Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: dr.shred

TftT Namedr.shred
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:06
SNITCH Correlation0.79

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
2026-07-06 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
2025-07-10 Thursday 29278 10:00
2026-08-03 Monday 29611 10:16
2026-04-27 Monday 29527 10:38
2025-01-08 Wednesday 29121 10:39

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-08-10 29617 87 29618 49 29619 112 29620 143
62 2026-08-03 29611 63 29612 68 29613 57
51 2026-07-06 29587 51
88 2026-06-29 29581 64 29582 112

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
121 2026-08-10 29617 117 29618 83 29619 151 29620 133
92 2026-08-03 29611 105 29612 90 29613 82
102 2026-07-06 29587 102
113 2026-06-29 29581 103 29582 123

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 32 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).