Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Gilbert

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:18
SNITCH Correlation0.8

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-12-06 Tuesday 28466 02:22
2026-10-26 Monday 29683 02:37
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
75 2026-10-26 29683 41 29684 65 29686 75 29687 121
119 2026-10-19 29677 56 29678 64 29681 181
68 2026-10-12 29671 92 29674 55
120 2026-10-05 29666 57 29667 115 29668 105 29669 264
125 2026-09-28 29659 65 29660 85 29661 56 29662 151 29663 99

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
85 2026-10-26 29683 69 29684 82 29686 84 29687 107
101 2026-10-19 29677 83 29678 75 29681 105
85 2026-10-12 29671 119 29674 50
102 2026-10-05 29666 71 29667 107 29668 90 29669 169
120 2026-09-28 29659 84 29660 94 29661 62 29662 114 29663 113

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 104 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).