Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: John Arnold

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:46
SNITCH Correlation0.56

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
94 2026-08-17 29624 67 29625 121
104 2026-08-10 29617 81 29619 62 29620 136 29621 137
99 2026-08-03 29611 63 29612 126 29613 110
109 2026-07-27 29605 107 29606 92 29607 131 29608 108 29609 107
135 2026-07-20 29600 135
78 2026-07-13 29596 78
84 2026-07-06 29587 69 29588 99
127 2026-06-29 29581 117 29582 137

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
106 2026-08-17 29624 85 29625 127
111 2026-08-10 29617 109 29619 83 29620 127 29621 126
144 2026-08-03 29611 105 29612 168 29613 159
130 2026-07-27 29605 169 29606 117 29607 142 29608 110 29609 115
155 2026-07-20 29600 155
86 2026-07-13 29596 86
136 2026-07-06 29587 138 29588 135
169 2026-06-29 29581 188 29582 150

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 60 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).