Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:40
SNITCH Correlation0.79

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
91 2026-08-31 29635 80 29636 84 29637 91 29638 62 29639 139
113 2026-08-24 29629 58 29630 66 29631 57 29632 139 29633 264
103 2026-08-17 29623 62 29624 72 29625 125 29626 99 29627 156
100 2026-08-10 29618 78 29619 80 29620 112 29621 104
106 2026-08-03 29611 85 29612 97 29613 72 29614 127 29615 130

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
97 2026-08-31 29635 114 29636 105 29637 92 29638 59 29639 116
204 2026-08-24 29629 100 29630 104 29631 633 29632 125 29633 180
105 2026-08-17 29623 103 29624 92 29625 131 29626 86 29627 106
113 2026-08-10 29618 132 29619 108 29620 104 29621 96
118 2026-08-03 29611 141 29612 129 29613 104 29614 109 29615 93

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).