Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Valance

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:40
SNITCH Correlation0.79

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
107 2026-11-09 29697 115 29698 99
101 2026-11-02 29690 86 29691 138 29693 79
96 2026-10-26 29684 75 29685 117 29686 98
85 2026-10-19 29677 74 29679 102
96 2026-10-12 29671 68 29673 101 29674 119
109 2026-10-05 29666 88 29668 149
100 2026-09-28 29659 75 29660 106 29661 120 29663 102

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2026-11-09 29697 107 29698 89
97 2026-11-02 29690 98 29691 111 29693 84
108 2026-10-26 29684 94 29685 121 29686 110
105 2026-10-19 29677 110 29679 127
102 2026-10-12 29671 88 29673 110 29674 110
114 2026-10-05 29666 110 29668 128
116 2026-09-28 29659 97 29660 117 29661 134 29663 117

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 83 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).