Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Word Psmith

TftT Namewordpsmith
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:55
SNITCH Correlation0.6

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2016-11-07 Monday 26563 03:03
2016-11-22 Tuesday 26576 03:37
2016-11-09 Wednesday 26565 03:42
2016-09-27 Tuesday 26528 03:53
2016-10-04 Tuesday 26534 04:24
2016-11-04 Friday 26561 04:34
2016-10-27 Thursday 26554 04:39
2016-10-26 Wednesday 26553 04:43
2016-10-03 Monday 26533 05:13
2016-11-23 Wednesday 26577 06:08

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2026-07-27 29605 82
110 2026-07-20 29600 118 29601 102
143 2026-07-13 29595 150 29596 137
64 2026-06-29 29584 64
65 2026-06-15 29569 65
112 2026-06-08 29564 94 29565 119 29567 125

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
130 2026-07-27 29605 130
128 2026-07-20 29600 135 29601 122
165 2026-07-13 29595 178 29596 152
57 2026-06-29 29584 57
120 2026-06-15 29569 120
127 2026-06-08 29564 134 29565 132 29567 115

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 43 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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