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 Time28:22
SNITCH Correlation0.7

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
2026-06-19 Friday 29573 15:27
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 15:28
2025-04-10 Thursday 29200 15:36

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
141 2026-11-09 29695 98 29697 232 29698 94
91 2026-11-02 29689 62 29690 107 29691 106
117 2026-10-26 29683 66 29684 125 29685 147 29686 109 29687 138
97 2026-10-19 29680 97

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
131 2026-11-09 29695 100 29697 214 29698 81
94 2026-11-02 29689 76 29690 122 29691 85
133 2026-10-26 29683 111 29684 158 29685 153 29686 122 29687 122
95 2026-10-19 29680 95

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 68 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).