Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time23:02
SNITCH Correlation0.69

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
2026-09-21 Monday 29653 13:29
2026-06-23 Tuesday 29576 13:36

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
124 2026-09-28 29659 92 29660 105 29661 91 29662 238 29663 96
103 2026-09-21 29653 54 29654 102 29655 101 29656 86 29657 172
93 2026-09-14 29648 120 29649 66
86 2026-09-07 29644 86
78 2026-08-31 29635 52 29637 62 29638 73 29639 128

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
125 2026-09-28 29659 119 29660 116 29661 102 29662 180 29663 110
95 2026-09-21 29653 90 29654 100 29655 112 29656 81 29657 96
110 2026-09-14 29648 137 29649 83
110 2026-09-07 29644 110
78 2026-08-31 29635 74 29637 63 29638 69 29639 107

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).