Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Gilbert

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:06
SNITCH Correlation0.74

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
94 2026-07-06 29587 55 29588 58 29590 140 29591 126
144 2026-06-29 29581 50 29582 126 29584 183
89 2026-06-22 29575 46 29576 63 29577 81 29578 90 29579 202
114 2026-06-15 29569 74 29572 82 29573 88
98 2026-06-08 29563 51 29565 109 29567 103
85 2026-06-01 29557 57 29558 67 29559 119 29560 111 29561 72

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2026-07-06 29587 110 29588 79 29590 120 29591 104
151 2026-06-29 29581 80 29582 138 29584 164
106 2026-06-22 29575 74 29576 100 29577 84 29578 101 29579 188
104 2026-06-15 29569 137 29572 78 29573 87
118 2026-06-08 29563 106 29565 121 29567 95
107 2026-06-01 29557 95 29558 83 29559 136 29560 107 29561 94

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 97 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).