Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Steve Wood

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time42:14
SNITCH Alignment0.86

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
101 2025-08-11 29305 61 29306 141
113 2025-08-04 29299 112 29300 87 29302 108 29303 146
97 2025-07-28 29293 65 29294 126 29295 79 29297 120
109 2025-07-21 29287 57 29288 118 29289 49 29290 130 29291 194
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
127 2025-08-11 29305 107 29306 148
109 2025-08-04 29299 109 29300 108 29302 122 29303 98
93 2025-07-28 29293 90 29294 86 29295 95 29297 102
88 2025-07-21 29287 83 29288 143 29289 71 29290 71 29291 75
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

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 111 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).