Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: The Real Steve Snackman

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time32:39
SNITCH Alignment1.04

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-07-01 Monday 28957 11:33
2025-09-29 Monday 29347 13:54
2026-03-02 Monday 29479 14:01
2025-06-30 Monday 29269 14:24
2025-12-03 Wednesday 29403 14:37
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 14:56
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 15:28
2025-04-10 Thursday 29200 15:36
2025-03-24 Monday 29185 15:38
2025-02-03 Monday 29143 16:39

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
83 2026-05-04 29533 45 29534 83 29535 70 29536 92 29537 129
77 2026-04-27 29527 71 29528 71 29529 94 29530 75 29531 78
99 2026-04-20 29521 56 29522 94 29523 122 29524 117 29525 110
66 2026-04-13 29515 50 29516 56 29517 86 29518 76 29519 65
108 2026-04-06 29510 119 29511 86 29512 81 29513 148
81 2026-03-30 29503 72 29504 91 29505 55 29506 71 29507 120

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-05-04 29533 91 29534 122 29535 90 29536 112 29537 119
99 2026-04-27 29527 122 29528 102 29529 132 29530 78 29531 61
105 2026-04-20 29521 100 29522 114 29523 108 29524 124 29525 82
82 2026-04-13 29515 89 29516 93 29517 100 29518 76 29519 56
125 2026-04-06 29510 175 29511 93 29512 110 29513 123
109 2026-03-30 29503 110 29504 133 29505 73 29506 104 29507 126

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 121 correct entries

Monthly average times

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