Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Gilbert

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:09
SNITCH Correlation0.79

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
99 2026-08-31 29635 63 29636 71 29637 107 29638 123 29639 133
105 2026-08-24 29629 84 29630 52 29631 99 29632 119
140 2026-08-17 29623 85 29624 77 29625 101 29626 96 29627 200
91 2026-08-10 29617 84 29618 69 29619 75 29620 102 29621 148
117 2026-08-03 29611 54 29612 76 29613 81 29614 86 29615 200

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-08-31 29635 90 29636 88 29637 109 29638 117 29639 111
317 2026-08-24 29629 144 29630 82 29631 1100 29632 107
136 2026-08-17 29623 141 29624 98 29625 106 29626 83 29627 136
107 2026-08-10 29617 113 29618 116 29619 101 29620 95 29621 137
114 2026-08-03 29611 90 29612 101 29613 117 29614 74 29615 143

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 101 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).