Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Steve Wood

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time42:50
SNITCH Alignment0.91

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 17:55
2016-10-26 Wednesday 26553 18:47
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 19:22
2022-08-30 Tuesday 28382 19:55
2024-10-17 Thursday 29050 21:03
2025-07-23 Wednesday 29289 21:03
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 21:09
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 21:17
2025-03-24 Monday 29185 22:28
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 22:36

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
74 2025-07-21 29287 57 29288 118 29289 49
89 2025-07-14 29281 89 29283 89
94 2025-07-07 29275 71 29276 63 29277 69 29278 100 29279 167
83 2025-06-30 29269 73 29270 59 29271 73 29273 127
113 2025-06-23 29264 86 29265 88 29266 120 29267 158
92 2025-06-16 29257 75 29258 61 29260 67 29261 166
89 2025-06-09 29251 63 29253 75 29254 88 29255 130
88 2025-06-02 29245 49 29246 82 29247 109 29248 115 29249 88

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2025-07-21 29287 83 29288 143 29289 67
90 2025-07-14 29281 101 29283 80
93 2025-07-07 29275 93 29276 90 29277 94 29278 94 29279 95
93 2025-06-30 29269 107 29270 90 29271 86 29273 92
90 2025-06-23 29264 94 29265 88 29266 99 29267 79
83 2025-06-16 29257 92 29258 73 29260 59 29261 111
98 2025-06-09 29251 101 29253 105 29254 87 29255 99
104 2025-06-02 29245 85 29246 110 29247 109 29248 147 29249 72

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 115 correct entries

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).