Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time29:16
SNITCH Correlation0.67

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-06-22 Monday 29575 12:14
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 12:16
2026-04-27 Monday 29527 13:09
2026-06-23 Tuesday 29576 13:36
2026-06-15 Monday 29569 14:49
2026-02-03 Tuesday 29456 15:47
2026-05-18 Monday 29545 16:17
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 16:21
2026-06-16 Tuesday 29570 16:25
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 16:33

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
50 2026-06-22 29575 41 29576 46 29578 65
67 2026-06-15 29569 50 29570 56 29571 79 29572 83
98 2026-06-08 29563 55 29564 83 29565 180 29566 75
79 2026-06-01 29558 79
60 2026-05-18 29545 52 29546 69
69 2026-05-11 29540 69
61 2026-05-04 29533 53 29536 62 29537 70
74 2026-04-27 29527 42 29528 97 29529 66 29530 92

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
70 2026-06-22 29575 66 29576 73 29578 71
83 2026-06-15 29569 92 29570 75 29571 86 29572 79
127 2026-06-08 29563 114 29564 118 29565 200 29566 78
98 2026-06-01 29558 98
81 2026-05-18 29545 76 29546 86
80 2026-05-11 29540 80
82 2026-05-04 29533 108 29536 75 29537 65
100 2026-04-27 29527 72 29528 140 29529 92 29530 96

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 64 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).