Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:50
SNITCH Correlation0.77

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
159 2026-07-06 29589 159
108 2026-06-29 29581 68 29582 113 29583 145
96 2026-06-22 29575 72 29576 74 29577 105 29578 110 29579 146
110 2026-06-15 29569 50 29570 84 29571 97 29573 72
93 2026-06-08 29563 65 29565 85 29566 112 29567 159
83 2026-06-01 29557 56 29558 87 29559 72 29560 100 29561 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-07-06 29589 106
132 2026-06-29 29581 109 29582 124 29583 164
115 2026-06-22 29575 116 29576 117 29577 109 29578 123 29579 136
105 2026-06-15 29569 92 29570 113 29571 106 29573 71
109 2026-06-08 29563 135 29565 94 29566 116 29567 147
101 2026-06-01 29557 93 29558 108 29559 82 29560 97 29561 139

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 121 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).