Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:56
SNITCH Correlation0.69

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 09:48
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
2026-06-29 Monday 29581 13:59
2026-07-01 Wednesday 29583 14:12
2026-06-15 Monday 29569 14:49
2026-02-03 Tuesday 29456 15:47
2026-05-18 Monday 29545 16:17

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
72 2026-07-13 29593 66 29595 79
110 2026-07-06 29587 35 29589 127 29590 169
85 2026-06-29 29581 50 29582 87 29583 50 29584 121 29585 121
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

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-07-13 29593 80 29595 92
100 2026-07-06 29587 70 29589 85 29590 145
84 2026-06-29 29581 80 29582 95 29583 56 29584 109 29585 80
70 2026-06-22 29575 66 29576 73 29578 73
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

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 70 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).