Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:37
SNITCH Correlation0.75

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2023-04-05 Wednesday 28569 02:25
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 02:31
2025-10-15 Wednesday 29361 02:46
2024-12-17 Tuesday 29102 02:53
2018-12-20 Thursday 27226 02:59
2023-06-29 Thursday 28642 03:01
2024-02-13 Tuesday 28838 03:01
2023-02-02 Thursday 28516 03:01
2021-04-19 Monday 27955 03:10
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 03:10

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
67 2026-08-17 29623 62 29624 72
93 2026-08-10 29618 78 29619 80 29620 112 29621 104
106 2026-08-03 29611 85 29612 97 29613 72 29614 127 29615 130
74 2026-07-27 29605 62 29606 71
102 2026-07-20 29599 55 29600 102 29601 82 29602 91 29603 150
96 2026-07-13 29593 112 29594 126 29595 103 29596 75 29597 103
128 2026-07-06 29589 159 29590 131 29591 109
104 2026-06-29 29581 68 29582 113 29583 145

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
93 2026-08-17 29623 103 29624 84
110 2026-08-10 29618 132 29619 108 29620 104 29621 96
118 2026-08-03 29611 141 29612 129 29613 104 29614 109 29615 93
104 2026-07-27 29605 98 29606 91
108 2026-07-20 29599 77 29600 117 29601 98 29602 77 29603 118
105 2026-07-13 29593 136 29594 112 29595 122 29596 83 29597 80
103 2026-07-06 29589 107 29590 112 29591 90
121 2026-06-29 29581 109 29582 124 29583 164

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 125 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for verlaine. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).