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 Alignment1.25

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
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 02:56
2025-07-01 Tuesday 29270 03:00
2025-01-04 Saturday 29118 03:05

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
87 2026-06-08 29563 51 29565 109 29567 103
85 2026-06-01 29557 57 29558 67 29559 119 29560 111 29561 72
86 2026-05-25 29551 84
83 2026-05-18 29545 59 29546 90 29548 104
98 2026-05-11 29539 53 29542 100 29543 95
71 2026-05-04 29533 45 29534 62 29537 108
87 2026-04-27 29527 54 29528 66 29530 80 29531 179

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-06-08 29563 106 29565 121 29567 95
107 2026-06-01 29557 95 29558 83 29559 136 29560 107 29561 94
117 2026-05-25 29551 135
95 2026-05-18 29545 86 29546 112 29548 91
112 2026-05-11 29539 101 29542 103 29543 82
94 2026-05-04 29533 91 29534 91 29537 100
102 2026-04-27 29527 93 29528 95 29530 84 29531 140

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 95 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).