Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: verlaine

TftT NameVerlaine
Solver Typereference
Average Time06:35
SNITCH Correlation0.76

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
92 2026-10-12 29671 66 29672 93 29673 52 29674 96 29675 157
103 2026-10-05 29665 72 29666 65 29667 158 29668 88 29669 114
112 2026-09-28 29659 83 29660 85 29661 73 29662 242 29663 79
96 2026-09-21 29653 66 29654 86 29655 77 29656 97 29657 169
102 2026-09-14 29648 106 29649 93 29650 103 29651 111
100 2026-09-07 29641 123 29642 58 29643 112 29644 99 29645 109
93 2026-08-31 29635 80 29636 84 29637 91 29638 62 29639 139

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
88 2026-10-12 29671 85 29672 116 29673 57 29674 88 29675 94
97 2026-10-05 29665 100 29666 81 29667 147 29668 75 29669 73
113 2026-09-28 29659 107 29660 94 29661 82 29662 183 29663 90
92 2026-09-21 29653 110 29654 84 29655 85 29656 92 29657 94
110 2026-09-14 29648 121 29649 117 29650 103 29651 127
99 2026-09-07 29641 121 29642 58 29643 102 29644 126 29645 80
97 2026-08-31 29635 114 29636 105 29637 92 29638 59 29639 116

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 130 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).