Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: phthisis

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:18
SNITCH Alignment0.89

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 05:46
2021-04-12 Monday 27949 06:10
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 06:24
2022-05-11 Wednesday 28287 06:36
2018-10-29 Monday 27181 07:23
2021-11-09 Tuesday 28130 07:32
2023-04-03 Monday 28567 07:35
2017-07-31 Monday 26791 07:37
2019-06-21 Friday 27383 07:44
2017-05-15 Monday 26725 07:56

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
88 2025-09-08 29330 84 29331 92
75 2025-09-01 29323 71 29324 82 29325 62 29326 67 29327 96
105 2025-08-25 29317 53 29318 74 29320 103 29321 176
110 2025-08-18 29314 138 29315 112
139 2025-08-11 29306 91 29307 146 29308 237 29309 142
119 2025-08-04 29299 75 29300 86 29301 72 29302 112 29303 152
107 2025-07-28 29296 85 29297 127

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2025-09-08 29330 96 29331 103
91 2025-09-01 29323 109 29324 93 29325 79 29326 80 29327 98
94 2025-08-25 29317 82 29318 108 29320 104 29321 88
92 2025-08-18 29314 123 29315 101
115 2025-08-11 29306 94 29307 110 29308 195 29309 84
107 2025-08-04 29299 73 29300 107 29301 118 29302 127 29303 102
97 2025-07-28 29296 85 29297 108

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 106 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for phthisis. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).