Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: dr.shred

TftT Namedr.shred
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:59
SNITCH Correlation0.61

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-12-24 Wednesday 29421 06:14
2026-08-11 Tuesday 29618 07:59
2026-08-24 Monday 29629 08:23
2026-10-26 Monday 29683 08:39
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 08:40
2026-08-05 Wednesday 29613 09:11
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 09:24
2026-05-18 Monday 29545 09:24
2026-09-16 Wednesday 29649 09:38
2025-07-10 Thursday 29278 10:00

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-11-02 29690 101
86 2026-10-26 29683 57 29684 67 29685 93 29686 127
101 2026-10-19 29677 101
94 2026-10-12 29672 84 29674 105
121 2026-10-05 29665 121
98 2026-09-28 29660 71 29662 146

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
153 2026-11-02 29690 153
104 2026-10-26 29683 96 29684 84 29685 96 29686 142
150 2026-10-19 29677 150
101 2026-10-12 29672 105 29674 97
168 2026-10-05 29665 168
96 2026-09-28 29660 78 29662 110

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 50 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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