Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: starstruck

TftT Namestarstruck_au
Solver Typereference
Average Time40:20
SNITCH Correlation0.86

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2020-04-15 Wednesday 27639 12:30
2025-08-17 Sunday 5177 12:54
2023-03-28 Tuesday 28562 13:13
2021-08-09 Monday 28051 13:25
2022-07-25 Monday 28351 13:29
2024-07-29 Monday 28981 13:47
2026-04-26 Sunday 5213 13:47
2022-10-10 Monday 28417 13:53
2025-02-10 Monday 29149 13:57
2022-12-26 Monday 28483 13:58

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
74 2026-10-26 29683 55 29686 93
116 2026-10-19 29677 57 29678 102 29679 102 29681 205
133 2026-10-12 29671 88 29672 97 29674 121 29675 228
118 2026-10-05 29666 114 29667 111 29669 129
110 2026-09-28 29660 86 29661 75 29662 170

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
98 2026-10-26 29683 93 29686 104
112 2026-10-19 29677 85 29678 120 29679 127 29681 119
121 2026-10-12 29671 114 29672 121 29674 112 29675 137
109 2026-10-05 29666 142 29667 103 29669 82
102 2026-09-28 29660 95 29661 84 29662 128

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 91 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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