Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: John Arnold

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time20:25
SNITCH Alignment1.04

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
89 2026-02-09 29461 90 29463 88
100 2026-02-02 29455 67 29457 133
136 2026-01-26 29449 136
111 2026-01-12 29437 86 29438 136
136 2026-01-05 29431 160 29432 112
116 2025-12-29 29425 118 29428 115

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
117 2026-02-09 29461 123 29463 111
122 2026-02-02 29455 104 29457 141
178 2026-01-26 29449 178
152 2026-01-12 29437 150 29438 154
171 2026-01-05 29431 200 29432 143
128 2025-12-29 29425 137 29428 119

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 50 correct entries

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).