Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: benbush

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time14:05
SNITCH Correlation0.82

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 06:41
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 07:08
2026-08-11 Tuesday 29618 07:18
2025-12-03 Wednesday 29403 07:22
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 07:25
2025-08-18 Monday 29311 07:44
2025-05-19 Monday 29233 07:48
2025-03-24 Monday 29185 07:49
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 08:13
2026-04-13 Monday 29515 08:18

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
99 2026-10-05 29665 71 29666 90 29667 137
111 2026-09-28 29659 100 29661 101 29662 132
128 2026-09-21 29654 113 29655 84 29656 109 29657 208
90 2026-09-14 29647 75 29648 127 29649 84 29650 76
131 2026-09-07 29641 123 29643 151 29644 89 29645 164

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
111 2026-10-05 29665 98 29666 112 29667 125
114 2026-09-28 29659 129 29661 113 29662 100
105 2026-09-21 29654 110 29655 93 29656 103 29657 116
103 2026-09-14 29647 86 29648 145 29649 106 29650 76
123 2026-09-07 29641 121 29643 138 29644 114 29645 121

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 94 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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