Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:14
SNITCH Alignment0.89

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
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
2025-03-04 Tuesday 29168 03:12

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
103 2025-08-04 29299 119 29300 99 29301 89 29302 82 29303 127
134 2025-07-28 29293 85 29295 99 29296 127 29297 128
137 2025-07-21 29287 72 29288 87 29289 70 29290 162 29291 209
109 2025-07-14 29281 78 29282 122 29283 118 29284 90 29285 83
106 2025-07-07 29275 120 29276 78 29277 58 29278 108 29279 156
99 2025-06-30 29269 56 29272 127 29273 118

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
112 2025-08-04 29299 116 29300 123 29301 145 29302 93 29303 85
129 2025-07-28 29293 118 29295 119 29296 128 29297 109
112 2025-07-21 29287 105 29288 106 29289 101 29290 89 29291 81
99 2025-07-14 29281 88 29282 122 29283 107 29284 90 29285 65
109 2025-07-07 29275 157 29276 111 29277 79 29278 101 29279 89
92 2025-06-30 29269 82 29272 119 29273 86

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 174 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).