Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Gilbert

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:16
SNITCH Correlation0.8

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 02:22
2024-02-05 Monday 28831 02:38
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 02:41
2025-03-10 Monday 29173 02:44
2023-05-23 Tuesday 28610 02:46
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 02:49
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 02:53
2026-06-22 Monday 29575 02:54
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 02:56
2025-07-01 Tuesday 29270 03:00

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
91 2026-09-28 29659 65 29660 85 29661 56 29662 151 29663 99
122 2026-09-21 29653 55 29654 124 29655 62 29656 89 29657 289
114 2026-09-14 29647 67 29648 97 29649 72 29650 99 29651 116
125 2026-09-07 29641 89 29643 167 29644 97 29645 185
140 2026-08-31 29635 63 29636 71 29637 107 29638 123 29639 133

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-09-28 29659 84 29660 94 29661 62 29662 114 29663 113
110 2026-09-21 29653 91 29654 121 29655 68 29656 84 29657 161
121 2026-09-14 29647 77 29648 111 29649 91 29650 99 29651 133
121 2026-09-07 29641 88 29643 153 29644 124 29645 137
135 2026-08-31 29635 90 29636 88 29637 109 29638 117 29639 111

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 108 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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