Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: dr.shred

TftT Namedr.shred
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:05
SNITCH Correlation0.59

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-12-24 Wednesday 29421 06:14
2026-05-18 Monday 29545 09:24
2025-08-11 Monday 29305 09:24
2025-07-10 Thursday 29278 10:00
2026-04-27 Monday 29527 10:38
2025-01-08 Wednesday 29121 10:39
2025-08-25 Monday 29317 11:02
2025-12-15 Monday 29413 11:03
2025-12-02 Tuesday 29402 11:27
2025-12-23 Tuesday 29420 11:29

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2026-06-22 29575 74 29578 182 29579 119
123 2026-06-15 29569 79 29572 132 29573 160
75 2026-06-08 29563 75
87 2026-06-01 29557 75 29558 82 29559 105
104 2026-05-25 29551 97 29555 111
48 2026-05-18 29545 48
78 2026-05-11 29540 65 29541 91
84 2026-05-04 29534 97 29535 72
66 2026-04-27 29527 54 29530 79

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
142 2026-06-22 29575 119 29578 206 29579 103
143 2026-06-15 29569 146 29572 126 29573 158
156 2026-06-08 29563 156
115 2026-06-01 29557 125 29558 102 29559 120
132 2026-05-25 29551 156 29555 108
70 2026-05-18 29545 70
88 2026-05-11 29540 75 29541 101
117 2026-05-04 29534 142 29535 93
88 2026-04-27 29527 93 29530 83

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 37 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).