Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: John Arnold

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:48
SNITCH Correlation0.5

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
99 2026-10-05 29665 99
137 2026-09-28 29662 137
107 2026-09-21 29654 121 29655 93
108 2026-09-14 29647 132 29648 121 29649 112 29650 101 29651 78
97 2026-09-07 29642 82 29644 112
111 2026-08-31 29635 103 29636 119

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
137 2026-10-05 29665 137
103 2026-09-28 29662 103
110 2026-09-21 29654 118 29655 103
124 2026-09-14 29647 151 29648 139 29649 141 29650 101 29651 89
112 2026-09-07 29642 82 29644 143
147 2026-08-31 29635 147 29636 148

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 62 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).