Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: dr.shred

TftT Namedr.shred
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:41
SNITCH Correlation0.75

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-12-24 Wednesday 29421 06:14
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 08:40
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
2026-06-29 Monday 29581 10:49
2025-08-25 Monday 29317 11:02
2025-12-15 Monday 29413 11:03

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
51 2026-07-06 29587 51
88 2026-06-29 29581 64 29582 112
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
102 2026-07-06 29587 102
113 2026-06-29 29581 103 29582 123
144 2026-06-22 29575 119 29578 204 29579 111
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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 31 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).