Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: cdb_100

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time12:39
SNITCH Correlation0.75

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
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
2026-05-11 Monday 29539 06:24

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
81 2026-06-22 29575 51 29576 69 29578 123
81 2026-06-15 29569 50 29570 113
78 2026-06-08 29563 49 29564 108
85 2026-06-01 29560 96 29561 74
96 2026-05-25 29554 96
103 2026-05-18 29545 60 29546 72 29547 100 29548 129 29549 155
83 2026-05-11 29539 48 29540 96 29541 111 29542 72 29543 88
92 2026-05-04 29534 85 29535 99
84 2026-04-27 29527 84

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
110 2026-06-22 29575 82 29576 109 29578 139
122 2026-06-15 29569 92 29570 152
128 2026-06-08 29563 102 29564 154
95 2026-06-01 29560 93 29561 97
110 2026-05-25 29554 110
101 2026-05-18 29545 88 29546 90 29547 108 29548 113 29549 106
95 2026-05-11 29539 92 29540 111 29541 123 29542 74 29543 76
126 2026-05-04 29534 125 29535 128
144 2026-04-27 29527 144

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 72 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).