Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time25:20
SNITCH Correlation0.67

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
73 2026-07-27 29605 61 29606 94 29608 66
93 2026-07-20 29600 79 29601 107
85 2026-07-13 29593 66 29595 79 29596 87 29597 111
110 2026-07-06 29587 35 29589 127 29590 169
85 2026-06-29 29581 50 29582 87 29583 50 29584 121 29585 121

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2026-07-27 29605 96 29606 120 29608 67
109 2026-07-20 29600 90 29601 128
89 2026-07-13 29593 80 29595 94 29596 96 29597 86
100 2026-07-06 29587 70 29589 85 29590 145
84 2026-06-29 29581 80 29582 95 29583 56 29584 109 29585 80

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 65 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).