Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Snorter

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:44
SNITCH Correlation0.77

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-08-17 Monday 29623 08:56
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 09:51
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 10:01
2026-08-03 Monday 29611 10:31
2026-08-12 Wednesday 29619 11:18
2026-08-01 Saturday 29610 11:38
2026-08-11 Tuesday 29618 11:55
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 11:57
2026-03-01 Sunday 5205 12:00
2026-06-29 Monday 29581 12:14

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-09-14 29647 81
109 2026-09-07 29641 70 29643 111 29645 147
77 2026-08-31 29635 60 29637 95
104 2026-08-24 29629 58 29630 87 29631 93 29632 127 29633 225
82 2026-08-17 29623 37 29625 112 29626 78 29627 87
68 2026-08-10 29617 64 29618 49 29619 47 29621 115
83 2026-08-03 29611 43 29612 78 29613 61 29614 127 29615 114

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2026-09-14 29647 94
92 2026-09-07 29641 69 29643 101 29645 108
90 2026-08-31 29635 85 29637 96
240 2026-08-24 29629 100 29630 138 29631 1033 29632 114 29633 154
78 2026-08-17 29623 61 29625 117 29626 67 29627 59
84 2026-08-10 29617 86 29618 83 29619 63 29621 106
89 2026-08-03 29611 71 29612 104 29613 88 29614 109 29615 82

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 111 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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