Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Valance

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:07
SNITCH Correlation0.84

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
102 2026-09-07 29642 93 29645 112
148 2026-08-31
95 2026-08-24 29631 95
73 2026-08-17 29623 57 29625 89
99 2026-08-10 29617 83 29619 89 29620 125
107 2026-08-03 29612 80 29614 104 29615 138

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2026-09-07 29642 93 29645 82
120 2026-08-31
1055 2026-08-24 29631 1055
94 2026-08-17 29623 95 29625 93
116 2026-08-10 29617 112 29619 120 29620 116
98 2026-08-03 29612 106 29614 89 29615 99

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).