Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: GMcD

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:41
SNITCH Alignment0.92

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2017-02-27 Monday 26659 06:38
2022-12-26 Monday 28483 06:50
2017-06-19 Monday 26755 07:11
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 07:38
2022-08-23 Tuesday 28376 07:39
2021-04-12 Monday 27949 07:47
2020-01-13 Monday 27559 07:49
2022-05-09 Monday 28285 07:51
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 07:51
2023-12-19 Tuesday 28790 07:53

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2025-08-11 29305 40 29306 83 29307 111 29308 134 29309 166
128 2025-08-04 29300 99 29301 70 29303 215
98 2025-07-28 29293 101 29294 183 29295 58 29296 105
125 2025-07-21 29289 122 29290 140
119 2025-07-14 29281 101 29283 101 29284 90 29285 186
109 2025-07-07 29275 122 29276 63 29277 70 29278 126 29279 165
81 2025-06-30 29269 51 29270 93 29271 74 29272 109

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2025-08-11 29305 70 29306 86 29307 84 29308 110 29309 97
127 2025-08-04 29300 123 29301 114 29303 145
96 2025-07-28 29293 140 29294 126 29295 69 29296 106
115 2025-07-21 29289 176 29290 77
110 2025-07-14 29281 114 29283 91 29284 90 29285 147
111 2025-07-07 29275 160 29276 90 29277 95 29278 118 29279 94
102 2025-06-30 29269 75 29270 143 29271 88 29272 102

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 125 correct entries

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for GMcD. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).