Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time24:35
SNITCH Correlation0.7

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 09:48
2026-08-11 Tuesday 29618 10:41
2026-06-22 Monday 29575 12:14
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 12:16
2026-08-25 Tuesday 29630 12:19
2026-08-31 Monday 29635 12:50
2026-04-27 Monday 29527 13:09
2026-08-26 Wednesday 29631 13:19
2026-06-23 Tuesday 29576 13:36
2026-06-29 Monday 29581 13:59

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-09-07 29644 86
78 2026-08-31 29635 52 29637 62 29638 73 29639 128
50 2026-08-24 29630 48 29631 52
78 2026-08-17 29624 78
42 2026-08-10 29618 42

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2026-09-07 29644 110
78 2026-08-31 29635 74 29637 63 29638 69 29639 107
326 2026-08-24 29630 76 29631 577
100 2026-08-17 29624 100
71 2026-08-10 29618 71

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 63 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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