Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JPTC

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time31:12
SNITCH Alignment0.85

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-04-20 Monday 29521 12:16
2026-04-27 Monday 29527 13:09
2026-02-03 Tuesday 29456 15:47
2026-05-04 Monday 29533 16:33
2026-02-02 Monday 29455 17:38
2026-03-23 Monday 29497 17:55
2026-02-10 Tuesday 29462 18:05
2026-03-17 Tuesday 29492 19:13
2025-12-22 Monday 29419 19:20
2026-02-16 Monday 29467 19:35

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
93 2026-04-20 29521 39 29524 147
83 2026-04-13 29518 83
112 2026-04-06 29509 74 29512 151

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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
112 2026-04-20 29521 69 29524 156
83 2026-04-13 29518 83
157 2026-04-06 29509 108 29512 206

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 50 correct entries

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).