Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JohnDun (johndun)

TftT Namejohn_dun
Solver Typereference
Average Time24:39
SNITCH Correlation0.86

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2022-01-10 Monday 28183 07:10
2024-04-22 Monday 28897 09:09
2017-06-21 Wednesday 26757 09:24
2025-01-30 Thursday 29140 09:27
2022-05-23 Monday 28297 09:43
2026-04-27 Monday 29527 09:55
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 10:21
2022-10-03 Monday 28411 10:26
2023-08-14 Monday 28681 10:30
2024-05-02 Thursday 28906 10:33

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
47 2026-10-05 29665 47
81 2026-09-28 29659 68 29660 53 29662 127 29663 76
96 2026-09-21 29653 50 29655 70 29656 88 29657 179
84 2026-09-14 29648 77 29649 57 29650 120
105 2026-09-07 29641 95 29642 80 29643 120 29645 127
95 2026-08-31 29636 58 29637 79 29638 97 29639 148

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
66 2026-10-05 29665 66
82 2026-09-28 29659 88 29660 58 29662 96 29663 87
85 2026-09-21 29653 83 29655 77 29656 83 29657 100
93 2026-09-14 29648 88 29649 72 29650 120
94 2026-09-07 29641 94 29642 80 29643 110 29645 94
92 2026-08-31 29636 72 29637 80 29638 92 29639 124

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 95 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for JohnDun. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).