Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JohnDun (johndun)

TftT Namejohn_dun
Solver Typereference
Average Time27:06
SNITCH Correlation0.83

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
59 2026-08-03 29611 41 29612 69 29613 68
71 2026-07-27 29605 51 29606 81 29608 82
100 2026-07-20 29600 102 29601 64 29603 134
108 2026-07-13 29593 73 29594 161 29596 85 29597 116
120 2026-07-06 29588 65 29589 150 29591 146
143 2026-06-29 29583 83 29584 87 29585 260

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
86 2026-08-03 29611 68 29612 92 29613 98
88 2026-07-27 29605 80 29606 103 29608 83
99 2026-07-20 29600 117 29601 77 29603 105
104 2026-07-13 29593 89 29594 143 29596 94 29597 90
103 2026-07-06 29588 89 29589 101 29591 120
114 2026-06-29 29583 94 29584 78 29585 172

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 92 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).