Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Steve Wood

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time40:49
SNITCH Correlation0.86

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-01-12 Monday 29437 17:54
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 17:55
2016-10-26 Wednesday 26553 18:47
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 19:10
2025-09-01 Monday 29323 19:17
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 19:22
2026-04-13 Monday 29515 19:27
2026-03-02 Monday 29479 19:27
2022-08-30 Tuesday 28382 19:55
2026-04-01 Wednesday 29505 20:22

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
89 2026-08-03 29611 72 29612 101 29613 59 29614 127
79 2026-07-27 29605 56 29606 81 29608 89 29609 93
100 2026-07-20 29599 62 29600 101 29601 85 29602 155
116 2026-07-13 29593 86 29594 141 29595 113 29596 108 29597 134
96 2026-07-06 29587 55 29588 73 29589 147 29591 111
85 2026-06-29 29581 56 29582 118 29583 78 29584 88 29585 121

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
109 2026-08-03 29611 120 29612 134 29613 85 29614 100
95 2026-07-27 29605 88 29606 103 29608 90 29609 100
109 2026-07-20 29599 87 29600 116 29601 102 29602 131
117 2026-07-13 29593 104 29594 125 29595 134 29596 120 29597 104
100 2026-07-06 29587 110 29588 100 29589 99 29591 91
86 2026-06-29 29581 90 29582 129 29583 88 29584 79 29585 80

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 108 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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