Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Valance

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:22
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
80 2026-08-03 29612 80
90 2026-07-27 29606 65 29607 89 29609 118
86 2026-07-20 29599 75 29600 62 29601 113
114 2026-07-13 29594 139 29595 85 29596 87 29597 147
99 2026-07-06 29587 42 29588 70 29589 167 29590 135 29591 92
92 2026-06-29 29581 55 29582 94 29583 96

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
108 2026-08-03 29612 108
101 2026-07-27 29606 83 29607 96 29609 126
104 2026-07-20 29599 105 29600 71 29601 136
108 2026-07-13 29594 124 29595 101 29596 96 29597 114
95 2026-07-06 29587 84 29588 95 29589 112 29590 116 29591 76
105 2026-06-29 29581 88 29582 103 29583 109

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 75 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).