Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: GMcD

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:12
SNITCH Correlation0.82

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-09-17 Wednesday 29337 05:30
2025-08-09 Saturday 29304 05:37
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

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
100 2026-11-02 29689 70 29690 97 29691 160 29692 75
102 2026-10-26 29683 71 29684 108 29686 133 29687 98
94 2026-10-19 29677 78 29678 104 29680 85
92 2026-10-12 29671 61 29672 96 29673 72 29674 125 29675 128
108 2026-10-05 29665 52 29666 88 29667 126 29669 167
74 2026-09-28 29659 61 29660 94 29661 97 29663 60

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-11-02 29689 86 29690 111 29691 129 29692 79
122 2026-10-26 29683 120 29684 136 29686 149 29687 86
100 2026-10-19 29677 116 29678 122 29680 83
91 2026-10-12 29671 79 29672 120 29673 79 29674 115 29675 77
101 2026-10-05 29665 72 29666 110 29667 117 29669 107
87 2026-09-28 29659 79 29660 104 29661 108 29663 68

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 119 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

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).