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 Time30:37
SNITCH Alignment0.9

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
2026-06-15 Monday 29569 14:21
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
80 2026-06-15 29569 46 29570 115
112 2026-06-08 29566 133 29567 92
78 2026-06-01 29557 51 29558 105
78 2026-05-25 29551 81 29552 58 29553 76 29554 82 29555 94
86 2026-05-18 29545 55 29546 58 29547 112 29548 93 29549 113
82 2026-05-11 29539 48 29540 79 29541 85 29542 117
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2026-06-15 29569 85 29570 157
111 2026-06-08 29566 138 29567 85
108 2026-06-01 29557 85 29558 131
99 2026-05-25 29551 130 29552 86 29553 96 29554 94 29555 92
86 2026-05-18 29545 80 29546 72 29547 121 29548 81 29549 77
99 2026-05-11 29539 92 29540 91 29541 94 29542 120
107 2026-05-04 29533 91 29534 122 29535 90 29536 112 29537 120
99 2026-04-27 29527 122 29528 102 29529 132 29530 78 29531 61

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 121 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).