Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Valance

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:57
SNITCH Alignment1.35

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
144 2025-09-08 29329 74 29330 83 29332 106 29333 316
56 2025-09-01 29323 56
77 2025-08-25 29317 58 29318 60 29319 91
93 2025-08-18 29311 66 29312 65 29314 148
91 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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
115 2025-09-08 29329 93 29330 95 29332 103 29333 171
86 2025-09-01 29323 86
92 2025-08-25 29317 90 29318 88 29319 108
104 2025-08-18 29311 100 29312 81 29314 132
98 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

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 91 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).