Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: cdb_100

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:29
SNITCH Correlation0.82

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2018-10-09 Tuesday 27164 02:31
2025-06-23 Monday 29263 04:48
2025-03-17 Monday 29179 04:51
2025-03-11 Tuesday 29174 04:57
2018-01-12 Friday 26933 05:09
2026-07-06 Monday 29587 05:29
2018-01-17 Wednesday 26937 05:49
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 06:13
2025-06-02 Monday 29245 06:15
2026-06-15 Monday 29569 06:21

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
107 2026-09-28 29659 130 29660 75 29661 134 29662 128 29663 68
97 2026-09-21 29653 73 29655 103 29656 115
122 2026-09-14 29647 124 29650 120
120 2026-09-07 29644 76 29645 165
130 2026-08-31 29637 102 29638 122 29639 166

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
115 2026-09-28 29659 168 29660 83 29661 150 29662 96 29663 78
114 2026-09-21 29653 121 29655 114 29656 109
131 2026-09-14 29647 142 29650 120
109 2026-09-07 29644 97 29645 122
119 2026-08-31 29637 104 29638 116 29639 139

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 65 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for cdb_100. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).