Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:20
SNITCH Alignment1.09

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
72 2025-07-21 29287 72
98 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
132 2025-06-23 29263 80 29266 117 29267 247
106 2025-06-16 29257 96 29258 106 29259 146 29260 96
92 2025-06-09 29251 89 29252 57 29253 63 29254 89 29255 168
100 2025-06-02 29245 74 29246 72 29247 123 29248 80 29249 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
92 2025-07-21 29287 92
94 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
108 2025-06-23 29263 126 29266 96 29267 123
110 2025-06-16 29257 118 29258 127 29259 118 29260 85
103 2025-06-09 29251 143 29252 81 29253 88 29254 88 29255 128
111 2025-06-02 29245 129 29246 97 29247 123 29248 102 29249 86

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 188 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).