Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: phthisis

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:40
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
125 2025-08-18 29314 138 29315 112
154 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
133 2025-07-21 29290 133
100 2025-07-14 29281 100
94 2025-07-07 29275 91 29276 62 29277 81 29278 107
96 2025-06-30 29269 72 29270 59 29271 84 29272 110 29273 184

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2025-08-18 29314 123 29315 102
120 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
73 2025-07-21 29290 73
113 2025-07-14 29281 113
105 2025-07-07 29275 119 29276 88 29277 110 29278 100
100 2025-06-30 29269 105 29270 90 29271 100 29272 103 29273 134

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 93 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).