Monday 29539 05:06
2026-08-24 Monday 29629 05:14

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
159 2026-09-07 29643 107 29645 212
92 2026-08-31 29635 56 29637 92 29638 80 29639 126
107 2026-08-24 29629 49 29630 107 29632 66 29633 208
89 2026-08-17 29623 61 29624 97 29625 95 29627 117
113 2026-08-10 29617 75 29618 52 29620 90 29621 206
102 2026-08-03 29611 45 29612 71 29613 52 29614 114 29615 230

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
127 2026-09-07 29643 98 29645 157
97 2026-08-31 29635 80 29637 93 29638 76 29639 105
113 2026-08-24 29629 84 29630 169 29632 59 29633 142
96 2026-08-17 29623 101 29624 124 29625 100 29627 80
122 2026-08-10 29617 101 29618 88 29620 84 29621 190
101 2026-08-03 29611 75 29612 94 29613 75 29614 98 29615 165

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 104 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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