Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: JohnDun (johndun)

TftT Namejohn_dun
Solver Typereference
Average Time28:09
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
106 2026-07-13 29593 73 29594 161 29596 85
120 2026-07-06 29588 65 29589 150 29591 146
143 2026-06-29 29583 83 29584 87 29585 260
70 2026-06-22 29575 52 29576 49 29578 62 29579 118
79 2026-06-15 29569 60 29570 65 29572 101 29573 92
84 2026-06-08 29565 65 29566 74 29567 113
66 2026-06-01 29557 51 29558 74 29560 74

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
108 2026-07-13 29593 89 29594 143 29596 93
103 2026-07-06 29588 89 29589 101 29591 120
114 2026-06-29 29583 94 29584 78 29585 172
84 2026-06-22 29575 83 29576 77 29578 69 29579 110
96 2026-06-15 29569 111 29570 87 29572 97 29573 91
84 2026-06-08 29565 72 29566 77 29567 104
82 2026-06-01 29557 85 29558 92 29560 71

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 100 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).