Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:35
SNITCH Correlation0.74

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
98 2026-11-02 29689 92 29690 112 29691 60 29692 129
89 2026-10-12 29671 66 29672 93 29673 52 29674 96 29675 157
104 2026-10-05 29665 72 29666 65 29667 158 29668 88 29669 114
112 2026-09-28 29659 83 29660 85 29661 73 29662 242 29663 79

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-11-02 29689 113 29690 128 29691 48 29692 137
91 2026-10-12 29671 85 29672 116 29673 57 29674 88 29675 94
100 2026-10-05 29665 100 29666 81 29667 147 29668 75 29669 73
113 2026-09-28 29659 107 29660 94 29661 82 29662 183 29663 90

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 115 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).