Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Paul Gilbert

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:32
SNITCH Alignment1.11

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
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
2025-07-01 Tuesday 29270 03:00
2025-01-04 Saturday 29118 03:05
2025-06-23 Monday 29263 03:06
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 03:06

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-02-09 29461 85 29462 86 29463 73
79 2026-02-02 29455 71 29456 92 29457 72 29458 84 29459 77
99 2026-01-26 29449 63 29450 85 29451 145 29452 81 29453 188
74 2026-01-19
125 2026-01-12 29437 60 29439 164 29440 121
97 2026-01-05 29431 67 29432 78 29433 143 29434 116
119 2025-12-29 29425 80 29426 62 29428 106 29429 194

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2026-02-09 29461 116 29462 119 29463 102
90 2026-02-02 29455 110 29456 104 29457 76 29458 84 29459 80
105 2026-01-26 29449 82 29450 93 29451 172 29452 68 29453 122
74 2026-01-19
124 2026-01-12 29437 105 29439 151 29440 88
111 2026-01-05 29431 83 29432 100 29433 122 29434 136
111 2025-12-29 29425 93 29426 69 29428 110 29429 134

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 131 correct entries

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).