Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Valance

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time18:14
SNITCH Correlation0.86

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
112 2026-07-13 29594 139 29595 85
101 2026-07-06 29587 42 29588 70 29589 167 29590 135 29591 92
92 2026-06-29 29581 55 29582 94 29583 96
81 2026-06-22 29576 58 29577 104
72 2026-06-15 29569 48 29570 74 29571 75 29572 94
90 2026-06-08 29564 74 29565 83 29566 63 29567 135
94 2026-06-01 29557 63 29558 89 29559 96 29560 108 29561 63

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-07-13 29594 124 29595 101
96 2026-07-06 29587 84 29588 95 29589 112 29590 116 29591 76
105 2026-06-29 29581 88 29582 103 29583 109
100 2026-06-22 29576 92 29577 108
90 2026-06-15 29569 88 29570 100 29571 82 29572 90
101 2026-06-08 29564 105 29565 92 29566 65 29567 125
106 2026-06-01 29557 105 29558 111 29559 110 29560 104 29561 82

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 82 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).