Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: John Arnold

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time21:45
SNITCH Correlation0.63

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
84 2026-07-06 29587 69 29588 99
127 2026-06-29 29581 117 29582 137
108 2026-06-22 29575 105 29576 99 29578 122
95 2026-06-15 29569 96 29573 94
80 2026-06-08 29563 80 29564 81
125 2026-06-01 29558 131 29559 120

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
136 2026-07-06 29587 138 29588 135
169 2026-06-29 29581 188 29582 150
154 2026-06-22 29575 169 29576 157 29578 137
135 2026-06-15 29569 177 29573 93
140 2026-06-08 29563 166 29564 115
150 2026-06-01 29558 163 29559 137

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 51 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).