Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Curarist

TftT NameCurarist
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:09
SNITCH Correlation0.86

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 07:45
2022-12-26 Monday 28483 07:56
2025-06-11 Wednesday 29253 08:36
2024-11-04 Monday 29065 09:08
2023-09-20 Wednesday 28713 09:12
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 09:13
2025-03-04 Tuesday 29168 09:16
2024-07-01 Monday 28957 09:17
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 09:26
2025-07-01 Tuesday 29270 09:27

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
78 2026-09-14 29647 91 29649 66
117 2026-09-07 29641 138 29643 100 29644 54 29645 178
102 2026-08-31 29635 80 29636 71 29637 147 29638 103 29639 112
84 2026-08-24 29629 70 29630 53 29631 95 29633 118
98 2026-08-17 29623 70 29624 81 29625 92 29626 124 29627 155
79 2026-08-10 29618 48 29619 73 29621 117
76 2026-08-03 29611 55 29613 56 29614 117

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
94 2026-09-14 29647 104 29649 84
106 2026-09-07 29641 136 29643 91 29644 69 29645 131
108 2026-08-31 29635 114 29636 88 29637 150 29638 98 29639 94
334 2026-08-24 29629 120 29630 84 29631 1055 29633 80
98 2026-08-17 29623 116 29624 103 29625 96 29626 107 29627 106
95 2026-08-10 29618 81 29619 98 29621 108
90 2026-08-03 29611 91 29613 81 29614 100

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 111 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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