Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: phthisis

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time17:07
SNITCH Alignment0.92

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
102 2025-10-06 29353 102
108 2025-09-29 29347 55 29348 83 29349 114 29350 156 29351 132
98 2025-09-22 29341 85 29342 62 29343 93 29344 73 29345 143
84 2025-09-15
88 2025-09-08 29330 84 29331 92
75 2025-09-01 29323 71 29324 82 29325 62 29326 67 29327 96

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
122 2025-10-06 29353 122
125 2025-09-29 29347 112 29348 115 29349 162 29350 147 29351 91
99 2025-09-22 29341 108 29342 95 29343 97 29344 87 29345 122
90 2025-09-15
99 2025-09-08 29330 96 29331 103
91 2025-09-01 29323 109 29324 93 29325 79 29326 80 29327 98

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 114 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).