Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: dr.shred

TftT Namedr.shred
Solver Typereference
Average Time15:00
SNITCH Correlation0.64

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
2026-07-06 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
2026-08-17 Monday 29623 10:04

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
84 2026-10-12 29672 84
121 2026-10-05 29665 121
98 2026-09-28 29660 71 29662 146
94 2026-09-14 29649 64 29650 139 29651 79
119 2026-09-07 29641 120 29644 119

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
105 2026-10-12 29672 105
168 2026-10-05 29665 168
96 2026-09-28 29660 78 29662 110
103 2026-09-14 29649 81 29650 139 29651 90
135 2026-09-07 29641 118 29644 152

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 44 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).