Crossword SNITCH

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

Name: Cookincats

TftT Name
Solver Typereference
Average Time16:44
SNITCH Correlation0.69

Top Ten Results

Date Day of week Crossword Solving Time (m:ss)
2018-03-07 Wednesday 26979 04:17
2018-06-05 Tuesday 27056 07:20
2024-04-09 Tuesday 28886 10:32
2026-06-08 Monday 29563 10:41
2024-03-18 Monday 28867 10:47
2024-05-14 Tuesday 28916 10:57
2023-07-31 Monday 28669 10:59
2025-03-31 Monday 29191 11:05
2026-08-03 Monday 29611 11:11
2022-08-15 Monday 28369 11:41

Recent Results

Personal NITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
115 2026-09-14 29648 115
120 2026-08-31 29636 108 29637 133
84 2026-08-24 29629 84
95 2026-08-17 29624 95
118 2026-08-03 29611 67 29614 170

WITCH results

Week beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
130 2026-09-14 29648 130
135 2026-08-31 29636 135 29637 135
144 2026-08-24 29629 144
121 2026-08-17 29624 121
128 2026-08-03 29611 111 29614 146

Correlation to SNITCH

Plotting alignment results for the last 28 correct entries. Only Monday to Friday data is included.

Monthly average times

The plot below shows the monthly solving times for Cookincats. These are six-month rolling averages (i.e. the result for each month averages the solving times for the past six months).