Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: John Arnold

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:28
SNITCH Correlation0.66

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2017-02-17 Friday 26651 04:14
2021-08-13 Friday 28055 05:36
2020-06-29 Monday 27703 06:09
2017-10-26 Thursday 26866 07:41
2021-03-01 Monday 27913 07:51
2017-07-31 Monday 26791 07:59
2023-01-03 Tuesday 28490 08:47
2022-05-17 Tuesday 28292 08:50
2022-09-13 Tuesday 28394 08:54
2023-02-13 Monday 28525 08:58

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
95 2026-06-15 29569 96 29573 94
80 2026-06-08 29563 80 29564 81
125 2026-06-01 29558 131 29559 120
94 2026-05-25 29551 94
114 2026-05-18 29545 91 29546 119
72 2026-05-11 29539 72
113 2026-05-04 29534 89 29535 137
113 2026-04-27 29527 116 29528 117 29530 106

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
135 2026-06-15 29569 177 29573 93
140 2026-06-08 29563 166 29564 115
150 2026-06-01 29558 163 29559 137
151 2026-05-25 29551 151
141 2026-05-18 29545 133 29546 148
138 2026-05-11 29539 138
153 2026-05-04 29534 130 29535 177
160 2026-04-27 29527 200 29528 169 29530 111

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 49 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

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