Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:52
SNITCH Alignment0.92

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
104 2026-03-23 29497 127 29498 82
100 2026-03-16 29491 62 29492 93 29493 70 29494 123 29495 156
109 2026-03-09 29485 67 29486 92 29487 53 29488 195 29489 91
90 2026-03-02 29479 76 29480 109 29481 71 29482 77 29483 138
84 2026-02-23 29473 123 29474 116 29475 62 29476 82
104 2026-02-16 29467 84 29468 67 29469 151 29470 148 29471 114
87 2026-02-09 29462 60 29463 77 29465 114
88 2026-02-02 29455 58 29456 62 29457 92 29458 76 29459 115

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
139 2026-03-23 29497 169 29498 110
103 2026-03-16 29491 95 29492 120 29493 85 29494 96 29495 120
102 2026-03-09 29485 74 29486 94 29487 88 29488 133 29489 104
105 2026-03-02 29479 131 29480 131 29481 82 29482 81 29483 115
98 2026-02-23 29473 148 29474 91 29475 81 29476 85
106 2026-02-16 29467 127 29468 80 29469 117 29470 125 29471 94
109 2026-02-09 29462 83 29463 108 29465 104
98 2026-02-02 29455 90 29456 70 29457 97 29458 76 29459 119

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 185 correct entries

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).