Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Valance

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:45
SNITCH Alignment1.34

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2024-07-28 Sunday 5122 03:07
2024-07-13 Saturday 28968 03:09
2024-07-21 Sunday 5121 03:11
2024-08-10 Saturday 28992 04:02
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 06:41
2023-07-17 Monday 28657 07:23
2023-02-02 Thursday 28516 07:29
2020-10-07 Wednesday 27789 07:41
2022-02-01 Tuesday 28202 07:42
2022-05-02 Monday 28279 07:45

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2025-08-18 29311 66 29312 65 29314 148
95 2025-08-11 29305 47 29306 98 29308 142
141 2025-08-04 29302 93 29303 148
103 2025-07-28 29293 74 29295 84 29296 152
119 2025-07-21 29287 84 29288 89 29289 56 29290 247
114 2025-07-14 29281 109 29282 86 29284 126 29285 146
91 2025-07-07 29276 69 29277 78 29278 126
97 2025-06-30 29270 61 29273 142

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
104 2025-08-18 29311 100 29312 81 29314 132
100 2025-08-11 29305 82 29306 102 29308 117
111 2025-08-04 29302 105 29303 100
112 2025-07-28 29293 102 29295 101 29296 153
112 2025-07-21 29287 123 29288 108 29289 81 29290 136
107 2025-07-14 29281 123 29282 86 29284 126 29285 115
99 2025-07-07 29276 98 29277 106 29278 118
90 2025-06-30 29270 93 29273 103

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 correct entries

Monthly average times

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