Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time07:05
SNITCH Alignment0.97

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
85 2026-05-04 29533 61 29536 84 29537 112
78 2026-04-27 29527 57 29528 51 29529 72 29530 78 29531 148
110 2026-04-20 29521 64 29522 111 29523 87 29524 96 29525 217
91 2026-04-13 29515 54 29516 77 29517 140 29518 99 29519 128
110 2026-04-06 29509 72 29510 72 29512 93 29513 109
77 2026-03-30 29503 75 29504 65 29505 82 29506 78 29507 114

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
109 2026-05-04 29533 124 29536 102 29537 103
95 2026-04-27 29527 98 29528 73 29529 101 29530 82 29531 116
116 2026-04-20 29521 114 29522 135 29523 77 29524 102 29525 161
107 2026-04-13 29515 96 29516 128 29517 162 29518 100 29519 111
121 2026-04-06 29509 105 29510 105 29512 127 29513 90
107 2026-03-30 29503 115 29504 95 29505 109 29506 114 29507 120

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 173 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).