Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Steve Wood

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time40:46
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
92 2026-08-31 29635 52 29636 74 29637 96 29638 130 29639 112
101 2026-08-24 29629 82 29630 53 29631 79 29632 132 29633 163
116 2026-08-17 29623 81 29624 89 29625 123 29626 141 29627 146
120 2026-08-10 29617 57 29620 158 29621 146
98 2026-08-03 29611 72 29612 101 29613 59 29614 127 29615 132

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
96 2026-08-31 29635 74 29636 92 29637 97 29638 123 29639 94
266 2026-08-24 29629 141 29630 84 29631 877 29632 118 29633 111
120 2026-08-17 29623 135 29624 114 29625 129 29626 122 29627 100
119 2026-08-10 29617 77 29620 147 29621 135
108 2026-08-03 29611 120 29612 134 29613 85 29614 109 29615 94

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 113 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).