Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: John Arnold

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time19:19
SNITCH Alignment0.75

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
113 2025-10-06 29354 126 29355 101
103 2025-09-29 29347 75 29348 137 29349 64 29350 137
112 2025-09-22 29341 119 29342 73 29343 120 29344 139
122 2025-09-15 29337 122
102 2025-09-08 29332 102
64 2025-09-01 29323 71

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
135 2025-10-06 29354 144 29355 126
140 2025-09-29 29347 153 29348 190 29349 91 29350 129
139 2025-09-22 29341 152 29342 112 29343 126 29344 167
176 2025-09-15 29337 176
100 2025-09-08 29332 100
95 2025-09-01 29323 109

Alignment to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 58 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).