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 Time32:53
SNITCH Alignment1.01

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
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
2025-05-26 Monday 29239 16:39

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2026-03-09 29485 83 29486 78 29487 53 29488 118 29489 80
96 2026-03-02 29479 42 29480 83 29481 110 29483 152
107 2026-02-23 29473 122 29475 69 29476 80 29477 158
102 2026-02-16 29467 70 29468 87 29469 96 29470 112 29471 148
121 2026-02-09 29461 129 29462 69 29463 149 29464 153 29465 109
89 2026-02-02 29455 69 29456 89 29457 81 29458 84 29459 123

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-03-09 29485 92 29486 80 29487 88 29488 80 29489 90
106 2026-03-02 29479 72 29480 100 29481 127 29483 127
108 2026-02-23 29473 146 29475 90 29476 83 29477 114
100 2026-02-16 29467 106 29468 104 29469 74 29470 94 29471 122
138 2026-02-09 29461 176 29462 95 29463 209 29464 110 29465 100
101 2026-02-02 29455 107 29456 101 29457 86 29458 84 29459 128

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 122 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).