Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Steve Wood

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time41:21
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
2026-09-21 Monday 29653 19:35
2022-08-30 Tuesday 28382 19:55

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
82 2026-11-02 29689 82
71 2026-10-26 29683 62 29686 80
115 2026-10-19 29678 84 29679 77 29680 93 29681 206
86 2026-10-12 29671 74 29672 67 29673 108 29674 96
115 2026-10-05 29666 88 29668 110 29669 147
92 2026-09-28 29659 98 29661 99 29663 81

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
101 2026-11-02 29689 101
97 2026-10-26 29683 105 29686 89
101 2026-10-19 29678 98 29679 96 29680 91 29681 120
96 2026-10-12 29671 96 29672 83 29673 118 29674 88
99 2026-10-05 29666 110 29668 94 29669 94
110 2026-09-28 29659 127 29661 111 29663 93

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).